#Democracy

Will Stancil

whstancil

Okay, Yglesias, Chait, Barro and other pundits of that type have a new gimmick: they say that Democrats should prioritize "popular things" and avoid "unpopular things." It sounds eminently reasonable!

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

Contrary to popular belief, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a revolutionary democratic socialist Christian who believed in the power of prayer, preaching, policy, and protest to free America

Irami Osei-Frimpong

IramiOF

1/3 Many of our problems come from not understanding the difference between the freedom of a civilian and the freedom of a citizen. Being a civilian means acting under civil

Jake Tapper

jaketapper

Admiral William McRaven (ret), former commander of Special Ops during OBL raid, writes: “Truth be told, I am a pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, small-government, strong-defense and a national-anthem-standing conservative. But...https://www

Juan Peñalosa

JuanPenalosa

THREAD (1 of 3): @FlaDems: It's ok to look at these returns and be optimistic. And to look at some of the Hispanic polling [particularly Cuban polling] and be concerned.

Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维

zellnor4ny

It cannot be overstated how much of shake in confidence this vendor error is. But I’m gonna ask all New Yorkers to dig deep and do something hard: focus on

Art Reyes III

ArtReyesIII

Michigan showed tf up yesterday & the day before that & the day before that & the day before that. After MI certified the election, key dominos fell: GSA moved

PEG

pegobry

What’s truly dumb about progressive gripes about the Electoral College is that absolutely no electoral system is "perfectly" representative (people have done the game theory math on this). Britain’s first

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

It’s amazing to me how people attribute democracy to an electoral system. Proportional Representation Representation by Population (FPTP) Ranked Ballots. What are the differences?https://twitter.com/copymiller/status/1305473005053792256 B

Tony Joseph

tjoseph0010

When you look at India in the 2 decades before 2014, what you see are govts that prioritized economic development & consequently, our global standing. The only blip on this

Patrick Skinner

SkinnerPm

The inevitable result of a country that takes pride in children fundraising for sick teachers or GoFundMe for cancer patients is that we celebrate the complete dereliction of duty by

Jack

jackeselbst

I like the Wilkinson piece responding to Goldberg, and I'm coming around on WW in generally (or maybe he's just getting better, idk) but this paragraph strikes me as deeply

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uhshanti

[thread] I’ve told this story before but it bears repeating. my first week working full time in tenants rights, a building of BIPOC Bay Area tenants were happy about an

Mehdi Hasan

mehdirhasan

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is planning to declare victory on election night, regardless of uncounted votes. He is planning to steal this election, and wants his judges onboard. He’s

Samantha Harman

OxMailEditor

Seen a shocking number of tweets from people 'praying' the media will die... clearly don't realise how much society relies on media, particularly local media. Who else is going to

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

#AnarchismIs the belief that humans are most fulfilled when we are free, have a fair say in the decisions that affect our lives & our societal relationships are equitable.Anarchism seeks