#1970s

Lawrence Glickman

LarryGlickman

What makes Biden's embrace of New Deal-inspired policies is that when he entered national politics in the 1970s, a significant chunk of his Party asserted that the New Deal was

Alex Gladstein 🌋

gladstein

1/ While doing research for my essay on the negative externalities of the petrodollar, I learned a huge amount. Much of it was shocking or surprising.Here's a thread with a

Dr. Mika

trans_icon_mika

It’s certainly not lost on me, a queer person, that a global pandemic that affected “everyone” spurred the development of an mRNA vaccine in *record time* and that that mRNA

bunny🐰

bxnnie0

Who are the Kurds? [A THREAD] They are indigenous to a mountain region in the northern Middle East. The Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world and the

Kathleen Belew

kathleen_belew

This is the first tangible evidence I've seen of rising rates of extremist violence on the left (1)https://www.wsj.com/articles/far-right-groups-cited-in-domestic-terror-attacks-11603367633 Some notable takeaways from the historical per

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Dear "why not cut everyone a $2K cheque" crowd:I will be talking about this tomorrow at the Broadbent confab about basic income Thurs aft 1 pm ET, register here: https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/would_a_universal_basic_income_guarantee_a_g

ᴮᴱ Parul⁷ | Bangchan's dimples 🥺

icedTstan

Thread of good MARATHI films because you all are really sleeping on Marathi films and they're damn good.For obvious reasons, I'm not adding Sairat because that's not the only good

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadDear White House Correspondents' Association @whcaLet me explain what your shrewish poseurs are too stupid to grasp, despite the Task Force all but spelling it out:THE PROTESTORS CAUSED THE COVID-19

Techno Fog

Techno_Fog

1) More DOJ / DC swamp conflicts. 2) Remember that letter from Tony Podesta lawyers threatening @TuckerCarlson for exposing Podesta’s corruption? 3) The letter came from the law firm Venable,

智妮

jenduukie

What's really happening in Venezuela and why are Venezuelan people going through a crisis right now, a long anti-american imperialism (must-read) thread: First you should know that Venezuela is a

Anas Alhajji

anasalhajji

Thread on the oil #embargo of 19731- On this day, October 17, several Arab oil ministers recommended the use of oil as a weapon in retaliation for the Nixon Administration's

fka ☕️

coopercooperco

THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIMEPART 1ROUND 7The 2000shttps://challonge.com/DaCGM Today there are 4 matches in the Bombs Bracket. This is these films last chance to move on to the next stage.

Karlo Basta

KarloBasta1

1/ I really enjoy these intellectual excursions @BrankoMilan runs from time to time. Here, he compares the legacies of Franco and Tito, in effect attributing the survival of one multinational

Vinod Kumar Jha

vkjha62

Thread50 years ago, this week in 1971, the USA threatened India to stop the 1971 war. An alarmed India sent a SOS to the Soviet Union. A story that has

Yair Rosenberg

Yair_Rosenberg

The bizarre thing is that this isn't even a real Hitler quote. It's the Farrakhan-esque conspiracy that Jews aren't the real Jews repackaged as a Hitler quote. Which I guess

Doctor Historianess

historianess

Minneapolis has a long history of police brutality. Starting in the 1950s, a lot of police violence was directed at Native people living in the Twin Cities. 1/ The Federal