#Nation

Maj. Gen. Kenneth Ekman (US Air Force), Deputy Commander of the anti-ISIS Coalition (...) expressed the Coalition’s satisfaction with the ongoing discussions between the Peshmerga and the Iraqi Security Forces
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When we say that this seemingly distant history is barely even history:* Joe Biden was 18 when this happened* Nancy Pelosi & Dr. Fauci were 20* Maxine Waters was 22*
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Yesterday, Senate Republicans unveiled their plan for the next #COVIDRelief package:https://www.cbpp.org/press/statements/greenstein-senate-republican-covid-relief-proposal-fails-to-meet-needs-of Their plan falls far short of meeting the ne
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Two things that are true at the same time:1) The war in Afghanistan was a strategic blunder of historic proportions 2) Withdrawing precipitously & unilaterally w/o regard for allies, partners,
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1/ Across Texas and the nation, COVID-19 is deadlier for Black and Hispanic people. The trend was already clear nationally and could be seen in local snapshots in Texas. But
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1/ We are in a democratic emergency. Yesterday the Real Facebook Oversight Board urged Facebook to remove groups speculating the election is illegitimate. 2/ Facebook has already pledged to flag
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1) Well it is that time of year again. The time when “progressives” nation wide start sharing memes about Europeans being “Illegal Aliens” and Native Americans were kind enough to
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Some identities are better than others or how historians contribute to their making or their demise (a thread that I did not have the time to write the other day
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Before everyone raises glasses to make their “the system worked” toasts, let’s remember…./1 The racism, nativism, sexism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and vicious social hatred/2 The lawlessness and disorder, the disinformation and
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1/Gather round, my friends, and let me tell you the epic story of the Franco-Prussian War.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War 2/In 1870, France had been in turmoil for almost a century. Revolution after revolution,
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THREADHold up, wait a minute! I thought Nancy Pelosi is already Speaker of the House. What's this election about tomorrow?Don't worry, your boys Vincent and Jules here to the rescue
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I understand that Trump claims that people who read his speech thought it was appropriate. I'm an expert in rhetoric. It was not appropriate. He used war rhetoric and incited
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Shane would absolutely sing "Wonderwall" at karaoke night. #StardewValley Sebastian would sing "I'm not okay (I promise)". #StardewValley Sam would sing "All the small things". #StardewValley Alex would sin
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Abolish Australia Day. ‘Change the Date’ doesn’t change the nation. It’s just another tokenistic gesture, a part of so called ‘Australia’s’ lazy arse dialogue concerning Blackfullas. Has no real connection
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Mets offseason, so far:• Bill de Blasio pretends he won't approve Mets sale• Jeff Wilpon's farewell Zoom call• Steve Cohen is officially Mets owner• Cohen pledges $24 million in charity/employee
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1/ The UK calculates economic growth in a different way to many other countries – more comparable approaches of GDP measurement show our performance is closer in line with our
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