#Extremist

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

Joy James, Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals (1997) She begins with Du Bois' construction of "the Talented Tenth" as elite leadership of race managers & takes

Barbara Malmet

B52Malmet

.@RepRaskin opens the 2nd day of Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial. He says “The Senate is sitting as a court of impeachment on the facts.” He is disparaging Trump’s lawyers’ defense

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RevJeffHoliday

There has been a growing threat in the world that, despite the best efforts of grifters and propagandists, has risen to the point of the national stage unavoidable. I have

Cerno

Cernovich

This is a characteristically thoughtful column and I have some thoughts. Read it first and I'll post my own below it.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/media/capitol-anthime-gionet-buzzfeed-vine.html I've always thought in

Ahmad Ibn Mosharraf 🏴‍☠️

IbnMosharraf

This is an old story. When I was around 22 I had a very short SJ phase(along with a few of my friends).It ended when I couldn't accept their arguments

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

A thread about a metaphor that increasingly misleads. I refer to the image of "exposure" as a description of what the press does, should do, or isn't doing well enough.

TheAstuteReader

TheAstuteReader

Former Israelí PM Shimon Peres had famously said “ The most important thing in life is to dare” and Israel dared in true sense when it planned one the most

Jason E. Dunlap, SFC (Ret.), USIC

Red_eyedjedi

Fellow Vets,There are white nationalists who have served in the military & hiding among active dutyMany have become radicalized by the WN ideology It likely began with an ambiguous boogaloo

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

In October 1964 WABC in New York broadcast a 1 hour special on right wing extremism in America, focusing on how that year's GOP nominee, Barry Goldwater, had stimulated new

Clint Watts

selectedwisdom

No one should be surprised about what happened with Trump supporters storming the Capitol yesterday, but why yesterday, and not on election day or some other day since the election,

Rabbi Ruti Regan 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

RutiRegan

Looks like the impeachment trial is starting soon. I'm going to livetweet as much as I can.https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1359200450009038853 I don't love that this starts with a prayer but given that it

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

Based on the latest info I could find, here's why what happened on Jan. 6th was worse than we thought. It was coordinated. This was not merely a crowd of

Mister Fengi

MrFengi

Good thread.Context: The Reply All team at Gimlet media made a deep dive documentary into the racist labor issues exposed at Bon Appétit.Eric was co-host of The Nod at Gimlet/Spotify

Nandini Jammi

nandoodles

I’ve been quietly having conversations w/ tech CEOs this yr re: hate speech. They all agree it’s a problem - but are unsure of how to manage it & feel

Jesse Damiani

JesseDamiani

Fact and truth are currently under direct attack from @HawleyMO, @marcorubio, @SenatorBraun, @TomCottonAR, & William BarrWe have to make sure our elected officials reject the proposed “Limiting Section 230 Immunity

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Don't believe what they say about Calif. blackoutsThey result from *political* failure to hold PG&E accountable after $21 BILLION bail-outFailure stems from decades-long focus on climate/renewables instead of fortifying electric

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