#Authoritarian

1. There's a lot of news today, but as Americans vote, they should keep in mind that Trump tried to intervene in a criminal investigation to please a foreign leader.
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We typically scroll past tweets that assert, "A vote for ______ is a vote for _____." However, a vote for an aging, often addled Biden is possibly a vote for
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China’s former Vice FM Madame Fu Ying provides a sophisticated analysis of how China can shape global narratives & improve China’s int'l reputation. But her view has major weaknesses b/c
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Imma go out on a limb here, but I think Americans have a problem with authority. Rejecting orders to stay home because it infringes on your personal freedoms is
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THREAD: “Global authoritarians are weaponizing medicine to advance their standing in the world order.” - @kolga, @kshahrooz & @shuvmajumar are in @Macleans today. (1/7)Some highlights:#cdnfp #cdnpoli #COVID19 @MLInstitute https://www.macleans.ca/
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The narrative about the "great" Western democracies buries the fact that they were built on colonialism. These "democracies" couldn't get to where they were without the subjugation and exploitation of
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1. Thread: Not a Twitter shiur, but I have some thoughts on the following pertinent question:Should rabbis on Twitter block other Jews? 2. Disclaimer: I am intentionally omitting names because
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Nothing said at the debate matters more than this: If Trump politicizes the civil service, American government is finished. Someone's unqualified second cousin will be making important decisions about water
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Striking difference in mobility patterns in Portugal and the Netherlands during the pandemic. Perhaps Northern Europe is not that disciplined and Southern Europe is not that unruly? Context: people in
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1/Many of you know that I have reported from many tense and emotional situations, namely covering school shootings in the United States. Covering childbirth in Venezuela was by far the
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"China's economy will overtake the U.S." is the Zeno's tortoise of high-level geopolitics. https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1200499150879543296 In 2010, Standard Chartered said it would happen in 2020.In 2014, IHS Markit said it wo
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MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump's Tax Returns—Long Deliberately and Deceitfully Hidden From Voters by the President, His Family, His Business, His Campaign, and His White House—Are Now in the Hands
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Since 2017, one goal of far right fight clubs scattered across the country has been to provoke a conflict big enough to bring in the weight of the federal government
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Republicans have called every Democratic candidate a radical leftist or socialist going back to Dukakis. Now they'll do it to Biden-Harris. The country has allowed them to define the "center"
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THREAD: I had an extensive conversation with my international law professor about #NUGRegonition today. Odds are against us, but what are our options ? Just posting some notes for those
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For the entirety of my voting life, the Democrats have courted and coddled rightwing voters, while condescending to and kicking the left. Unfortunately, I have little hope that this pattern
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