#Political

Dr. Cara Burnidge

burnidge

I do not understand how this claim can be supported: “The SHEAR debacle has very little to do with history and a whole lot to do about politics.” In a

Barry Friedman

barryfriedman1

NYT reports on law firms abandoning the Trump election litigation, leading me to want to elaborate on something I tweeted a bit ago about Jones Day. 1/ I believe people

Doug Gay

DougGay

Oliver O'Donovan once said 'to see yourself as a people is a work of moral imagination'. True of most 'bodies' we belong to. If my party SNP is where we

Zetetic Advocate

ZeteticAdvocate

I’ve never cared for political street parades, marches, etc., since it’s an exercise of visual theater to show the power & number of the marchers. It’s a horrible way to

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADHOW WE GOT HERE: PART II—DEEP-SEATED DENIALISM AND CLASSISMThis thread contains excerpts from Part II of “How We Got Here.” This part addresses our country’s denialism in the face of

Dov, wall collapse enthusiast

lituainianach

No, not really.https://twitter.com/NewSocialistUK/status/1323266672187363329 This is how political movements protect abusers, bullies and general shitheads, and you do not owe them. If you truly believe in that value of the left

T.J. Stiles

TJStiles_Author

History is not a user manual for the future. But I note that we've usually had too little accountability, rarely too much. Who thinks there was *too much* de-Nazification, or

Rabbil l রাব্বিল

RA_Sikdar

Personality politics is that boring leaders who boost a party's chance in poll ratings aren't nearly as interesting as figures who are very emotive but also very polarising. This seems

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

Again, I think this point needs to be made: there is no other political party in Western democracies where Black people have equal political power as in the Democratic party.

Nadwa Dawsari

Ndawsari

The "end the war" discourse is problematic. The war won't end by halting arms sales to Saudis although that would help. The Biden admin need to understand that #Yemen war

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

Madeleine Albright said a phrase I often use: “Fascism is not a political ideology.” I usually add: “It is mental pathology writ large.” It would be good if we could

Matt McDermott

mattmfm

In the years after 9/11, every time there was a terrorist attack the media would ask ‘Where were they radicalized?’ Why is that question no longer asked? Fox News, OANN,

Frisco Uplink

_danilo

Here’s something I’m going to give you. Take it or leave it, but it’s where I’m at and I don’t want to be a hoarder.You need to start living your

Durakov

SashaDurakov

I am thinking a lot today about the way the idea of "civil war" has been mobilized around this election. I spent a few years studying the history of civil

words are weapons ⚡

vimoh

The problem with discussing politics with your average sanghi techie is that you have to necessarily have it devolve into a fifth standard civics lesson. Almost the entirety of their

Kyle Becker

kylenabecker

It's not only Republicans vs. Democrats now. America is being splintered into hyper-partisan factions: Trump supporters vs. GOP; Nationalists vs. Constitutional Conservatives; Socialists vs. Liberals. Independents who seek 'balance&

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