#Nation

1. Why Conservative “Slippery Slope” arguments undermine American democracy (and have always been intended to do so). 2. I’ve taught a course on the History of American Conservatism for seven
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Got this beautiful behemoth in the mail this weekend. I've only read a few bits so far but it's full of really interesting and valuable pieces.Fanon's letter to Shari'ati shocked
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On this day 4 years ago, I woke at 6am after 4 fretful hours sleep, heard the (not unexpected) news, swore, cried, swore some more, and decided to join the
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Every morning the past few weeks, I wake up to tell @NYGovCuomo to change course & fund @CUNY--to demand he see how amazing our classes are, how smart & determined
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Huge errorOnly 38% still think Brexit is a good idea. "Red wall" seats won't reward Labour for delivering Brexit - they'll punish Tories for Brexit being shit, for Covid and
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Mini-thread: Who will win #SuperBowlLV? Why, the owners! The collective net worth of 64 billionaires who own 68 pro franchises soared by $98.5 billion over the past 10 months of
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Sadly, a month later, this Tweet has aged all-too well. And far from finding political reality, even as it mugs the nation, the anti-anti-Trumpers are firmly sticking to their mash-up
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Attended @svembu fireside chat with @debjani_ghosh_ @nasscom. I have always been a great fan of him, especially for the native intelligence that be brings to the technology business and life.
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“I don’t think Obama’s smart,” Trump told Woodward. “I think he’s highly overrated. And I don’t think he’s a great speaker.” Trump added that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
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North Carolina continues to track with California. Shown here are per capita cases, with Florida (US active case leader) shown for comparison. 1/ NC also tracks CA for per capita
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Did Mr Pillow have a pretend cable news set built in his house just for this video? However stupid you expected this “documentary” to be, it is stupider. Does this
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At what point in 1923 German did it become evident that all trust in the Mark was lost? The years leading up to 1923 were an aggressive devaluation where the
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Thought it might be handy to put together a conservative translation guide. Share this thread for anyone who needs help parsing this stuff out. Let's start: 1. "Impeachment will further
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I am publicly calling for an independent investigation into the serious allegations of pervasive workplace sexual harassment & verbal abuse by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The people of New York deserve
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#Japan - #Covid_19 OK, folks, calm down (apologies here to Herr Maslow).First, there is at least a five day lag time so whatever the number is today, it is the
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These Republican appointees stepping forward to decry Trump's politically motivated lying about COVID-19 were just fine with the GOP lying about science when it came to HIV, contraception and abortion.https://www.salon.com/2020/12/16/tr
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