#DEMOCRACY

So here's the thing.For all of you looking on in bewilderment, shaking your heads, asking how ANYone can truly believe that 45 won the election, that massive voter fraud occurred,
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Rep. Raskin's opening impeachment trial statement: "Their argument is that if you commit an impeachable offense in your last few weeks in office, you do it with constitutional impunity." Here
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A THREAD about what the culture war is *really* all about, and what the very effective overall strategy of the Right in Britain, America & beyond has been since Steve
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Donald Trump is, and always has been, a danger to American democracy.But attempts to remove him from office before his term is up are likely to fail—and could easily backfire.Another
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1/ Remember the dispute at the dawn of the Obama administration about the constitutionality of the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2009, which would have given the District
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https://fee.org/articles/psychologist-explains-the-unhealthy-incentives-behind-cancel-culture/Jonathan Haidt, author of 'The Righteous Mind,' says one of the marks of an open and civil society is that individuals are not afraid to s
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Fascinating story. Small investors may yet bankrupt the hedge fund billionaires: by uniting to buy and hold stock in the US version of the high street’s Cex - it’s called
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Listening to the latest Sam Harris pod where he starts off by criticizing the left for saying trump voters are racist/irredeemable (ofc)...and then clearly he's been embarrassed enough by his
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META-TAKE: To centralise or to de-centralise.I thought for a long time we were in a battle between nationalism and globalism.I no longer see things this way. To centralise or to
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I’m a white Venezuelan, please stop believing Venezuelan expats about what happens in Venezuela, this people don’t even know what US foreign policy is, they are completely brainwashed, just like
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My dear law students I thought today I should talk to you about Obama’s memoir, which is truly an epic in an era where epics have gone out of fashion.
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Lots of requests for a step-by-step explanation of Johnson's plans to breach Protocol on Irish border. No problem. And by the end, you'll understand why this man is totally unfit
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“Nothing is more responsible for the ‘good old days’ than a bad memory.” Our frame of reference profoundly shapes our perception of reality. Whether you’re a pessimist or optimist, radical
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1. When I read this tweet from Pence’s daughter, sent during the coup attempt on January 6, which includes the excerpt about Pence’s deliberations about the history of his role
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Even more fun factoid: Political orientation varies a LOT by specialty. See comment below.https://twitter.com/WeedenKim/status/1347917090892689409 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/upshot/your-surgeon-is-probably-a-republican-your-psychiat
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Short thread. Q Drop 4545: We the people against the invisible enemy. Read carefully.1. Humanity is good, but, when we let our guard down we allow darkness to infiltrate and
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