#Democracies

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

Those in charge would have you believe witnesses were called off “because there was no chance” of a vote of conviction. I would like to set the record straight: psychologically

Don CorLeonie 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💕

LeonieHilliard

The rioters who invaded the Capitol Building in DC yesterday see themselves as defenders of freedom & free speech. To them, their actions were an expression & defence of those

François Chollet

fchollet

Turns out that if you put an authoritarian in power once, it's pretty difficulty to get rid of them -- and it gets exponentially more difficult the longer they stay.

Henry Farrell

henryfarrell

1. Thread on my and @ANewman_forward piece at Lawfare https://www.lawfareblog.com/schrems-ii-offers-opportunity-if-us-wants-take-it, which in turn builds on our recent book https://amzn.to/2UVnyI6 . Short version - the Schrems II deci

Juan Albarracín

JuanAlbarracinD

@GTrejo29, @tiscornia21 and I are excited & thankful for @DLind @mattyglesias & @zackbeauchamp ’s thoughtful and thorough discussion of our @JPR_journal article last week on @voxdotcom ’s The Weeds: https://podcasts.apple.com/us

Matthias Doepke

mdoepke

So @JohnHCochrane favorably compares the Hoover analysis of economic policies proposed by the Biden campaign with the "Economists against Trump" letter signed by more than 1,000 economists. As one of

Rachel Kleinfeld

RachelKleinfeld

Tweet thread on what happened yesterday, what the significance is, and what violence we can expect between now and inauguration (1 of 11) 2. Yesterday, Trump's children told Members of

John Polga-Hecimovich

jpolga

An election day thought:Sadly, I have never been so conscious of comparative political scientists so explicitly studying and worrying about the state of US democracy. In 2014, @drsltaylor, @laderafrutal, and

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

Again, I think this point needs to be made: there is no other political party in Western democracies where Black people have equal political power as in the Democratic party.

Land of the Free

trustrestored

I’m not here to win friends and influence people. I’m here — among other things — to warn that a murderous communist regime who has “disappeared” 1M of their opponents,

Richard Scott 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳🔶 😷🧼🤲🏻

RichardAScott

I know a lot of Remainers are depressed about the current situation with 4 years of this lying, incompetent Russian funded English Nationalist Vote Leave Conservative Government still to go

Stephen Dziedzic

stephendziedzic

Fascinating. The @LowyInstitute has crunched COVID-19 data and come up with a list of the countries which have tackled the pandemic most effectively. Top of the list? New Zealand. Followed

Fadi Quran

fadiquran

There are 1000s of mini-Trumps on Twitter, some even running &/or pursuing dangerous dictatorships. Protecting freedom and human life should matter equally everywhere - @Twitter should learn from the harm

Patrick Wintour

patrickwintour

Foreign policy did not feature in US election per se, but future of world order on ballot today. Many non-US think tanks have looked at consequences. This one is strong

Tom London

TomLondon6

Sir Keir Starmer is the only Labour MP - there are a number of Tory MPs - who is a member of the Trilateral Commission. A current member is Kissinger

Biruk Haregu

BirukHaregu

1/6: Huntington's (1993) report on Political Development in #Ethiopia is a worthwhile read. Highlights that ethnicity is not a central feature in the political administration & governance of liberal democracies...

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