#Democracy

i'm gonna address this "bernie sanders betrayed us, let's vote for howie hawkins" thing: a thread let's get one thing straight first: bernie sanders is a politician. you never knew
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[Thread]1/ The hashtag "Scum Media" is trending in the UK as some people rally to defend #DominicCummings. With democracy constantly under attack, it's important to understand attacks on our media.
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Tonight, I sat at my desk & began to fill out my ballot & for the first time as an American I know this election truly matters. Our democracy is
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Conservatives like to talk about "corruption". A lot. But do they mean the same thing most people mean by the word? I think many people would consider a political party
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With Labour ahead in the polls, a note about them - and what to expect.Over the next two weeks, the Tories should briefly go back ahead: because they'll probably get
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Here’s the thing about the Conservatives’ behaviour over the past 72 hours or so.The government announced a relief programme a number of days ago, without detailing the required legislation.Then various
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Start here. This is a long article, well sourced (as we found out later), & covers many of trump's crimes pre-Russian money. We know from @gregolear, @LincolnsBible, & others that
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What do we know about sociology of #Belarus ian protest? Here some interesting figures from offline opinions polls by Aksana Shelest (Centre for European Transformation, Minsk), project "Mobilise" (https://mobiliseproject.com/&nbs
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THREADKeep a close eye on Capitol Hill this week.Congress will be focused on America's civil rights legacy, AG Barr's politicization of the Justice Department, Trump's distortion of the census, &
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reminder for all y'all hamilton watching mofos:hamilton was a racist slaveowner, and casting poc as white bigots isn't the reclamation you think it is. it's a romanticized telling of a
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A grab bag of fun links about auto-suggest/auto-complete/spell check/predictive text. Send me more!1. “President Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant after a life devoted to the reform of
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Some Hyper Hindus like @iMac_too are bringing Xtian angle in #palgharlynchingLet me expose Shivsena's role in Palghar, frm last two yearsShivsena is trying to stir agitation in Palghar to stop
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my prediction is that trump will fade from public view by end of 2021 and not run again in 2024. i disagree that there's a 'trump base' as much as
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Breaking: John Hume has diedNews confirmed by his family in a statement. The civil rights campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize winner and SDLP stalwart died at Owen Mor nursing home in
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Peril sensetive glasses require beyond this point! You have been warned....and to hell with the typos, I've got other shit to do. Getting lots of grief from NDP adherents today.
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One of the dumbest things about this is how it utterly misunderstands media in general, but particularly the history of media and how newspapers worked pre-Internet. Lotta tech people in
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