#Democracies

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Facebook hired a member of the intelligence community to protect elections in 2018. But it appears just an attempt to cover up their continued threat to democracy.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/26/yael-eisenstat-facebook-is

Timothy Burke

swarthmoreburke

We keep talking about what kills or destroys or burns down democracies as if this is well understood and based on a massive body of previous cases. 1/ In fact,

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li, gender godmother

perdricof

i see some leftists on here calling for senators and other democratic politicians to start acting like street activists--barricading doors, blowing up normsi want to take a moment to explain

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

One trend that infuriates me, I often see in academic & political polemics is to call X state not a true Y, like ’democracy’, &/or that X state or cultural

Christina Vazquez

CBoomerVazquez

“More than a dozen states have activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed protests, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly

Nicolas Tenzer

NTenzer

Today is #HumanRightsDay but should be each & every day#HumanRights aren't incidental to foreign policy but its very heart. Failure to respect them offers a reliable prediction of

Ballot Box Scotland

BallotBoxScot

Every time there's a Scottish poll at the moment, there's a reason to bring out the thread on South Korea's recent elections and how gaming the system is Democratically Badhttps://twitter.com/BallotBoxScot/status/125076453215222

Sri Thiruvadanthai

teasri

I am reading Dennis Kux's second book: Disenchanted Allies--this one about US-Pakistan relationship. Finished the other one Estranged Democracies--which is about US-India. One thing is clear--US always had misgivings about

Anders Åslund

anders_aslund

Why Trump should rank as the worst US president ever:1. He caused an insurrection at the US Capitol.2. He greatly aggravated white supremacism.3. He boosted homicide rates sharply.4. He failed

Elinor Elliot

ElliotElinor

This is now a fight against fascism for the soul of the UK and other Western democracies. Brexit, in this country, was merely the threshold event. In case you are

Angus Johnston

studentactivism

Half my timeline is tweeting that Trump can't change the election day and half my timeline is tweeting that he might well do it anyway, and I'm reminded of Neils

Pieter de Wilde

pieter_dewilde

The #EUBudget #MFF row between & and the rest of the reveals a major mistake in EU focus: It shouldn't be so pre-occupied with #RuleOfLaw. Thread 1/8 The quality

Nick Reeves 3.5% #FBPE #ProgressiveAlliance

nickreeves9876

1/ I've been watching politics for 50 years. Starmer's silence on the transition extension is profoundly abnormal. No opposition party has ever been pushed into tactical silence on a key

Jules Martinez

drjulesmartinez

On biblical theology and justice. For Christians, human flourishing and the pursuit of justice is fundamental. Scripture should function as a social imaginary in the search for shalom. This task

Michael Dougan

mdouganlpool

I've spent my adult life in a state of contented coexistence between the very different & potentially conflictual parts of my background and identity - almost a model child of

Eric Sayers

DEricSayers

Lots of talk of a coalition to counter PRC behavior. Unlikely we see a formal, monolithic effort like an alliance of democracies emerge. Instead, we likely see overlapping coalitions of

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