#Partisan

I reviewed @ezraklein‘s “Why We’re Polarized” for @hsozkult. A few thoughts, from a historical perspective, on an important book that still left me unconvinced that "polarization" is the right lens
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The UK has over 16.5k deaths and counting at the moment from C-19 (a figure which doesn't even include deaths in the community and in nursing homes) whereas Greece has
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1. Democrat Mayors in the US have formed coalitions against the federal government. Steve Adler of Austin is 1 of the VP's of The National Conference of Democratic Mayors. It
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ThreadHello and welcome to the second iteration of the Hypocrisy Hall of Fame. Today’s ceremony is for the flip among the “party of science” folks who no longer trust experts
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#Indiana has a sad history of #Racism, including from our elected officials.IN House Rep #JimLucas of Seymour has demonstrated he is a #Racist & should #RESIGN immediately!Please help us ensure
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Today, the Trump Administration issued a reg to further expand the Mexico City Policy (MCP), (known as, "Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance"), which bans U.S. global health aid to
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The ban on new trans personnel joining the US military ended today.While it was put in place by President Trump, it wasn't the first of its kind. The ban
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Anton went on a gun-tastic adventure yesterday.I spent almost the entire day (10-5) on a cross-LA journey to buy a firearm or two.It ended up being fairly BATSHIT, given it
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Happy #APAHM - this is the result of 1000s organizers across the country, years of dedication, outreach, edu, + infrastructure building, + FUNDING. Look what we accomplished, more TK.
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Congratulations to @JoeBiden on becoming our presumptive nominee, and to @BernieSanders for running a noble campaign that raises issues of urgent importance. He has made our party and nation stronger.We
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Dear @Twitter Hatch Act specialists: “The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace...”1
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When someone speaks of “government dysfunction” as the problem, without any explication of what the clearly and obviously “right” policy would be, or any indication of what the specific failures
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A thread about the 1876 election, Hayes v. Tilden, in light of the refusal to commit to a peaceful transference of power. It was the most contested U.S. presidential election
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Eleven predictions, presented without judgment. First, Biden defeats Trump in November in a historic landslide—think FDR over Hoover, Nixon over McGovern, or Regan over Carter and Mondale. Second, and in
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In 2019, we re-elected into power the most incompetent, egregious, hubris ridden bunch of people in the history of Republic of India. The previous 5 years had been spent in
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1/7 This isn't about protecting us from COVID19. It's a political move to advance a long-standing agenda. The real aim is for it to go beyond "temporary." This ban would
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