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docrussjackson

THREADHitler won mass support because a major economic crisis had driven Germany into a deep depression: Banks crashed, businesses folded, & millions lost their jobs. Hitler offered voters a vision

Jeffrey Lieber

JeffLieber

I’m obsessed with restoring Democracy, defeating our would-be-fascist President and making sure #EveryVoteCounts. So, I’m going on a journey. State by state. Everything you need to vote mail/absentee (with help

Flatten the Curve

JustJen2015

This thread is important, as is @AshaRangappa_ ’s. BUT, neither trying to out-psych a narcissistic sociopath OR catastrophizing that this is end of days seem like productive responses. I know

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

Thread on these recent DIY articles on how to keep yourself safe(r) in the time of the pandemic. On the face of it, these articles are helpful, right? They also

Jamie Pastore v9

JamiePastore9

One step closer to Scramble Suits!https://twitter.com/HappySharingDay/status/1180154863637819393 In Hong Kong, protesters fight to stay anonymoushttps://www.theverge.com/2019/10/22/20926585/hong-kong-china-protest-mask-umbrella-anonymous-surveillance

Christian Christensen

ChrChristensen

1) After 2014, intl media got obsessed with Sweden. Why? Refugees. Immigrants to Sweden, and Swedish policy, given heavy coverage. They were framed as a national "problem" and a "threat"

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jgriffiths

SCMP reporting that anti-sedition law will be passed by NPC and added to Annex III of Basic Law, then "introduced in Hong Kong through promulgation, without the need for local

Olivia Nuzzi

Olivianuzzi

NEW for @NYMag: “At the best of times, Trumpworld operates with all the strategic direction of a chicken with its head cut off. Right now, they’re operating like a chicken

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Unsurprisingly, there is a sense of relief today across the political spectrum in Germany and I thought I’d give you a flavor of sentiments here: “We want the West to

Peter Coffin

petercoffin

"I don't love Joe Biden BUT I stan and vote and you should also stan and vote" is the worst genre of video how have we not had enough of

Dada Docot

dadadocot

I feel for students affected by this push to drive non-citizens out. The regulation by #ICE: 1) increases stress among the student population, 2) penalizes universities who are doing the

Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education

SFNDHE

We are thrilled to endorse the #CollegeForAll bill introduced today by @SenSanders + @RepJayapal. This bill is a huge step for higher education in the United States. It addresses multiple

Peter Geoghegan

PeterKGeoghegan

Remember Lubov Chernukhin, top Tory donor whose husband was secretly given $8m by a Kremlin-friendly oligarch before Brexit ref in 2016? Well, turns out Electoral Commission has had concerns about

Trinity

TrinityResists

As they confirm the antithesis of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s legacy and most importantly, against her dying wish,Following is a thread of a brief list & the letters of notable Civil

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docrussjackson

#THREADIn January, Gavin Williamson announced that our increasingly authoritarian Govt of philistines intends to cut University funding by 50% to performing & creative arts, media studies & archaeology, with further

John Holbo

jholbo1

"The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away. We refuse any false choice between justice and freedom,