#Rhetoric

BZ Douglas

bzdug

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

Michael Gerson

MJGerson

President-elect Biden’s Thanksgiving address was an important moment in the rhetorical and moral life of the nation. The remarks themselves were well-constructed, graceful and serious of purpose – an act

Isaac

ashkephardi

Thread:I never really talked about when AOC claimed Sephardic ancestry last year. I have been thinking about it a lot recently, and think that, though a bit late, it is

Charlotte Hill

hill_charlotte

1. As a former elections commissioner, I have witnessed firsthand the ins and outs of election administration. I’m going to share some of what I’ve learned about how public officials

Rotterdämmerung

elainovision

The loss of Hungary is a disaster. This isn't financial like with Bosnia, or reassessing priorities like with Bulgaria last year, or a mix like with Montenegro. This feels ideological

Byron C Clark 🍠

byroncclark

A Judith Collins led National Party may* take votes away from the New Conservatives and other right wing populist parties in September, but having a mainstream politician adopt far-right talking

Jill ♀

jillsloth_

Northern Ireland has only ever mattered to middle-class English people when they could say the EU brought peace here. The poverty, mental illness and suicide, paramilitary violence and lack of

Tina Ngata

tinangata

I fail to see the point of The Māori Party modifying their Whānau Build policy if their leader is going to target immigrants as their FIRST response to housing questions.

Beth Shelburne

bshelburne

THREAD: If you think everyone with a life sentence deserves to die in prison, meet Mr. Alvin Kennard. He served 36 years for a $50 robbery of a bakery until

RE L AX

RelaxedandUpset

Random rant for lefties, a thread:All too often lefties are willing to shut down the tent and say "I dont want them in our movement they were a nazi!" or

🌈FruitKacePeppermintPetty💛

FruitKace

Lemme tell you a true story. Ok? Ok. This election cycle in Arkansas was ArGOP against AOC/Bernie & Pelosi (they added her for good boogey woman measure) - The ArGOP

tré easton

treeaston

I started this campaign with a simple belief: there was little one could do to convince me that Kamala Harris should not be our next president. I came out early

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

There are many young voters particularly who don't necessarily fully appreciate yet that this might be both their first and last shot at voting in a free and fair election

robert rosencrans

rfrosencrans

Much rhetoric around obesity as a critical pre-existing condition for Covid-19. A key lesson from H1N1 epidemic: meta analyses (n=25,189) showed an odds ratio of 1.8 for fatality amongst obese

Sayo Hikawa Is Anti Les Sep

SayoAntiLesSep

- THE BI LESBIAN EDUCATION MASTERPOST - The term "bi lesbian" started within original lesbian circles around the 80s, when bi and trans people were happily accepted in most lesbian

The Ranty Highwayman

RantyHighwayman

Seeing criticism of this, but from an emergency planning point of view, planning the "recovery phase" is definitely something which has to be considered during a crisis - it's a