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Stephen Bates

batess

1/ Thread:Senate Action Against Disloyal Members, 1861-1862 2/ AlabamaClement Clay, Jr: Did not appear on March 14, 1861; salary paid to January 21, 1861; seat declared vacant on March 14,

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simeonominde

The reemergence of the IMF into the Kenyan debt system is something that should be a cause of worry to many.The IMF/ World Bank is infiltrated and run by economic

Bridget Eileen Rivera

TravelingNun

“If you don’t vote in this election it’s because you’re a selfish, privileged elite who can’t understand the needs of the oppressed.”This is a bald-faced lie fabricated (ironically) by political

McSweatervest

McSwtrvst

So in response to yet another oped giving schools “advice,” here’s a thread.I’m an actual elected school board trustee.I’ve gotta decide whether/how/when school resumes.I’m also a parent of kids in

zedster

z3dster

This is all part of the long history of the right wing media sphere feeding lies about who to blame for economic woes, obviously you can look at the Great

JesseJenkins

JesseJenkins

In @nytopinion, @JustinHGillis & @oboylemm argue it is time for U.S. electric utilities to stop investing in new natural gas-fired power plants. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/opinion/solar-wind-natural-gas-climate-change.htmlThey&#

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

These are dark days for science. Reason, the scientific method, and objectivity are our preferred weapons. We believe thoughtful engagement should drive public policy. But what happens when the powerful

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

The equilibrium in US elections is a balance of:* pleasing rich people (who give party figures sinecures via consulting/speaking/think tank fees) and;* terrifying the base into turning out by pointing

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 12, 1957. The AFL-CIO evicted four unions from the federation for corruption, most notably the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Let's talk about corruption in

Abhijit Chokshi

stockifi_Invest

40 harsh truths I wish someone told me at the start of my Investing Career:1. The market doesn't care how much you paid for a stock or what you think

WarNuse

WarNuse

The U.S. Death Penalty.Description Of Each Execution Method, And Methods Of Execution As Authorized By Each State.28 C.F.R. § 26.3 - Date, Time, Place, And Method Of Execution.https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/methods-of-execution/de

WarNuse

WarNuse

Murder [mur-der]'To Kill Or Slaughter Inhumanly Or Barbarously.' Homicide Is A Legal Term For Any Killing Of A Human Being By Another Human Being.Homicide Itself Is Not Necessarily A Crime

It's Going Down

IGD_News

As protests + calls from Trump + the far-Right to criminalize antifascism continue, today Facebook banned a variety of anarchist, antifascist + anti-capitalist pages, including news platforms like ours +

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

Key background 1: Because of limited supplies of #COVID19 vaccine, a federal advisory board making recommendations about the order in which people should get vaccinated (don’t get distracted: these recs

Eric Rauchway

rauchway

Well, we could talk instead about how and why Black voters turned to the Democratic Partyhttps://twitter.com/pashulman/status/1354809911876542466 The ur text on this is Nancy Weiss, FAREWELL TO THE PARTY OF LINCOLN.

Marshall Cohen

MarshallCohen

THREAD: To cap off the Trump era, I interviewed a politically diverse group of constitutional scholars, presidential historians and experts on democracy to put together a definitive list of Trump's

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