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Mondaire Jones
MondaireJones
The way we talk about court expansion is important. It’s not about Democrats vs. Republicans. Justice John Paul Stevens was a Republican. So was David Souter.Due to the hyper-partisan majority
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Jennifer Dresden
JRDresden
Seeing lots of talk about whether the US can even do democracy promotion abroad now that our own shortcomings are laid so bare. It's a fair question but also sometimes
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Adam Wagner
AdamWagner1
Not even sure what to tweet about the US. I'm watching in horror and sadness. Trump is a terrible president and politician but a consummate rabble rouser. Those who have
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Christian Vanderbrouk
UrbanAchievr
Keep track of the people who advocate legislatures appointing alternate electors in defiance of final court judgments. Remember their names. They are enemies of democracy. Enemy of democracy https://twitter.com/docMJP/status/132805772291540
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suhas palshikar
PalshikarSuhas
There are unmistakable similarities. But as we get to experience the Modi regime and Modi persona more and more, it's time also to distinguish between the two.https://twitter.com/waglenikhil/status/1329279405114310656 First is a
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Neil Fawcett
BarristerNF
The far-right spent years campaigning using every dirty trick in the book, including disinformation, lies, and foreign money and subversion to bring about a fanatical, crackpot scheme that has become
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Brian Beutler
brianbeutler
I’d echo most of what @theplumlinegs writes here, but going forward, I think the key is that Republicans can’t be allowed to spin up a storm of lies *and then
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Taisu Zhang
ZhangTaisu
To restate the obvious: there’s no necessary connection between democracy, and liberalism/civil rights (Aung San Suu Kyi), nor any necessary connection between raging against an incumbent autocrat and being committed
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Gaurav Sabnis 🇮🇳🇺🇸
gauravsabnis
Our species will go extinct because we didn't understand or value the concept of a Republic (where public is above the rulers) as much as the concept of a Democracy
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Jonah Bingham
ArtJbing
@CIA, care to comment on your definition of "democracy" One of my favorite maps. Mom yummy democracy I'm sure korea appreciated democracy
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David Rothkopf
djrothkopf
As others have observed, the ideology of the GOP has become about one thing only: maintaining power. For them that single goal transcends values, historical traditions, decency, ethics & the
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Cam
cam_cannon
My number one problem when people very rigidly oppose formalizing hierarchy in organizing - to the extent you don’t even elect an executive to make decisions between meetings - is
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Dr. Melissa Hillman
bittergertrude
I was naive to believe Republicans valued American democracy. I don't think their coup attempt will succeed, but they've revealed who they are. They responded to a resounding rejection of
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Ari Berman
AriBerman
How Biden can reverse GOP attacks on democracy:-enforce Voting Rights Act at DOJ-register voters through federal agencies -fix 2020 census -oust Louis DeJoy with new USPS board -create office of
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Lois Beckett
loisbeckett
80+ historians of fascism and authoritarianism released an open letter today warning that democracy “is either withering or in full-scale collapse globally”, and urging ordinary people to take action.https://www.theguardian.com/world/20
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Cajsa is wondering what more unstable looks 💙💛🐝
Cajsa
Who has not been confronted by some Republican apologist for voter suppression and injustice with the phrase, "The United States is a republic, not a democracy." Their point is there
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