#Populist

Some Italian papers are talking abt the right wing coalition "breaking up", since the parties within it have different positions abt Draghi. Nothing is further from the truth. This is
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This article, written by someone who died in 2015 and published in Feb 2019, is fascinating, but not for the reason the New Yorker thinks. It's a very solid example
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1/n: A (pessimistic) thread on political economy of the Supreme Court staying the 3 farm laws: On the face of it, the court had indicted the govt for not doing
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A thread to collect racist constructs designed by Hindu hating colonial regimes and perpetuated by modern day (mem)sahibs and their deracinatated, self loathing chamchas. 1. South Asia: An artificial term
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Why is proportional representation a good idea?1. It means that *all* votes matter in elections, not just those for the candidate with the most number of votes. Why is proportional
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It’s cute that people think Hawley’s latest autocratic grab is new.This guy left DC, moved to MO + from the moment he stepped foot in Boone County he’s violated ethics
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I know lots of people just seem to be regurgitating takes that the results reaffirm their views, but I really don't think that's what I'm doing here, because these mostly
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The Great Depression and Dust Bowl devastated Oklahoma, so why weren't New Deal programs popular among Oklahomans?One key reason: Alfalfa Bill. William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray served as Okla.'s first Speaker
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1/GOP members of Congress who abetted the plot to overturn the election will go down in infamy along with the disgraced 45th President himself. There is another group of infamous
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Donald Trump is leaving the White House within the hour. Re-reading his inaugural speech from four years ago, it’s clear the two words he wanted to define his presidency were
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THREAD: The Chihuahua & the Wolf1/Where are we headed in the US: Communism? Fascism? Civil war? Main threat from Left or Right?Looked for historical parallels. Knew a lot re French,
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1/10 Those looking past Trump shld watch floor speech by Sen Josh Hawley @HawleyMO on Bostock opinion.https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4887276/user-clip-sen-hawley-speech-june-16-2020. For law nerds, headline is that Josh declares conservativ
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Was speaking to a Taiwanese friend, and I don't think it's popular to say this, but Tsai Ing-wen's presidency has been like Obama's, in that she was elected on a
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This is an important story with lessons for the UK, vaccine rollout, and regulatory competition versus regulatory cooperation. Thread (stick with me) 1/14https://twitter.com/FT/status/1334518001949929474 Back in March 2019, following 2 cras
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So this morning someone tweeted - in response to a 'why are Nightingale hospitals empty' tweet - that Covid is a 'media hoax'. Same tweeter also claimed the death toll
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Ben Sasse stole my only good national op-ed idea But seriously, repeal the 17th Amendment Throughout the covid crisis we've seen repeated coordination failure between states and the federal government,
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