#Power

This has been my belief for a long while: Other than for foreign policy, the consensus white left political/electoral analysis of why we don’t have nice things has been mostly
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They've always suffered from his policies. They suffer from tax policies which makes them poorer, they suffer when they don't have health care, etc.But they love him because he tells
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I think I understand the sentiment and the argument presented here. It's a restatement of the conventional wisdom that it's harder to hate up close. The more people work together
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In time for @ColumbusCouncil’s hearing tonight for finalists’ testimony for the redistricting comm’n, a thread on why our at-large Council system dilutes BIPOC communities’ political power & why these new
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Thread on why we should convert Gareth Bale to a striker. Injuries:Gareth has had lots of injuries throughout his career meaning it looks like he no longer trusts his body
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One of the worst contradictions of our debased republic is that we loudly insist voting is sacred, but we treat the actual ballots like toilet paper: Third World election systems,
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A thread about criticism of my recent Chris Rock column, the role of editing in comedy specials and credit in reviews. 1/ Directors of specials have been long ignored. I
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What sent Texas reeling is not an engineering problem, nor frozen wind turbines. It is a structure that offers no incentives to prepare for winter. In the name of deregulation
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Evangelicalism is a global trans-denominational & trans-cultural theological movement that grounds itself in the 5 Solas of the reformation.White Evangelicalism is an off-shoot of this global movement that has weaponized
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THREAD:Francesco Guicciardini (Maxims and Reflections)Guicciardini's words are in "Quotes"My commentary is in Normal Text “Unless necessity requires it, avoid saying anything which if repeated would displease others. In ways
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Parsing some of #Lukashenko's language yesterday and its reporting on the official #Belarus media - a little thread 1/ Let's start with the headline (apart from the irony of "not
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Yesterday I learned my predecessor, Martin Di Caro, made many young journalists and sources in transportation, feel uncomfortable.I believe Airey, Chelsea, Oliver-Ash, Kate, Bridget and Jamie. I believe those that
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Do you like your men on horseback? I know I do... Minutes away from hearing @DavidAvromBell discuss his new book with @agordonreed for @nypl #twitterstorians #history #revolution .@DavidAvromBell discussing #GeorgeWashington's
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While on my morning roll today I had two separate people ask me if I wouldn't have an easier time with a power chair.This happens regularly, about once or twice
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There's a long video going around with about 40 mins of footage of the breach of the Capitol. I don't feel good about linking to it, so I won't, but
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Armenians love to talk about their history - sorry, I mean their „glorious“ history of course. Am I missing something? When I look at maps from the last 1500 years,
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