#Democracy

Keith Humphreys

KeithNHumphreys

Later this year, many liberal democracies will face a massive cultural, political and health challenge: Everyone who wants a vaccine will have had one (willingness below, US is about 56%)

Carissa Avallone

carissaavallone

A thread: 1/ I’ve been overwhelmed by emotion tonight. The vast majority of the protestors who went to dc yesterday genuinely believe the democratic process is in shambles. Some of

Kevin Versfeld

baldricman

Quick & dirty analysis of this article.Generally, very vague questions focusing almost exclusively on economic impact, with little knowledge of the healthcare side (which is the purpose of the temporary

Sriram

SriramMadras

I am asked repeatedly on “Impact of Rajini”. I have some fundamental questions. Feel free to comment: 1.Will @rajinikanth contest as MLA?2.If he is not the CM and doesn’t contest

Bachman

ElonBachman

1\ This is a thread about how the structure of Sweden's political institutions allowed it to have the best COVID-19 policy in the worldI think it will be of interest

Barack Obama

BarackObama

Tomorrow is Election Day in Georgia and the stakes could not be higher. We’re seeing how far some will go to retain power and threaten the fundamental principles of our

Club des Cordeliers

cordeliers

Late, evidence-free speculation about a Trump coup is intended to prepare the public for a military counter-coup "to save democracy" -- which would, of course, result in the abrogation of

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

The current split we’re seeing in the Republican Party is not a sudden split of ‘consciousness’ or ‘doing what’s right’, but rather a split between two factions of their billionaire

Chris Warshaw

cwarshaw

Some quick high-level thoughts on the election: 1) WTF happened with the polls. This is a serious issue for our democracy that scholars across social sciences should work on addressing.

Bekah Mason

bekahmason

I keep seeing comparisons of riots this summer to what we saw today in an attempt to downplay the breach of the Capitol.This is problematic for several reasons, so here’s

Night Sky

nightsky91

January 6th was America's Beer Hall Putsch.1/ Hitler's Nazi Party, just four years old, attempted a coup d'état in 1923. Hitler was inspired by the successful fascist insurrection in Italy

Cav “Roy Batty Was Right”

CombatCavScout

Lots of folks questioning if we should celebrate today or celebrate the founding fathers. This is the way I see it:American independence and the men and women who fought for

Canongate

canongatebooks

It’s telling, watching right wing commentators try and draw parallels between Trump’s baseless threats of court action and @thatginamiller’s successful challenge in 2016 - when the former is attempting to

Paul and Storm

paulandstorm

[S] As a small counterweight to the administration and GOP’s ongoing efforts to crumble our democracy to dust through baseless claims of fraud, I offer what I witnessed as an

Philippe Lagassé

PhilippeLagasse

The 2008 prorogation stirred an interesting academic debate: can a Governor General refuse a Prime Minister’s advice to prorogue? On the ‘no discretion’ to refuse, we had MacDonald and @JWJBowden,

Nick Harkaway

Harkaway

If you see a contradiction here, you haven’t yet understood what this is.https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1324371145735491586 This is an ontology (of which a Trumpism is one example) which evaluates all things by reference

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