#Democracy

Elizabeth Bennett, JD

CivilizedDebate

Pelosi must go in January. Hear me out. 1) She hasn’t leveraged most of the congressional tools available (don’t @ me, look it up—seriously, it’s basic civics knowledge) to rein

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

If what remains of American democracy survives the next 3 months or so - not just the election, but the aftermath - boy oh boy, does there need to be

Matt Wolf

MattWolfAB

If you think Alberta's COVID situation is in any way comparable to India's, I suspect there are some people in India who would be more than happy to trade places

Assortedge

assortedge

REIGN OF TERROR? In a recent address, PRRD ordered authorities to detain, or worse, to shoot dead individuals who cause disorder, who he simply refers to as the leftists. But

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

Contemplating this American moment is essential because the crisis will worsen and become more dangerous. What is it that we are watching unfold in front of us? What does it

Daniel Goldman

danielsgoldman

Thread on “Russian disinformation.”Recently @DNI_Ratcliffe asserted that Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of a Russian disinformation campaign. But Radcliffe misses the point. It is part of Russia’s efforts to

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

1/ The Firehose of Falsehood is a Russian technique that builds on Soviet methods— but modern tools make it more effective: The Internet, social media, and amateur journalism outlets.The Firehose

John Stoehr's Editorial Board

johnastoehr

1. David Brooks is maddening but interesting. Maddening, because no matter how often the Republicans behaved barbarously toward Barack Obama, the Times columnist could not quit apologizing for the party.

Public Land Lover

publiclandlvr

1/2 Listen friends of all political stripes: Democracy works best when everyone participates. We've worked hard over the last 225 yrs or so to continue to live into this important

K. Rosef

kayrosef

Guide to running for office as a Democrat: 1.) Take sensible positions on domestic policies, but nothing too extreme and life changing. Our goal is beating Trump, after all, not

kashiwagi

kwamurai

The story of modern government is the attempt to abolish judgement. To outsource decisions to some set of "neutral" procedures which will self-execute, free from the corrupting influence of human

Rosa Brooks

brooks_rosa

“Regardless of what happens in 2020 Trump supporters will be a potent pro-authoritarian voting bloc in the years to come.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/12/trump-voter-authoritarian-research/ Study finds “shockingly h

ShanghaiPanda

thinking_panda

On twitter, as a Chinese, the most frequently asked question for me is, why don't you oppose the CPC? Why don't Chinese support western style democracy? Why do Chinese people

R.P.

ResonantPyre

Some @RoamResearch notes I've been taking while reading Democracy in America. I'm still thinking about the optimal methods for this kind of thing, right now this represents an effort at

Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

XinqiSu

What have #612Fund done to “collude with foreign forces”? State-associated Ta Kung Pao gave a list of six “evidence” today. * before #NSL the fund was already suspected of colluding

Wilson Leung 梁允信 🇭🇰

WilsonLeungWS

This is the notorious scene from 21 July, when white-clad thugs attacked commuters - and were let off by HK Police. Now, the IPCC (the much-criticised police watchdog) says that