#Politics

Lakshman Swamy

laxswamy

Heard a powerful story. A friend "H" was going in for a vasectomy around the time a new president was elected. From the moment he met the urologist on the

Zach Weinersmith

ZachWeiner

Some morning thoughts on space politics:So, whenever I post something about the Moon landings being almost entirely a political move, I get lots of (polite!) people telling me that of

Ari Berman

AriBerman

Wow, despite massive GOP voter suppression, progressive judge Jill Karofsky is projected to defeat Trump-endorsed Justice Dan Kelly in Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Huge upset & defeat for attempts to

Michelangelo Signorile

MSignorile

So Haley's a total Trumper, and sees her future in being loyal to the Trump Party (formerly the GOP). Anyone who thought otherwise was delusional. Nikki Haley claims top aides

Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

After Brexit & Trump won, a narrative was constructed on the centre-left that the prob with our politics was due to a decline of trust in experts of various kinds.

Johannes Urpelainen

jurpelai

THREAD: In new @ForeignAffairs, @JesseJenkins et al propose #industrialpolicy and #innovation as keys to successful #ClimateAction. Their proposal is necessary for success but does not offer much insight into how

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

I’m perfectly fine, both politically and intellectually, with using “fascism” to describe what’s happening in America. I’m sympathetic to the argument that using the term “fascism”—or making comparisons to the

Will Jennings

drjennings

A lot of commentary posing the question of whether the Conservatives can hold on to the Red/Blue Wall is really missing the point about the future shape of British politics.

Dwitter⭐️⭐️⭐️

DwitterWitz

Ben, are these the same puppet-Governors on Chi-Com strings, Bill Barr warned about!? https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1258907308655960064 CORRECTION!Ben, it was POMPEO that warned puppet-Governors that CHI-COMS operated their strings! L@@Khtt

Loy Cannon

lesshumbleteej

In 2009, Roberts and the GOP overturned precedent in Citizens m United which allowed them have advantages in elections The republicans gutted the voting rights act after the 2012 election

Glenn Campbell

GlennBBC

Scottish Tory leader ⁦@Douglas4Moray⁩ was among 14 Conservatives who voted against the government last nightHe backed a Lords amendment to the agriculture bill to require future trade deals to respect

Stephen Bush

stephenkb

Thoughts from today’s permitted walk: 1) as with yesterday, vast majority are observing guidelines. Of those who aren’t: largest group are people with small children, in most cases where parents

Martin Austermuhle

maustermuhle

Wow: AG Bill Barr has reportedly intervened directly in D.C. on arrests of protesters accused of rioting. He overruled the U.S. Attorney for D.C., who said ⁦@DCPoliceDept⁩ provided no evidence

Jeff Horwitz

JeffHorwitz

Facebook has said that it won’t bow to political pressure when enforcing its policies on elections integrity and hate speech. In India, the story’s not so simple. https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-musl

Eusebius McKaiser

Eusebius

A final couple of reflections, then disabling Twitter for a few weeks: First, thank you again to everyone who listened to my radio shows on @Radio702 over the years, from

Jason St-Cyr

StCyrThoughts

Saw some folks tweeting about keeping politics out of the workplace. How it's not fair to call them out for non-inclusive language, or not recognizing preferred pronouns.It's not politics. It's