#Democracy

More science, less quackery.

Brasilmagic

For those who like to call European countries (and a few others around the world) “socialist”: Socialism is a system in which ownership and control of the means of production

Titus

TitusNation

As an American, brought up on principals you no longer hold dear. @senatemajldr you’ll never be seen as a handsome man, your 1 week of military service prove you aren’t

Misha Panarin, Putin x Cristina truther

panarin_misha

A thread: Demonized and ridiculed by the west, including much of the "left", for decades, Gaddafi met his end at the hands of NATO and their lackeys on this day,

Jack Poulson

_jack_poulson

That feeling when you realize one of the prominent funders of Democracy Now! is the CEO of RealNetworks -- which @davegershgorn reported as selling facial recognition.Everyone with money is allowed

manu #BLM 🖖

trekonomics

In retrospect, Bush v Gore was the beginning of the end of American democracy. That fateful judicial decision made a mockery of the electoral process, enabled 9/11, Iraq, torture, John

Adam Thierer

AdamThierer

1/ a thread on the surprising ideological origins of Trump’s call for communications collectivism (in light of his new Executive Order calling for government controls on social media platforms: https://techfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2

Kai

mkaic_

Neither Trump nor Biden are my ideal candidate by a long shot.I'm voting Biden because Trump scares the heck out of me. He consistently and expertly takes pages out of

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Lots of people making these points, but let me join the chorus. The revelation that Trump paid almost no taxes, while easy to explain, is the least important part of

Zoe With An E

PlumSykesPicot

If the thing that young people take from being part of a losing campaign is that the entire concept of engaging with democracy is pointless then we will have deserved

Governor Christine Todd Whitman

GovCTW

.@realDonaldTrump is once again attempting to abuse the power of his office to undermine democracy. Each time this President makes a statement that has to be walked back, we have

Brian Tyler Cohen

briantylercohen

BREAKING: Liberal justice Jill Karofsky has DEFEATED the conservative incumbent in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election. The race was marred by GOP leaders forcing Milwaukee-area voters to vote in-person at only

Existential Comics

existentialcoms

American Newspapers right now are all like "Stop Asian Hate!" and then two days later run an five articles about how we have to destroy the Chinese economy or their

Joe

rockytech

Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race. First, I understand how many of you feel. I felt the same way when my candidate dropped out. It sucks. You may be

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) The Big ConYou all know Trump is a conman right? First and foremost, Trump cons people.I am persuaded that he is currently pulling off the greatest con of his

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Saving Democracy through Anti-Hardball TacticsIdeas in this thread are from Harvard history Prof. Steven Levitsky and Columbia Law Prof. David Pozen.On Mar. 26 Prof. Levitsky answered the question: Is

Laura K. Field

lkatfield

A few thoughts in response to the Vermeule piece.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/common-good-constitutionalism/609037/ All meaningful constitutionalism is "common good" constitutionalism. Traditional liberal democratic con