#COUP

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Biden will probably win Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, but the TV trained us to believe politics are a TV show and the TV President was in the lead when the

James Ryan

jdryan08

Worthwhile to think about these questions in light of coup talk. My own hesitancy about that discourse stems from Nikhil’s point that political organization is hard work, coups, successful ones,

Bre Miche ⏳

bre_miche

The problem with calling the mob actions a coup is that technically that is the PEOPLE’S house, we pay taxes on it, and we should be able to storm in

John B. Holbein

JohnHolbein1

So, you ready to call it a coup attempt yet?https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1346906369232920576 Remember when, 2 months ago, Vox published this piece and they got shouted down for using too extreme of language?https://twitter.com/JohnH

Wesley Clark

WesClarkjr

As half-assed as this coup feels, it's been in the works for years. We'll find out there was significant participation by police forces. The main reason it failed(and it will

Monjula Ray, MPhil, M.S. 🌈

queerBengali

Republicans have elected a Nazi (Madison Cawthorn), a qanon fan (Marjorie Taylor), and may re-elect 2 senators who are accused of insider trading. And their president is attempting a coup.

Son of Mighty Humanzee

HZardoz

But we will have neither when Trump leaves office. Also, how much of the declassified documents, ordered nearly 2 years ago, have we seen?This is the problem the intellectual class

Hunter Walker

hunterw

Let's talk about the proper terms to describe what happened at the Capitol for a moment. I know this has been contentious and I have put a lot of thought

Scott Adams

ScottAdamsSays

The 2020 election results will surely include some level of mischief, both real and imagined, in both directions. We can predict this with 100% certainty, but the degree is unknown.

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

okay let's put it specifically from NYT since everyone thinks I am Pollyanna: "In official language of research science, vaccine is typically considered effective only if it prevents people from

Baghdadi Bolshevik 🇮🇶 ☭

PrinceofBavel

On this day in 1963, Arab Nationalists violently overthrew the government of the Iraqi Republic led by PM Abd al-Karim Qasim. In this thread I'll go over the events of

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

There's time to be alarmed. It's such a time. The president's blatant, if incompetent, attempts to steal the election are happening in a period of entrenched of minority rule, and

Carlos Sardiña Galache

CSGalache

The coup in Burma is partly a self-coup that, on the face of it, doesn't make much sense, as the system designed by the military has been working pretty well

BBC News (World)

BBCWorld

For many Burmese, the military coup on Monday is reminiscent of one that took place in the late 1980s“It kind of felt like deja vu, it’s like we’re back to

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

For those asking, I underestimated Trump and I overestimated Republicans, although I'm glad to see that they've finally come around. If anyone is interested in engaging in good faith, this

Jo Conidi Morales

joconidimorales

Public service announcement to the Left & anyone else who cares about anti-racism: Using the racist, loaded, imperialist word “terrorist” to describe the current insurrectionist Trump supporters who have stormed

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