#Political

Kelli Welch

kdawelch

Real take.When I was in college I wrote a paper about the political philosophy of St. Augustine. I was very proud of that paper. My professor gave me one of

Rick Tyler-Still Right

rickwtyler

Many doubt (with good reason) Trump’s announcement that he has been infected with the Coronavirus. Here is why I believe him:There is almost no upside political advantage to being sick,

Vagina Museum

vagina_museum

It's daily #fannyfact time everyone! Sorry it's a bit late, our curator did some lunchtime exercise and had a "small snooze" afterward........ it was only 20 mins so we're not

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

There are good reasons to worry about Facebook's "fact checking" efforts, primarily that the company is a raging garbage fire that destroys everything it touches and only has two approaches

Robert Clarke

ClarkeDynamics

Donald Trump plans to sign an #ExecutiveOrder over social media tomorrow. I'm a social media manager for center-right political organizations and figures - so let's talk about why that's probably

Jay W. Richards

DrJayRichards

The reason civil authorities should never allow riots to swell is because of the social nature of human beings. On their own, very few people freely assault strangers on the

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

Why The ‘Lesser Evil’ Is An Illusion"Biden will function in the same way a skin suit full of government agencies, war profiteers and rapacious corporations would function if it became

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

ATTN!While you were sleeping #Trump issued an edict that eliminates job protections for tens of thousands (maybe millions) of federal employees, all involved in policy-making. It paves the way for

Jeff Giertz

jeffgiertz

Apropos of nothing in particular, for those asking -- in the 2018 cycle Cory Booker was one of the most prolific surrogates for Democrats around the country, raising over $7

visvak

visvak

Now that I've finally handed in my masters thesis, I'm going to do a thread about it in the hope that all the cool things I found out will be

Gideon Lichfield 🇺🇦🌻

glichfield

A thread for non-Americans:When I moved to the US in 2009 I had an abstract understanding of the legacy of slavery, but no real sense of the myriad ways in

KTLV

librariankt

Am taking a webinar (recorded) about advocating for libraries by @pcsweeney . First big takeaway: use of the library isn't correlated with support for the library. This means libraries need

Alexis 💃🏻

AlexisGrc19

Strict constructionists are legit so annoying, how are you going to go hard for a piece of paper that was legit written but old, white, rich, slave owning MEN. By

Saket Gokhale

SaketGokhale

ECI has (through IT department) sent notices to @OfficeofUT, @AUThackeray, @supriya_sule & @PawarSpeaks for alleged discrepancies on their election affidavit. However, the EC has been mum on my complaints about

Olivia Nuzzi

Olivianuzzi

The doctors at Walter Reed are offering information about the timeline of the president’s illness that seems to conflict with the timeline the White House has offered the public. When

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LivingQurtuva

The Umayyads in Asia: The Contact with Tibet and the Tang (700-742).[THREAD] In the 600s, the Arabs had began their conquest under Islam. In the 640s, Persia had entirely been