#Democracy

Eric Boehlert

EricBoehlert

simple. accurate.why can’t see this *regularly* in US commentaryhttps://twitter.com/bbcrosatkins/status/1324451176331517953 “this is not American democracy as people normally see it” it's all become so normalized for the American

David Frum

davidfrum

No more happy talk about the "uniquely American transition of power." Trump presidency and this post-election period confirm that the US is *less* committed to democratic norms - and has

Naomi Hossain

nomhossain

50 years ago today was the Bhola cyclone, one of the deadliest tropical storms in world history. It killed up to half a million people in what was then East

Natasha Bertrand

NatashaBertrand

POTUS is participating in a virtual G7 summit from the Sit Room this a.m., where 3 major topics will be Covid (and US contribution of up to $4B to COVAX),

Jan Jones

JanJonesGA

This election cycle brought great stress to our state and our country. An unprecedented global pandemic upended our children’s schools, our businesses, daily way of life and our sense of

Amy Gardner

AmyEGardner

A Trump appointee writing for the 3rd Circuit. “Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make

Joshua Stein, philosophy, ethics, politics

thephilosotroll

Referring to this as a "crisis for democracy" isn't a stretch. The GOP already has disproportionate advantages in the electoral college, relative to share of the popular vote, and is

isthisacoup

isthisacoup

Update: The Coup-a-meter measures a specific kind of danger: how close we are to an active coup. Just as a speedometer cannot tell you the temperature, right now the Coup-o-meter

Maarek

Maarblek

forgotten in all the drama of the remaining count is that 2020 made sure that the future of voting in the US is going to be voting by mail, specifically

Dr Martini

ethicalmartini

There's a lot of blue tick journos who call Twitter a 'hellhole' and complain about being talked back to by opinionated critics.I know some tweeps are abusive (sexist, etc) and

Dr. Johnathan Flowers says "Fuck your Academy."

shengokai

From a Deweyan perspective, the calls for "healing" and "reconciliation" with the right/republicans who brought us to this point are hypocritical at the very least, and bullshit at the very

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

The GOP planned in advance - back in February - to challenge Trump’s impending electoral defeat. ALEC and the CNP are dangerous anti-democratic institutions. 1/https://twitter.com/FinzGreta/status/1337854743054520321 2/ “ALEC President

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

0/24. Lying about disease kills us and our democracy. Quotations from "Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary," published this week. #OurMalady 1/24. "In January, (the federal government)

Manu Pubby

manupubby

A short thread for those following India's strategic ecosystem - India has a wide range of mainstream defence correspondents, with decent understanding of military affairs.On many contentious issues they don't

Chrissy Stroop

C_Stroop

Republicans have been calling Democrats weak, communists, and godless since forever.How is it that Democratic strategists have, after all this time, failed to learn that “No we’re not!” is extremely

renny

rgleeson

Long ago, back in 2020, I wrote "Truth Dies First: Storyweapons on the InfoOps Battlefield", a piece for The Cyber Defense Review's Special Edition on Information Operations/Information Warfare. 1/10 -

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