#Democracy

Wilbur Ross is in the news, and since he's lowkey one of the most problematic and potentially criminally corrupt officials in Trump's cabinet, let's take a journey down memory lane,
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GP Frank Bruni's one of my favorite columnists on the Left. His writing is clear, crisp, and insightful. But on "professionalism" (I'd use "expertise"), he's got the same blind spot
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1. “Benghazi ain’t going away.”~@CharlieDaniels 2. In 2012, Ma'an Network committed to establishing a 24-hour online news website in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya...?https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/strengthening
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â–‘Uâ–‘Nâ–‘ â–‘Sâ–‘eâ–‘câ–‘uâ–‘râ–‘iâ–‘tâ–‘yâ–‘ â–‘Câ–‘oâ–‘uâ–‘nâ–‘câ–‘iâ–‘lâ–‘ â–‘Râ–‘eâ–‘sâ–‘oâ–‘lâ–‘uâ–‘tâ–‘iâ–‘oâ–‘nâ–‘sâ–‘ â–‘oâ–‘nâ–‘ â–‘Nâ–‘aâ–‘gâ–‘oâ–‘râ–‘nâ–‘oâ–‘ â–‘Kâ–‘aâ–‘râ–‘aâ–‘bâ–‘aâ–‘kâ–‘hâ–‘ â–‘Eâ–‘xâ–‘pâ–‘lâ–‘aâ–‘iâ–‘nâ–‘e
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The UK & USA are in the middle of a catastrophic public-health crisis caused by #coronavirus.They are also in the midst of an information crisis caused by the spread of
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As you all know Amnesty India as stopped its Indian operation, this is a thread on why its partial and one-sided view is the major reason of this act. 1)
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PSA FOR MEDIA REPORTING ON TEXAS CENSUS #APPORTIONMENT:Be precise—explain demographics of population growth in TX that led to new House seats: This growth was largely fueled by Latinx and Black
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Thread about the Lincoln “quote” deployed last night by Lara Trump. Which was, of course, not an actual quote. But the real quote comes from a speech where Lincoln condemned
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A thread in response to different views expressed against my tweets and articles on Covid #vaccines. Many were abuses; I ignore them. I try to take the reasonable questions and
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@hal_harvey’s review of @billmckibbenand @dwallacewells in @ForeignAffairsshows precisely why we need more #polisci in #climatechange discourse: pragmatism is political. THREAD 1/n.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2020-
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In response to @twitter's actions to fact check the false and harmful statements of Trump, Republicans, instinctively, are trying to distract with whataboutism & China.This is a red herring.Chinese gov't
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And the #PDMKarachiJalsa has started . @BBhuttoZardari @MaryamNSharif on the stage. Along with PPP and PML-N leaders Maulana Sb, Achakzai SB, ANP leaders also on stage. The jalsa is starting
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We are in a cold civil war.That is where the conventions leave us. This is how we get out.https://the.ink/p/we-are-in-a-cold-civil-war On this morning after the end of the party conventions, I
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(Thread) Trump has no interest in controlling the pandemic (He wants to control the narrative)To answer this I will weave together:The purpose of governmentThe limits of Sadopopulism, andTrump’s lifelong
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Can the US election be secured? We’ll be asking Brandon Wales that exact question in today’s live stream at 1 p.m. ET. Wales is the director of @DHSgov’s Office of
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Anti-Semitism is deplorable and it was vile seeing it posted so much on a club tweet. Jonny and any other Jewish fan has my full solidarity.However, I am in disbelief
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