#Political

You're hearing a lot of talk about how America is "divided."This is too sloppy and too simplistic. America is racially segregated. It has a long history of sundown towns, racial
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I’ve been pondering the Evangelical fight against human trafficking for the past few months and wondering about the dynamics of how this commitment merges with their political alignments. A thread:
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By far the hardest thing I’ve found to cover during the pandemic in terms of telling the story. But it is both a political and a scientific one, bc mass
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In 2005/6, I taught a seminar for BPI at Eastern Correctional Facility on one 728-page book: Black Reconstruction in America, by WEB Du Bois. I’ve been rereading my worn old
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“I’m a lifelong republican, but that attachment holds second place to my responsibility to my country.” -Former Ohio Governor @JohnKasich. There’s been several things that I have been wanting to
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BREAKING: Rhode Island Senator Harold Metts, a *30-year* Dem lawmaker who is a fervent opponent of abortion rights, has **lost** Tuesday's primary against a 26-year old progressive who's a reproductive
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One concept that constantly blows my Japanese friends’ minds is the idea that Americans will cut off friends and even family over political differences. It’s simply not something that really
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I spoke to Julian today. At any moment we expect that the US will drop its existing extradition request and then re-arrest him on the very same 18 charges, under
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so, deradicalization of Nazis and far right assholes can be done. It generally involves individual communication by people intimately familiar with the communities involved. It's slow and doesn't scale well.
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In time for @ColumbusCouncil’s hearing tonight for finalists’ testimony for the redistricting comm’n, a thread on why our at-large Council system dilutes BIPOC communities’ political power & why these new
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Quick & dirty analysis of this article.Generally, very vague questions focusing almost exclusively on economic impact, with little knowledge of the healthcare side (which is the purpose of the temporary
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It appears that many people's reactions to #Rhea or #Kangana are based on their political beliefs. That's understandable, but it's also dangerous. Individual rights are the cornerstone of liberty. ANY
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Many people struggle to "learn to code" due to abstractions. Everything in scripting is an abstraction, but when you must delve six or seven abstractions deep to find out how
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The lead story on the news tonight should have been @JoeBiden's plan to deal w covid/boost the economy. Instead, it was Trump. Dont get me wrong: impeachment is 100% warranted.
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@mattdizwhitlock Quick reminder: our faith has a lay clergy & spiritual credentialing isn't a thing. Messages of faith aren't legitimized through attendance in 1 hour classes in HS (you) or
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@LincolnProject founder Rick Wilson gets destroyed by @StephenAtHome cartoon news anchors. The Lincoln Project–style video on "savvy grifters" at the end is comedy gold! Give your $$ to #Democrats not
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