#Electoral

Claudia Chwalisz

ClaudiaChwalisz

Thread about @landemore's #OpenDemocracyAn open democracy is a new paradigm that takes seriously the ideal of popular rule as rule by the people. Has 5 principles:1. Participation rights2. Deliberation3. Majoritarian

Michael Butterworth

BurntO_Butterwo

While I’ve been reading and watching news coverage over the past few days with great interest, I’ve avoided commenting on anything in real time. Reflecting on the last 48 hours,

Chris Pope

CPopeHC

It's not even clear that countermajoritarian institutions advantage conservatism in general, as opposed to providing temporary tactical advantages to some elements of the coalition.https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/128923467296313

Peaceful Warrior

Peaceful4812

BREAKING!!!!~ Thread~ Understand that Barr is for optics. In order to rat out the rest of the swamp so that the Insurrection Act/EO from 2018/Temporary martial law to suspend the

Brad Heath

bradheath

President Trump's lawyers have filed a new motion in Pennsylvania making clear that they only want to block the state from certifying the results of the presidential election, which they

Alexandra Paulus

ale_paulus

Yesterday, a cyber operation on Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (#TSE) made headlines - on the day of Brazil's municipal elections, the first time Brazilians went to the voting booth after

emptywheel

emptywheel

Here's when she accused the FBI Agents who investigated her client had committed "outrageous deliberate misconduct," even though DOJ was relying on one of them (pro-Trump FBI Agent Bill Barnett)

Emily ⭐⭐⭐

3mily_3

THREAD1) In military terms, Trump's team conducted careful reconnaissance and intelligence on the enemy for a week. They collected numerous affidavits about the electoral fraud of Democrats, witnesses who confirm

NowThis

nowthisnews

‘I have to be honest and say that none of this was easy for me. Donald Trump had spread racist lies about my husband that had put my family in

Adam Serwer 🍝

AdamSerwer

So there are LOTS of differences between the U.S. after the Civil War and right now, as Adam says (and my argument is not that this is a 1:1 comparison,

Brandi Buchman

BBuchman_CNS

Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meets for a hearing on the integrity of the 2020 election. I'll have a report for you later today. The witnesses

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

From Unherd, focus on Africa:“Malawi was among the handful of African countries that did not impose such rigid measures after its pandemic response became ensnared in electoral politics. Human rights

Fair Vote Canada

FairVoteCanada

1/ "I wish I could point to a Canadian plan that would be up to the job ...but this would require a collaborative political environment which looks to be out

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

Getting really sick of "You can't just ignore the votes of 74,000,000 people!" We didn't. We counted them. They were less than 81,000,000. And more importantly, Trump's electoral votes are

Reuters

Reuters

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will open with a debate about whether the U.S. Constitution allows a former president to face trial after he has left office. Here’s a look at

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

Some of my fellow lefties won't hold their noses and vote against Trump (by voting for Biden) because they think revolution is a real possibility. That's an ahistorical romance, based,

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