#Politics

Nothing the Fed does is apolitical. The politics are just different from those in other political institutions.https://twitter.com/zachdcarter/status/1300500020924485632 The creation of the Fed was one of the epic political battles of
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Walter Reed Comms thread 1 of 5POTUS isn’t sickPOTUS isn’t there Walter Reed Comms thread 2 of 5 Walter Reed Comms thread 3 of 57/11 link https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/11/politics/trump-walter-reed-visit-mask/index.html10/2 POTUShttps
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1/n Re-upping post, on two levels:-Back in 2004 I did Atlantic piece called “Blind Into Baghdad” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/01/blind-into-baghdad/302860/Its point was that risks, consequences, and blowback of US &
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1. Trump read the news today, hoo boy.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1073965319184678913 2. About a lucky man, who made the grade.https://mic.com/articles/162340/future-energy-secretary-rick-perry-got-a-d-in-a-college-class-call
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Come join us for New Books in South Asian Legal Studies panel F May 29 at 11am-12.45 ET for a convo with 5 authors. Each author will speak on their
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Great story on the big-money right-wing group Convention of States helping push "reopen" protests @isaacstanbecker @TonyRomm @washingtonpost Here's the thing: COS is all about radically limiting the power of the
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(ASK ME ANYTHING) Just to briefly distract myself, and maybe you, from all that's going on, this is an hour-long Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread in which I'll answer any
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Eek. The test report for L.A.’s new voting system says that “The excessive root access & the ability to boot the system from a USB port give access to the
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I commented on social media last night about the politics of social media, where *some* Muslim women do not give the time of day to you if you're not young
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Bit of fun.Room 101.What's your pet hate you would put into room 101 to be banished from the world forever?Only 1 rule..politics/politicians not allowed. I want this to be more
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Has anyone looked at this politics thing as a problem of ‘sustaining innovation’? That is, one party continuing to double down on previous products/ideas to satisfy a smaller and smaller
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does anyone have any great longform articles NOT about politics? i read a great one about wework, one about a ship accident ("death and valor on an american warship doomed
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@Its_Jawsh @jawshalt1 Since i have followed most member of Jawshtwt, i wanted to create an appreciation thread for him to see :)https://twitter.com/jay_jema/status/1309715420971036672 Ill start,Hey Josh, i saw your content from
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1 Future trump speeches & rallies should be called “The Farewell Tour.” The thing about trump’s dementia that’s difficult for ppl to grasp is- It steadily worsens. What ppl see
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A malaria drug widely touted by Trump for treating coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those
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I tried holding my tongue (never have been able to do this) and kumbaya for the general. But a few of y’all warrenistas keep creeping off your TL and I
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