#Politicians

On 18 December 2010, ten years ago, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa passed away. He was an economist with the Bank of Italy, an Italian and European civil servant, a member of the
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Uncritical coverage of the 'white working class' and the 'left behind' is not only factually wrong, it is reactionary and dangerous. Here is why First and most obvious, it
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I've always been 'meh' on Liz Cheney:1. She's leveraged her father's network to get where she is in politics2. She's an apparatchik of the DC Establishment3. Her efforts to distinguish
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Obama/Brennan Ukraine IO - In the Sunrise Movement hidden recording they said they had all the right politicians in place in Minneapolis to make a revolution happen. Amy Klobuchar is
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A few thoughts on the mayor's kid apparently playing in a tennis tournament. (Thread) I get why the Dan Whitneys of the world are put out by it - especially
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my feeling on "defund the police" is that i'm mostly in favor of the goals, am ambiguous on the sloganeering, and think that everyone who isn't directly involved with lobbying
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Why is @FT complaining? This is precisely what they & various international "experts" wanted India to do. It is inevitable if a large sum of money has to be spent
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Time to get something I have been thinking about online political discourse for a while:The amount of pointless, irrelevant, self-defeating, purity testing, clueless, nitpicky, dunderheads who do nothing but waste
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Let’s all familiarize ourselves with how conspiracy theories start. Some types of politicians embrace this type of twisted messaging.Their particular brand of ideology is dying, so they try to convince
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shortcomings inNEP1)Duration of degree courses like http://B.Sc ,B.A etc.should be 2 1/2 years(2 years theory+1 year practical’s)and certainly not 4 years and I guess the logic behind extending the course duration
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Everytime Hanukkah rolls around I'm reminded of the first phone call I ever received. I was 4 years old. My best friend was an Irish Catholic kid named Steve who
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One of the underappreciated and underdiscussed aspects of Judges -- at least American judges but I suspect that this is pretty universal -- is that most of them are mostly
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Ghislaine Maxwell's husband left Maersk in October 2020 due to his links to Jeffrey Epstein and the connections to his own wife. https://m.shippingwatch.com/article/12463573 News today states Oil company Total is
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Just woke up to a nightmare. Feeling a lot of anxiety. It’s 6:15 am right now. Of course they pulled this overnight while we were all asleep. This reeks of
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Thread: I think something is going on here that merits a balanced & thoughtful perspective from all parties. It concerns the relative take up & therefore benefit to the economy
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Can I just say..hearing some of my Canadian buddies going along with some anti-American sentiment in regards to votes for Trump has been Extremely disenheartening to say the least. Americans
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