#Policies

Today, RAND’s Gun Policy in America initiative released several new studies:- An expanded/updated second edition of “The Science of Gun Policy.” - Estimates of state household firearm ownership over 35
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Upon gaining power in 1979, Margaret Thatcher made the defeat of inflation in the UK its number one priority. The 1970s were a difficult time for #Britain inflation-wise, and Meg
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Commentators link Germany's slow Ukraine response to SPD ties to Russia or even electoral strategy. This is a false understanding of its current leadership and positions. The SPD's actions mirror
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On a train back from Newcastle, reading the Labour manifesto and (inspired by last retweet) listening to Wham - Last Christmas, which is clearly the best Christmas song ever This
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Every single simplistic election take debunked. A thread. As long as it needs to be. 1. Labour needs to be more Corbynite.Tried that. They lost. 2. Labour needs to go
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The big questions that I want to know from yesterday's shooting in Englewood involve body cameras. -Did any of the three officers have their body cameras on? (Sun-Times reporter tweeted
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So as I was reading a thread I saw it just made me smile. Hadn't heard the #Cult45 In a minute so figured I'd go see what kind of interesting
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The lockdown and those tweets make me think of Jimmy.Jimmy and Alienation It makes me wonder if @BetteMidler has ever read Jimmy Reid's Rectorial Address"Let me right at the outset
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The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce has published an economic impact report highlighting the affect of COVID19 shutdown policies for our region as well as the state of TN for
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I'm sitting in on the @demsoc @digidemlab Webinar exploring Digital tools for citizen participation. I'm going to do one of my mega-threads again. Feel free to mute for an hour!
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There is is nothing “pro-life” about increasing the likelihood that people—most of all those impacted by poverty and systemic racism—will seek out unsafe ways to obtain abortions if our access
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A lot of people, particularly on the centre/left, think that Boris Johnson is “nasty” or “too right wing”......but that’s not the biggest problem.A small thread. 2/UK has had right wing
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Today’s #GOPCThread is all about #legacycities, the international edition In June, GOPC had the opportunity to participate in “Legacy Cities and Left-Behind Places: Comparative Analysis, Policy, and Practice,” an
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It's important to keep up with how the urgent policies created during the COVID-19 crisis affect the rights of people with disabilities. Check out our latest public policy update.#InThisTogetherTN https://youtu.be/X61zu-W_bvs 
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"Poor refugee" fighting for better conditions.(I love the Greta-inspired photo shooting, btw)Let's see In her twitter profile, this link has a pdf of her poems. The master domain reports
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The Obama/Biden administration used a drone strike to kill 16-year old American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki in 2011.They killed his father, U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, 2 weeks earlier by drone strike.Neither
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