#Democracy

James Hohmann

jameshohmann

Another storyline that hasn't gotten enough attention yet is how big of a propaganda coup what happened at the Capitol is for our adversaries, especially Beijing and Moscow. Trump inciting

Michael Haas

MikeHaasWi

In light of the WI Supreme Court hearing I am getting more questions about Madison’s Democracy in the Park event. So let me outline again why I believe that event

Geoff Engelstein

gengelstein

Until recently I never truly grasped that the fundamental social contract of Democracy is that the losers of elections accept the results and graciously cede power.Board games are a critical

Yuriy

YuriyYarovoy

“The shining city upon a hill” no more. Regardless of who wins the presidency, this election is a loss for democracy and democratic values. If we thought that we as

Tami Burages

tburages

This is the part I've been thinking about and I'm betting McConnell is thanking his lucky stars this occurs AFTER the GA runoffs. See, if just ONE senator objects (a

sam

ChinaStream

The news out of #HongKong hits the Leaders section of some of the UK's papers today - The Times view on China’s Hong Kong crackdown and Joe Biden’s challenge: Freedom

N. K. Jemisin

nkjemisin

::rubs face:: This did not start with Oklahoma City. Jan 6 was not "our Kristallnacht." Folks really need to remember that the US has ALWAYS been fascist when it comes

Evergreen Action

EvergreenAction

“The climate crisis is deeply intertwined with the crisis of our democracy and white supremacy.” - @ayanaeliza Since Wednesday’s attempted coup, we’ve taken a step back from social media. But

EconEnby

EconEnby

Watched the Vaush and Zoe discussion. It was really good (I knew of her already and knew she was pog), and I agreed on a lot with Vaush, but I

David Timoney

fromarsetoelbow

Interesting thread. As usual with the left & Labour, this revolves around parliamentarianism, but I feel it skirts the real issue: party democracy. Corbyn's failure to radically reform Labour meant

seeshell

Tentoads4truth

How The Koch Brothers Broke Democracy & Stuck Taxpayers With The Bill the Kochs were making little headway with their ultra right wing ideas until they figured out how to

Aunt Tiefa

keith3048

We are in the pull of the gravitational forces of democracy which are pulling us towards the results. Our country is like a deep space object approaching a black hole.

It's Shark Week, Motherfuckers...

Alysson

Let me make something clear: Biden is going to win. There's really no question about that now. It is a matter of time. And still, Republicans say nothing. Donald Trump

Alex Dukalskis

AlexDukalskis

What can be said that hasn't been already? Probably not much, but here are a few scattered thoughts on yesterday's events in the US: First, the Democrats just regained the

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MorlockP

1/Yahoos sitting in / breaking a few doors / stealing candy from a drawer / carting off a lectern is really just political theater and should be punished, yes, but

Gail Helt

ghelt

A reminder of what some former colleagues and I found disturbing about @realDonaldTrump’s behavior this summer.This behavior will not only continue if he is re-elected, but it will get much,

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