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Jonathan Blitzer

JonathanBlitzer

A classic and revealing gambit here by the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández. He tells the press that the US has "agreed" to extend TPS for Hondurans *after* he

Alex 🤕 Sammon

alex_sammon

Biden picking Vilsack to run USDA isn’t just bad because Vilsack is bad. His appointment proves that Democrats, and Joe Biden, still profoundly do not get what it takes to

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

ThreadToday’s news about China’s poor and deceptive handling of the coronavirus outbreak should serve as a wake up call for those in the media who praised and defended it. Because

Tarek Ghani

tghani

Jan 1st is the deadline for the Future of Conflict postdoc @CrisisGroup & @ESoConflict. Here’s why PhD conflict researchers who care about policy should apply... #EconTwitter #PoliSciTwitter https://jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/postdoctoral

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

Last week @AOC made a profoundly true observation about Republican members who make fun of her for having been a waitress. I think being a waitress is a qualification for

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Over Christmas, Dr Fauci suggested America would need to vaccinate 70% - 90% of its population in order to achieve herd immunity. Today, chancellor & play pretend scientist, Rishi

child in situation of barrel

offlineavocado

Reformism, liberalism, social Darwinism, anarchism, pragmatism, populism, syndicalism—they all were given their moment on the stage. They all failed to solve the problems of China’s future destiny. It is Marxism-Leninism

MetaMick

metamick14

Just read The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant. Man, what a timely book. It asks what can history teach us about civilizations.TL;DR: they thrive in the balance

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outlawvern

(LONG THREAD ALERT) Action movies are one of my favorite things, so I've thought a lot about what they mean, and whether their values are at odds with my own.

SonaliRanade

sonaliranade

A friend forced me 2 go this CTC on farm economics by @shekhargupta. Most of it is well known. There are 2 logical fallacies in the arguments that SG advances

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

1) Obama's speech is being widely hailed for its brutal takedown of Trump. Obama depicted a moment of extraordinary peril, in which a second Trump term is an existential threat

Ángel Alcalde

Angel_Alcalde_

1.Important twitter debates these days regarding “fascism” and its potential use for current political developments. Check tweets by @FinchelsteinF @DavidAvromBell @Notorious_RSG @adam_tooze @samuelmoyn @ruthbenghiat !Some reflections..

Bansi Sharma

bansisharma

1. WSJ: While Houston Has Problems, a Touchdown on MarsLet's take a moment to think about why Texan power grid failed and the mission to Mars succeeded. WSJ brings to

Kentucky Democrats

KyDems

THREAD: It's clear now that the group looking to impeach Gov. Beshear have troubling actions and social media posts. The Governor highlighted a few of these posts yesterday. But there

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADON THE DEFICIENCIES OF CURRENT RESISTANCE STRATEGYOur country is on a collision course. We face a crisis of unparalleled proportion, with the looming threat of an authoritarian takeover that is

Rev. Phil Woodson

phil_woodson

How @springsteen and @Jeep created a #SuperBowl advertisement that exalts & perpetuates white christian nationalism. And maybe more later on how this horrific use of religious and patriotic iconography

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