#Political

1. I’d honestly forgotten I’d written this half a year before Donald Trump was elected, until the good doctor reminded me of it. A theory of how Trump’s performance of
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Hindus are not your enemies. Hindus are not terrorists. Modi has nothing to do with Hitler. Modi is not fascist, he is centrist by US political standards. RSS is not
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Top 10 things you might not know about Fela Anikulapo Kuti[A Thread]1. Fela married 27 women in one dayIn 1978, Fela was named in the Guinness book of record for
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Ok, so Boag leaked the details to Walker, who then provided it to media. This is now established (and horrifying).However, how did Boag, as merely CEO of the Helicopter Rescue
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In the midst of a long @ exchange about the patriotism thang, I think I've hit on my best available explanation for why the left can never win the game
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Super-happy to be presenting one of my favourite papers tomorrow - 'What was neoliberalism and what comes next? A political economy of endings', 9.15 AM BST at @CPERN06 Mid-term workshop.
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My twitter timeline is full of politicians from different cities and towns telling central Government they need money for XYZ. Blaming these people OR Government is missing the root cause
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[MINI THREAD: TRADING HORSES, COWS, AND MEN]1/9Today's used-car salesmen were yesterday's horsetraders in more ways than one. Horses were a common trade before cars showed up. As modes of commute,
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Ronald Reagan’s farewell address. “ I’ve spoken of the shining city all of my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I
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This New York Times Joe Biden thing is just beyond parody This is what happens when you spend a decade letting political bias supersede your journalistic principles These people, whatever
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The Atlantic made a movie about me, and the film is not a huge deal. They zoom in on my midsection to make me look fat. OK. Overall tho, my
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1) Is it possible Liz wins House vote this week & retains post? She won handily 1st time in anonymous vote. If it's anonymous again, why wouldn't she win by
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Short story of what happened in Valsad, Gujarat yesterday. Around 2500 migrant labourers has registered with the local authorities to notify their intentions to go home. On behalf of @INCIndia
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I'm in that stage in my life where a lot of my friends are beginning to differ in political affiliations from myself. We all started out believing in the "revolution"
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When I wear a mask in public, or decline an invitation to a party or to come inside, or deny to visit a funeral or an ill relative, I want
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I've consistently noticed this with UChicago anthro students they're just utterly incapable of even conceiving of a world in which there are no bosses. Even when they're reading anthropological accounts
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