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Stuart Newman

sanewman1

1/4 The debate among left-of-center academics and pundits about whether Trump represented a turn toward fascism has a well-worn contour. Some are pointing out that things that have happened in

Matthew J. Peterson

docMJP

Here's the news: Changing voting rules midstream in an unprecedented manner was harmless & favored neither side. There is no voter fraud. There are no corrupt urban political machines. And

getting used to the new normal

dfergusson

The well-researched, nuanced, and insightful critiques of the blunt-force Bogotá-style “ban cars” pieces are making a lot of urbanists feel defensive, and I think there’s a few reasons why: 1)

Hollywood

J_MoAGoGo

Reading Anneliese Dodds' speech on Labour economic policy and it's fascinating how steeped in neoclassical macro dogma it is. People should probably be aware that on fiscal and monetary policy

Aurelien Mondon

aurelmondon

Calling Trump's politics and what happened last night 'fascism' is problematicNot that these are not necessarily fascistic, they certainly are, but resorting to this term outside of precise definitions, as

GB

G_Brsky

Unpopular opinion: Focusing your journalistic/academic writing about Israel/Palestine & not knowing Hebrew and/or Arabic is really quite absurd (cough, @PeterBeinart). And no, speaking with a tiny bubble of Palestinian-American academic

Jack Wakefield

Jack_Wakefield

Feeling totally exhausted by the inevitably of climate disaster now, and the huge gulf between urgency for action and our ability as societies to grasp that reality. But am holding

Brianna da Silva

Brianna_daSilva

Just sharing my personal feelings here: I've gotten to the point where I'm genuinely uninterested in a spec fic book/movie/show where the only thing "fresh" about it is a "badass"

Asawin Suebsaeng

swin24

It is maddeningly funny that the trump administration keeps trying to convince us that it made us “safer” than we were four years ago Trump and the mainstream right generally

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

1) One of my biggest concerns going forward: these awful past four years have created a number of outrage addicts on our side who subconsciously want things to continue going

Vireshwar Tomar

VireshwarTomar

From last 2 years, mainstream Indian media is threatening about a ban on #bitcoin & #cryptocurrency in India. However, past incidents and current reality are much different from media

Norman Ornstein

NormOrnstein

When and if the sorry history of this era Is written, the anchors, producers and bookers of Sunday talk shows, the editors and many reporters of mainstream media, will not

Faith Initiative at American Progress

CAPfaith

1/10 The deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has brought attention to the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States and its connection to violent white supremacy. 2/10 “A

Jonathan Lis

jonlis1

From July 2016 until April 2018 there was no mainstream movement to hold a second referendum. Zero. A few prominent outliers on Twitter aside, everything was about making Brexit softer,

Professor Fleming

alwaystheself

Before the civil rights era, ALL presidential administrations in this country were both white supremacist and white nationalist. In the "modern" era, mainstream politicians learned to performatively eschew white nationalism

Ruth Braunstein

RuthBraunstein

THREAD: Many right-wing groups (incl. many that aren't “religious”) are bound together by a mythical history of a Christian America that must be preserved. Yet we often conflate 2 versions

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