#POLITICAL

Most people do not seem to be mentally prepared for how much worse things can and likely will get over the next few months or for how fast things will
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I seem to be bleeding followers b/c I am not adhering to the Trump line on this election, so let me clear this up for everyone-TRUMP IS GOING TO LOSEThat
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We are currently in The Second Weimar Era. Where degeneracy, ginormous class divide, ignorance, corruption, rise of Anarchism and Communism, and the destruction of tradition is rampant and even cheered.Many
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“WHAT IS PROTRACTED WAR FOR THE BLACK LIBERATION STRUGGLE? If the nature of the crisis of the system of oppression is protracted, that is, drawn out over a considerable period
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There's a kind of longstanding mythology in political journalism that the best work comes from getting "inside," getting sources that are close to the action. The idea is you're tapping
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Our @ScHARRSheffield MPH disaster management class recently looked at the topic of post-disaster recovery. Several key points that will be relevant as we look ahead to the coming months. (I
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1. A very nice salute from @TheEconomist's Lexington columnist to the Never Trumpers, the "most remarkable of all" the forces in the broad Biden coalition.https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/10/29/battle-hymn-of-the-n
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Some preliminary thoughts from humble political scientist on #InternalMarketBill. I'll restrict my comments to impact on devolution. In its current form, the Bill suggests a significant recentralisation of power 1/
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It's too early to say much about what the coup in #Myanmar means for the #ICJ litigation brought by #TheGambia concerning alleged #genocide against the #Rohingya. These are some very
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When some people bring up Boba Liberalism, I've noticed they strip away the Marxist view of liberalism as a class ideology of capitalism-imperialism, and are focusing on culture aspects. People
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1/Trump was elected as a political outsider and because of his charisma and his business acumen. Unfortunately, much of this was and remains a charade, with no more reality to
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Meet the BILEN people of Eritrea. 1. The Bilen people are Cushitic group who moved up North from Ethiopia in 16th c. 2. They currently live in Karen area in
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TWEENIES BY POLITICAL PARTY - A THREAD:Milo: LabourWorking-class hero Milo stays true to his Labour roots, though he's none-too-impressed with Starmer's leadership thus far. Bella: ConservativeIt had to be, didn't
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BBC News - MI6: Richard Moore named as new head of Secret Intelligence Service - some of my analysis inside the piece on what the job will involve - balancing
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In late January, rationalists on Twitter were already warning about COVID-19 and stocking respirators. So why did America fail so miserably? Was it only Trump's fault? New York Times, January
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In which I argue that Star Trek may have saved countless lives in British Columbia. [thread] No question, the credit for BC’s curve-flattening COVID-quashing performance has to go first to
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