#Election

Maybe there's another way of looking at this. Thread of musings:We could start by recognising that separatist referendums in free democracies are almost never heard of (Quebec and Scotland are
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I wrote my dissertation and my second book on the rule of law, and think it's the most fundamental part of any democracy. So I read @jonathanchait 's piece on
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Facebook handed Russia-linked ads over to Mueller under search warrant#ZuckerbergIsComplict http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/15/media/facebook-mueller-ads/index.html #ZuckerbergIsComplicit2/ Does anyone believe Facebook only took $100k from foreign power
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Several of you have asked me for a thread explaining regarding Trump’s lies & the Hunter Biden laptop disinformation campaign. Please like, comment, follow, and post this thread where ever
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Ken Livingstone did nothing wrong: a thread The bottom line is this: Livingstone was pushed out by Labour, and betrayed by his own comrade Jeremy Corbyn, for the supposed crime
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Horrible for SWEDEN & #COVID19: Sweden, which has stood out among EU countries for its low-key lax approach to fighting the pandemic, has recorded its highest tally of deaths
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1/ In Texas, Republicans are fighting an expansion in voting by mail.They’re also urging their voters to use that option.https://bit.ly/32XZZTL  2/ Harris County officials announced plans to send applications to
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A thread about the marginal seats that will decide the next election..1. Aberdeen SouthTories ahead, but SNP could overtake them#TacticalVote https://www.livefrombrexit.com/tacticals/aberdeen-south 2. Alyn & DeesideLabour won last time, but Torie
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The series finale was written by our friend Joshua Allen Griffith. The TOHO team is grateful for all the conversations we have had about #MrsAmerica. As we head into the
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National Prayer Breakfast (attended by Russian spy Maria Butina & Alexander Torshin) & perhaps Cambridge Analytica are tied to a well connected businessman, John Yenason, in Pennsylvania, where Alfa Bank
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1) Academic colleagues I otherwise admire have a tendency to, well, *sneer* when the issue of ‘viewpoint’ diversity comes up as below, especially when it comes to conservatives. I have
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Do the natural colors that paint the landscape you call home give a hint about how you might vote in November? To some degree, yes. The True Colors of America’s
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Welcome to life in 2019, where the lion’s share of what passes for political discourse consists of Explaining Extremely Obvious Things to People Who Refuse to Listen Scarcely an hour
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Some thoughts about why finding joint political solutions to deal with health & economic crisis at EU level has proven so very difficult.Based on insights from my book on Euroscepticism
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1/11 Hey @EyalPress and @NewYorker, this is inaccurate:“In July, word leaked that the Labor Department was rushing to enact a new rule that would more broadly define the term ‘independent
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Every state has big stakes on the ballot — it's just some are facing a perfect storm where so much that matters is competitive at once.So I'm starting this ongoing
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