#Governments

I understand why people are pleased with Trump's ban given the clear danger his tweeting posed. But we should be careful about cheerleading the unprecedented political power of unaccountable tech
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1/8 Today, we are pleased to launch a #StrongCities toolkit to guide local governments in responding to a terror attackhttps://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/responding-to-a-terror-attack-a-strong-cities-toolkit/ 2/8 "There are a l
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What they said What they meant Israeli "normalization" agreements are not peace
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Terms like idiocracy and kakistocracy fail to account for the malevolent intent of Trump & co. Focusing on their "incompetence" similarly misses the point.Pathocracy, the rule of people without conscience
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The #ElectionDay results will not be DISPUTED simply because Democrats want them to be. This #RedMirage intel shows their plans. Project Veritas has them on tape admitting they've been
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One thing that strikes me forcefully right now is that neoliberalism has not just robbed our governments of the *capacity* for effective action in the public good: it's robbed us
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When you say the simple, established truth it sounds extreme, but it is what it is: The Trump administration has actively pursued policies to spread the virus, and dramatically increase
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Thread: Cursory glance shows a certain blindness to reality among some of the more right leaning media outlets regarding news Boris Johnson is considering opt outs from the Human Rights
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How do local governments set policy in the presence of mobile factors, spillovers, and information flows? For answers, see our article "Local Policy Choice: Theory and Empirics" (w/ @WilliamHHoyt and
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The Government's proposal for how to modernise political advertising regulation is too little and too late. Read our response to the proposals for digital imprints (the means by which political
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Current developments have implications on China-related research that go far beyond the self-censorship debate that had people at their throats a couple of months ago. Then, the stakes were losing
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This is the everyday reality of Australia's "sustainable" kangaroo industry. The cruelty is abhorrent, and Australian governments do everything they can to make this industry as secretive yet PR-friendly as
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Some thoughts on this opinion. I apologize for sounding like a broken record since I just did a similar thread on a Sun opinion, but these flawed arguments keep popping
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Thanks, Sheena. A few initial thoughts from the complaint (indictment expected to follow). To be clear, Chen is not accused of transmitting classified information. The charges are based on failing
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The fact that #Facebook could tweak its algorithms, and did, during the election is proof that something can be done! The fact that they've already done away with those modifications
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Today marks the anniversary of John A Costello, former Taoiseach & AG of Ireland. Costello was born in Fairview in 1891, and educated at St Joseph's CBS, UCD and Kings
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