#POLITICAL

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Civil-Military RelationsOnly one party believes that we must resolutely end the politicization of the armed forces and distortion of
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Scholars analyzing international order and grand strategy are not keeping up with the times -- #climate change is largely absent from a slew of recent academic work on those topics.
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OMG! Just read this wonderful paper by Rebecca Bamford which indicates Nietzsche anticipating mood psychology by over a century! Psy-ops ... 1/https://philpapers.org/rec/BAMMAA  So in Daybreak, Nietzsche considers that it's hard
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Happening now! @ndi's @vcwelborn leads a @rightscon panel discussion on Taiwan's civic tech community working to defend democracy on the island. Join us! https://rightscon.course.tc/2020/events/taiwan-voted-to-save-its-own-democracy
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Story time (1/x)Growing up, I didn't hear hyperbolic stories about walking uphill both ways in the snow for school.My mother is an immigrant. She was born in Germany, in 1936.
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Following Bowman's victory, which was aided by independent spending, and in light of Warren's bullshit attack earlier this year on DSA/Sunrise/Dream Defenders/MTR/CPD/PA/PDA/OR, I hope the left can move beyond simplistic
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The Video Length 17s ClueLeads to Cue-Drop 17Here we find ...Why does Obama travel in advance of POTUS to foreign locations?Why is this relevant?Focus on the power of POTUS as
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Ok, time for a big thread on a general theory of history and society. Every human society has to navigate the relative importance of the individual versus the group. You
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The City of Fishers' appointments to Boards & Commissions lack diversity. But I wasn't aware until now how misrepresented our community is - and how the City Council's practices help
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This @jimwaterson attempt to explain the controversy about the antisemitic conspiracy theory that Israel trains American cops to be racist and violent shows exactly why the @Guardian can’t seem to
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It's probably not too surprising, but it's still striking how much US & UK politics have mirrored each other the last 40 years: laissez-faire with Reagan & Thatcher, Third Way-ism
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THREAD 15 ACTIONS TO SAVE #ARMENIA AND #ARTSAKH 1. Form a Governing Council, including representatives from the opposition (none that represent corruption) and other non-political public members, as a form
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THREAD:I've discovered something about billionaire oil investor and GOP donor Toby Neugebauer who funded and led the pro-Cruz Keep The Promise II PAC in 2015/16.He's also on the board of
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Chile picks Japan's trans-Pacific cable route in snub to China - This is truly significant, in more ways than one. Let’s briefly unpack why.1. Chile has de facto taken Latin
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I think one of the main factors why the younger progressive American politicians like aoc are so well liked by their cohort is the same reason the older generations can't
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THREAD. Today, aside big moves on climate and environmental justice, the @WhiteHouse issued a Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity. Here's what's in it and why this is a huge step
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