#Political

1/ Almost the entire spectrum of political scenarios for Israel-Palestine could be credibly presented as continuing and fulfilling the vision of Zionism - from a Kahanist state to a single
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Been spending time with the ads of @ProjectLincoln for a piece in Society's election issue. Perhaps you've found yourself wondering why Dems don't make ads like this. A threadhttps://youtu.be/2F9D8KvhQuM  In
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Something to think about as we approach an election season. In reality, many Evangelical Christians are not "single-issue voters" (e.g. abortion). They are actually reductionist solution voters.In the example of
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I don't even know where to begin here...1. I DON'T expect that a minister will necessarily have a background in their portfolio, and I know that the experience of a
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Models of aggregate election results should be treated very cautiously. But this leaves out:1) The most prominent U.S. models: "Time for Change" and "Bread and Peace" were first published in
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From @CharlieAngusNDP I'm back in Ottawa for a new round of hearings on the WE scandal. As Canada grapples with the insider connections between WE, the Prime Minister & Bill
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On call this weekend for @teamaccu @RoyalLondonHosp looking after our COVID patients in ICU. Reflecting on the new low that a small minority of doctors/scientists have reached in using their
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A #SocialWork & #Politics thread: @SheShouldRun The social work profession calls for Social Workers to be advocates. I often hear from my colleagues say, “I’m just not really in to
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Thread 1/3: I was moved by Dr @uche_blackstock tweet: the refrain “being silenced” in academic medicine. Many exceptions, and it’s still a half-baked idea but some of us have
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I’ll comment on this as I have more time, but a few thoughts on this draft executive order. 1) Most of it is BS background material that has no bearing
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The generational political divide hopefully portends one good thing, left-wing politics is in the ascendancy. Young voters are looking for radical structural change. That may change, maybe it won’t come
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1) Thought we could just let this empty-suit, grifting, self-absorbed sociopath ooze into oblivion, but no, the bloated mook keeps blurting out horseshit to whatever lickspittle will take his calls.
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Ok, have something to say about this business about not wishing ill on anyone, no matter the political differences. 1/ It’s not like these people were hit by a bus,
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Just a reminder that if you don’t have intel requirements for true attribution (e.g. state/agency/people’s names) that’s totally fine. For some they make sense for many orgs they don’t. Set
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Feel so profoundly relieved. After years of the most godawful infantile political horseshit, it's reassuring to have someone responsible in charge of at least one of the main parties. He
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The UK 'debate' around the treatment of transgender children - dominated by hobbyists and the politically motivated - increasingly resembles anti-vaxism.https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/political-minds/202007/jk-rowling-and-the-
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