#Electoral

Never has Berger and Luckmann (1966) resonated so much as it does in the context of Trump’s current challenges to the legitimacy of our electoral system. I teach this text
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I've read this article by @profmusgrave 3 times. I can't muster a full thread, but I'm disappointed.It uses the "coup debate" as a cheap way to bash civ-mil experts. The
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CBS News reports: Roughly a dozen Republican senators are in talks to join Missouri Senator Josh Hawley in objecting to the electoral college results when congress meets Wednesday, according to
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1/ Ok, let’s hear it for the Founding Fathers. As someone who thought the Electoral College is ridiculous, I am now going to eat my own words. Is it fucking
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SA’s delayed Covid-19 vaccine rollout a timely reminder of our cavalier attitude to meeting deadlines. Perhaps it’s because missing deadlines seems to have little to no electoral consequences... Migration from
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Small thread about Oklahoma, which is in my heart today: it still (tho to a lesser extent than when I was there, I think) suffers from an inferiority complex. Think
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Recent events brought back to mind this discussion we had with @GordPennycook @StefanFSchubert@stricklandbrent and others a couple months ago. A short thread on the role of disinformation in the recent
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The following elected pols were listed as “invited speakers & featured guests” on wildprotest dot comHouse of Reps:Paul GosarMarjorie Taylor GreeneLance GoodenLauren BoebertTed BuddState level:Vernon JonesMark FinchemDoug MastrianoA
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Wild story about the leverage a small party (Komeito) has over its large party (LDP) coalition partner in Japan. Remember: Komeito controls 6% of Lower House seats, LDP controls 61%
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Welcome to life in 2021, where the lion’s share of what passes for political discourse consists of Explaining Extremely Obvious Things to People Who Refuse to Listen - Joe Biden
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Thread: Warner appears to be waiting until September to #ReleaseVolume5. Here are some reasons why that’s a good plan.1. The time to drop a bomb on your electoral opponent is
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With the results of the Polish presidential election basically counted, some first thoughts before the run-off in two weeks. Much will depend on voter flows and how both candidates will
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We don't get to replay election night next week, but it would look considerably different with final vote totals rather than the haphazard release of results yesterday caused in part
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Mainstream media has been terrorizing Americans with fake/debunked news (1/12):1. Capitol Hill siege pre-planned (meaning Trump could not have incited it with speech he was *impeached* over).https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/fbi-report-
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the amount of people who really think that it’s justifiable for a politician to not do everything in their power—even if it unorthodox—to achieve the material demands of the people
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MURKOWSKI issues a scorching statement on why she voted to convict Trump Worth reading to the kicker. Also notable that Murkowski is the only senator up in 2022 to vote
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