#FACTS

Let's have a constitutional review, shall we? It seems like we need it.The First Amendment prevents the GOVERNMENT from making laws that prohibit free speech, AND protects the right to
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have been observing more focus groups (of converts to the idea of breaking up the UK) - a couple of observations perhaps worth sharing (1/7) it’s remarkable the extent to
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Want to know what the Holy Grail of American journalism is right now?Discovering the story of Trump's emergency (mid-"cold") visit to Walter Reed military hospital days after U.S. military intelligence
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THREAD. This morning I took a flight to Chengdu (2000km away from Shanghai) to interview Fan Xiao, a respected Chinese geologist and a long-standing critic of the Three Gorges Dam.
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1/ Sharing a frustration that I'm working through -- one that I think many mobbing/bullying targets have experienced:My organization/field is beginning to acknowledge the existence of a destructive and pervasive
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Gaza spent $6M in the past 24 hours on rockets fired at Israeli civilians. They spent $100M on military in the past few years (rockets, tunnels, etc). When people talk
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tw: trauma, sexual abusea few misconceptions and facts about PTSD: PTSD is an anxiety disorder. it occurs twice as often with women than men. about 70% of people will experience
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If you’re gonna do a video explainer about how wearing masks doesn’t actually rob you of oxygen I beg you to take a Mr Rogers approach rather than snarkin’ it
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Some folks are leaving rather worried and frankly dystopian comments on my posts about the upcoming election. There are valid reasons to be concerned, but know you are doing precisely
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Who had the closest Senate vote confirmations?SESSIONS’ Senate vote?52-47[RR] Senate vote?94-6BARR Senate vote?54-45Sessions departure. Law.Barr to RR:“Why did you recommend to Sessions that he should recuse?”@realDonaldTrump @jeffses
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Heard it said to Indians/Pakistanis/Bangladeshis & British Asians you should be thankful the British built the railway. The truth: Indians couldn't work on them, paid for at exorbitant rates by
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I was wondering if this was one of those "applying precedent leads us to this unfortunately result..." cases but, no, the reality is that Barrett plowed through state law and
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So there has been a lot of buzz about Mr. Thoroor's latest tweet. So I'll be explaining fancy words used by him in this thread(though some of the words are
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11/11 Now imagine “leading Indian Journalist” makes a factual error in EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE of her speech. This isn’t malice. She is genuinely stupid, clearly can’t read & clearly has
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This is a good example of why "woke"/antiracist thinking concerns me. Joy Reid (a non-lawyer) in service of a criticism of these cops (who acted badly) states as a true
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Inter FAQsQ: Why Conte hasn't been sacked yet despite his failure to win any trophy last season and even after making a poor start this season? A: Conte earns
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