#Democracy

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

People keep asking whether Trump and the Republicans attempt to steal the election is legitimate, if it's a coup, if it's a fundraising scheme, if it's posturing, if it's actually

Erich Parpart

erich_parpart

Now that I am home, time for a recap of #ม็อบ17พฤศจิกา for those who are still awake. At 2pm the volunteer guards from #Ratsadon began to dismantle the police barriers

Jon Brady

jonbradyphoto

Before I left DC Thomson I completed a series, yet to be published, on private housebuilders' appetite to build high-density, poor quality neighbourhoods that squish as many houses in as

Puma Thurman

mean_kitteh

Guys I'm watching the anti-democracy & it is wild. They just played macho man & now they're playing voice clips of democrats saying they're going to change America but it's

Eric Garland

ericgarland

BREAKING: The U.S. Army covered up that traitor Mike Flynn's *brother* was involved in the failed respond to defend the Capitol on January 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/flynn-national-guard-call-riot/2021/01/20/7f4

Jenni Minto

jenni_minto

THREADFour years ago my husband Les and I were planning a trip to Washington DC. The world was still reeling from the shock election of Donald J Trump as the

Angus Johnston

studentactivism

If city councils and private institutions had had the power to remove Confederate statues at the beginning of this year, there would have been a lot fewer Confederate statues available

LiyaYu 喻俐雅

LiyaYuBerlin

From a neuropolitical perspective , I agree that potential ‘superhumanization’ of Taiwan can actually lead to cognitive dissociation and apathy (“Taiwan’s so special that we have nothing humanly in common

Shorty

Shorty56167141

New thread...I'm gonna bring a little thunder and lightning with this one... Gabriel Sterling posted this little number yesterday evening and he decided to use lead stories as a fact

Anders Åslund

anders_aslund

Why Trump should rank as the worst US president ever:1. He caused an insurrection at the US Capitol.2. He greatly aggravated white supremacism.3. He boosted homicide rates sharply.4. He failed

Aurelien Mondon

aurelmondon

One of the perverse effects of the populist hype is that it equates different types of anti-elitist politicsSince far right conspiracies are the most covered in our public discourse, it

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

The abuse of Lincoln’s second Inaugural speech by GOP seditionists who are making bad faith calls for unity is appalling. Lincoln did indeed say with “Malice towards none and charity

Mike Pompeo

mikepompeo

In the wake of yesterday’s reprehensible attack on the U.S. Capitol, many prominent people – including journalists and politicians – have likened the United States to a banana republic. The

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

No Kevin. It is over. The American People have rejected @realDonaldTrump in a decisive manner that is greater than Trump’s 2016 win. You picked up 8 seats. That’s the way

Evan McMullin 🇺🇸

EvanMcMullin

Conservatism was co-opted as an ostensible ideological veneer for an authoritarian movement for the last five years, and perverted by others before that. If it's to be anything good, conservatism

Theo Landsman

TheoLandsman

Good thread: A problem for lefties who understand that a third party is more likely to sap movement energy than generate it is that there are plenty of influencers who

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