#WashingtonPost

Earlier this week I caught a ride to Mexico with some extremely nice folks who were driving down to celebrate Juneteenth in Nacimiento de los Negros, a village with a
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(Thread) What can we learn from the #ArabSpring to assess #coronavirus consequences in the Middle East and North Africa ? A lot. 1/ Experts are raising the question of a
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A thread on the election of China's handpicked Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus (the first non-physician to ever lead the organization, FWIW), and how he came to lead the organization tasked with
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Last night, Trump’s chief of staff told the press that no one outside of Washington cares about the Trump administration’s violations of the Hatch Act. But if they think no
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To see what is in front of one's nose, George Orwell wrote, takes a constant struggle. So let's talk about that struggle. Probably we all can remember Michelle Wolf's star
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Why is OFA not being investigated? On December 20, 2018, according to Obama, Organizing for Action folded into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Obama said that the merger would create
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This hasn't gotten enough attention, but you need to know. Everybody needs to know.1/ It's about the massive coverup campaign underway to disguise the octopus-like Russian election interference operation being
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As Joe Biden prepares to make the long-awaited announcement of who his running mate will be, follow this thread for the latest updates. First, the #VPPick news you need to
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This Nick Adams fellow is something else. He's the founder and CEO of a company called FLAG that markets conservative patriotism and, wait for it, held a big fundraiser at
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Thread (1/28) Today, @Hulu drops the 1st episodes of #MrsAmerica which tells the story of our failure to ratify the #ERA in the 70s/80s. I know this story-You should too.
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The United States must stand in full solidarity with France, our oldest ally. It must do so unequivocally and offer all appropriate support to dismantle the networks now targeting French
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NEW from me: NY AG Letitia James today announced $4.4 million in penalties against 3 companies hired by the broadband industry to generate fake public support for the FCC's controversial
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A short thread on Yevgeniy Prigozhin (Of Internet Research Agency/PMC Wagner notoriety) and COVID-19 grifting in Russia, Sudan and Syria:1/ Prigozhin-associated enterprises have taken advantage of the COVID-19 crisis to
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When I entered the formal workforce in the mid 1990s, it was a male territory. Yes, there were women in middle and senior management, but the physical and mental spaces
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Spoke to a few officials today who tell me this is not playing well with diplomats who have raised internal alarm bells about how State has been dismissive of problems
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This is one of the most infuriating articles I have ever read and the moral is don’t marry (or stay married to) men who are useless and refuse to help
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