#Political

Martin Jacques

martjacques

1/6 The West faces a perfect storm. 1. It has failed on the pandemic; a systemic failure of liberal democracy; 2. Its economies are mired in deep recession, while China's

Lesley Carhart

hacks4pancakes

It's Tuesday night on January the 19th of 2021, therefore time to burn it all down. Let's talk politics and infosec. Let's try to put some very basic, hopefully not-too-terribly

Gad Saad

GadSaad

EVERY single day for the past four years, I have watched innumerable academics engage in the most insulting characterizations of @realDonaldTrump. I never sought to "altruistically punish" them by reporting

Ermintrude 💙

Ermintrude2

In mid-March I was scared. I was scared for myself and those I love. I was scared for those I work with and for. I was scared for my community,

Ryan Hass

ryanl_hass

1/ I've received several inquiries asking why Beijing has not sent a congratulatory message to President-elect Biden. My take: First, Beijing recognizes Trump will be president for two more months.

UteDaddy

utedaddy

Here is a thread on people making political statements ---> Do you think it's a coincidence this rider is leaning to his/her left? I certainly don't, that helmet is a

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

It's been two months since Biden was declared the winner in a blowout. Since then Trump has had literally zero chance of overturning the election. Yet the panickers on our

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

Absent a near-total reversal of political trends, Donald Trump is going to lose—in all likelihood decisively—to Joe Biden in November.How will historians remember the Trump administration? I suspect the dominant

Tom and Lorenzo

tomandlorenzo

The interesting thing about covering political fashion is that there's a huge audience for it as well as a huge non-audience that's vehemently opposed to it. And when I say

JUST AN IGNORANT NURSE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

parsonshanged

I'm a little bewildered because I just heard some astonishing things from a Jacobin podcaster- political power only = statecraft and policy- Q is a cult and therefor not a

Grant Kaplan

GrantAKaplan

If you want to trigger the libs, Carl Schmitt > Erik Peterson. But if you want an authentic Catholic political theology, Peterson >>> Schmitt. Thread ... 2/ Peterson: angels at

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/7Good article by Janan Ganesh, but while I agree that governance is what democracies are supposed to do best, I would also argue that democracies, as Churchill is supposed to

Jon Ralston

RalstonReports

"A republic that respects itself should remember where people stood in this moment, and keep those who would threaten it far from the instruments of political power."We must never forget."Right

Julie Rohr ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)

JulieRohrYEG

So yesterday, I got into a little exchange of ideas with one @DavidStaplesYEG who was expressing displeasure in a “ban list” of businesses that expressly support the UCP. I enjoy

Taisu Zhang

ZhangTaisu

To restate the obvious: there’s no necessary connection between democracy, and liberalism/civil rights (Aung San Suu Kyi), nor any necessary connection between raging against an incumbent autocrat and being committed

Ryan Beaty

ryanbeaty

A Thread: As a Pentecostal, who believes in and has had real experiences with what I would describe as “the Power of God,” I have to ask, why would we

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