#POLITICAL

was that a nerve?

primediscussion

I want less of that and more of people acknowledging that Black people are navigating a hostile and resistant political system that just officially recognized our voice one generation ago.

Andrew Watkins

and_huh_what

THREAD: a recent NYT story detailed allegations that Pres. Ghani delayed an early breakthrough in Afghan peace talks.... it also alluded to an intriguing sub-plot: international community's hope that Dr.

𝔖𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞𝔥 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨

suzania

1/ This is not just an appeal along the lines of, "You can, if you choose, vote for the good guys." It's that too, but it's not just that. That

Maximillian Mørch

max_morch

1/n At least 426 people have been arrested since the coup on 1st Feb, but what are conditions likely to be for those detained? A thread on political prisoners, prisons,

兔兒神

chenchenwrites

white bernie supporters have been insufferable for a long time. i wanted it to be bernie! in 2016 and 2020. but wow the continued racism and class reductionism of these

Joe Skeaping

JSkeaping

Going to tackle this one sentence at a time: truly bizarre analysis from a leading political scientist.https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1287678627144966147 "What unites Johnson's voters is not so much their economic experienc

Steve Analyst

EmporersNewC

How did spreading lies about the EU help, Laura?https://twitter.com/LauraSmithCrewe/status/1349993677050019840 And literally nobody was "ignoring the referendum". Ignoring it would mean not even turning up to the debates in parlia

Mike Madrid

madrid_mike

A quick note on Latino voters: Latinos are a notoriously late deciding vote. We are also challenging to poll because sample sizes often aren’t big enough to accurately reflect voter

Jake Redacted-Smith

Smith_n_Chips

The UK is not close to the stage the US is at, but people who, for years, dismissed concerns about where the US was heading as scaremongering should maybe sit

Julia Azari

julia_azari

I want to piggyback on Hans' thread her to think about the implications and implicit populism of these endeavors, though. I don't think it's the intent, but the diner interview

Chris Warshaw

cwarshaw

Some quick high-level thoughts on the election: 1) WTF happened with the polls. This is a serious issue for our democracy that scholars across social sciences should work on addressing.

Vegas Ute

VegasUte

If any followers wonder why I am preachy about "The Great Forgetting" the member of the GOP are pushing. 1) Let's face it a lot of Repubs wanted to ride

Tim Shutes

timshutes

In defense of pastors (and Christians) speaking up politically. Inspired by John Stott. A short thread. Issues of “macro-ethics” press on us from every side: issues for which the organized

The End Times

TheAgeofShoddy

This remains one of the key points about where we are and how we got here.https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1347529122419978242 How could Donald Trump and Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, cynical-to-the-bone players of games,

Jared Wesley

DrJaredWesley

A great question. I can offer a partial answer.Governments are motivated by a host of factors, including their party's ideological principles, public opinion, and their sense of what the community

Michael Shurkin

MichaelShurkin

"More than 40 percent of Barkhane’s air strikes are now conducted by drones." @RikeFranke . https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2021C05_OperationBarkhane.pdf "The post-Pau year has not fundamenta

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