#Democracy

ShinB

ShinBwhoa

How democracy and Abrahamic behaviour are intertwined-Assume you have a populace and you just instituted a government backed by electoral democracy. Now what do you do next? Your goal quickly

K. Louise Neufeld 🇺🇸

ninaandtito

Fairly certain this Council For National Policy mission statement is why @KellyannePolls risked infecting her entire family with Covid.https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/874638245782540289 They know they can’t attain their mission wit

Justin Schlosberg

jrschlosberg

9 times out of 10 when people in Britain talk about protecting press freedom what they really mean is protecting press power... There are two great myths that sustain this

Chris Murphy

ChrisMurphyCT

What’s happening in Belarus matters to U.S. security. And Trump and his team are fumbling this moment (largely by kowtowing to Putin and staying on the sidelines).1/ A THREAD on

Jason Kenney

jkenney

I commend Members of Parliament for sitting today in a special session to address important legislation on Canada’s #COVID19 response. The work of democracy must continue, especially in challenging times!

Red Dot District

reddot_district

1/ The Proud Boys comment wasnt surprising or new. We knew this from three years of dog whistles and “fine ppl.” 2/ BUT this MF said the election is already

Jeff McFadden

homemadeguitars

A bit of "view from 30,000 feet" on the multitude of maskless multitudes in brain-dead America this glorious fuck-the-war-dead-lets-party Memorial Day weekend. 2. Basically in America today virtually everyone lives

Jonathan Myerson Katz

KatzOnEarth

The irony is that the NYT and its inability to deal with the realities of the Trump era has set back journalism -- and I'm certain student journalism -- for

matt blaze

mattblaze

The "bamboo ballots" being looked for with Junior-CSI UV lights in AZ are an obvious, and particularly silly, hoax, but it's worth understanding why altering an election via forged mail-in

Saadia PLEASE VOTE Faruqi

SaadiaFaruqi

First day of early voting in Texas!!!! It's 6:45 am and I'm waiting in the drive thru line, which is LONGGGGG. So I want to talk about elections in my

orion ☆

ORlDlUM

https://rsf.org/en/news/uk-press-freedom-under-threat-lockdown-government-dismisses-reporting-campaigning-newspapers this story is very scary and i want to talk about it. (it’s thread time) The UK’s press freedom is something that’s b

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

American democracy:- weight votes to favor some over others- treat fictional entities as people- let the rich buy elections- make it harder for some to vote than others- hold elections

apm_writer

apm_writer

After the election,Fun things you can doTo help all Progressive/LeftThird Parties[a thread] 1/If you live in a Blue State, join a local #RankedChoiceVote petition drive.https://represent.us/2020-map/ 2/Stop supporting oligarchs who ha

Hongli Lai

honglilai

Many people see the Chinese govt's deficiencies as a result of "evil". I don't really subscribe to that. I think it has more to do with "incompetence". Building a large

💙⭐💙 Alan Rodgers

Bi99le5

Over the last five years I have been highly critical of those who said labour could go nothing because they 'weren't in power you know' and who pushed that dumbest

Jerry Taylor

jerry_jtaylor

Once again, @JRubinBlogger expresses my sentiments exactly and well. As long as the GOP is Trumpist, or in the business of running interference for Trump, #NeverRepublican is the necessary corollary