#DEMOCRACY

Doza

Doza_LCG

American Chavismo: Lets recall the real existential threats of The Cold War. Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy’s assassination, duck-and-cover drills, “Socialist” dictatorships in our hemisphere. These were not threats of actual

Sanjiv Kapoor 🇮🇳🇺🇸

TheSanjivKapoor

So many asking why the US does not use EVMs like India? 1. They do for in-person voting, but they have a paper trail even for EVM as a backup.

Ulysses S. Musculus 🛡

musculus_s

1. Have been following @DarrenJBeattie and listening closely. He's right on a number of points which I'll distill in this thread into my own terms. Excited to hear thoughts. 2.

KAYAGA.

LadyKayaga

Many people misinterpreted The Matrix trilogy. It was not about rebels fighting against a controlled high security simulation. It was about Neo being tricked into thinking he was fighting against

Amber Jamieson

ambiej

Back at the Philly convention center, where it’s celebration vibes this morning. “it’s time for this administration to surrender for democracy” declared a speaker at the count every votes protest.

Incredibly Diverse Latina O'Crazio CornPop

OcrazioCornPop

#WalkAway: "Here's my #WalkAway story. I'm 22 years old and never paid too much attention to politics. I was only 18 during the 2016 election and did not support Trump

Philip Gorski

GorskiPhilip

1/ @MichaelRWear and @PaulDMiller2 ask: "What's the difference between White Christian Nationalism and American Civil Religion.I have a few thoughts about that... Caveat: wonky. 2/ Identifying characteristics of contemporary White

James Miraflor

futilityfunc

The police in the Philippines is not the product of democracy. The Philippine Constabulary (PC), from which the Integrated National Police (INP) and later the Philippine National Police (PNP, as

Melvin E. Edwards

edwards21228

I expect to lose some friends over this. I also expect to gain some new ones. Neither is my motivation for posting it. If you think I’m trying to curry

Damon Jones

nomadj1s

I don’t want to retweet the gruesome images, but Chicago Police punched an 18 yr old black girl, Miracle Boyd, in the face, knocking out her teeth, to protect a

B. Allen-Ebrahimian

BethanyAllenEbr

This is why the question “why don’t Muslims care about what’s happening to the Uighurs” often bothers me. It depends who is asking and why. I’ve seen this question asked

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sifill_LDF

Gentlemen, my problem with this argument is that they were teaching civics in school during Massive Resistance to Brown; during the violent resistance to the Little Rock 9, racist violent

Blake Smith

blakesmithphd

A long thread on the French Socialists' 1981 program, which has some amazingly based partsFirst, they insisted we have to overcome the "crisis in science" (which is not a post-2015

Dialogue Society

DialogueSociety

Thread: 1. We are grateful for our volunteers throughout the UK who have stood beside their Christian neighbours following devastating events in France. Their community-level activism has shone through… Together

Joo-Hyun Kang

JooHyun_Kang

Stop calling them protesters. They were white supremacist, anti-democratic forces colluding w/police & government officials (eg Trump & others who've been emboldening, expanding and inciting these forces).Stop calling for more

Amanda Marcotte

AmandaMarcotte

A lot of discussion about Trump's attempts to steal the election rest on the assumption that his voters believe him when he say the election was "rigged". That assumption, I

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