#WASHINGTON

Lots of people are dunking on Larry Summers today, and in my view rightly so; this piece by Jordan Weissman seems especially on point. Yes, a rescue package this size
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Today at 10:30 AM PT: Washington Privacy Act (#WaPA 3.0) has its first hearing in #waleg. I'll be there! https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5062&Initiative=false&Year=2021 Not sure about this legislative background in
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The Greatest Speech Of 2020: President @realDonaldTrump's Speech At Mount Rushmore"Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values & indoctrinate
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Some thoughts on incoming Biden foreign policy team and the choices they face in Asia.1. It’s a really experienced team and the more they fill the ranks in Asia policy
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As @Twitter in general, and #BlackTwitter in particular respond to @KekePalmer's tweet, let's abandon the term "food desert." The term obscures the real conditions that food insecure Black folks and
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A thread of images from a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861.Here is George Washington (with bow and arrow) pictured alongside the Goddess of America. 1/ Here is Christopher
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Racism and Anti-Blackness in WA 28th Senate Race. This mailer has darkened the skin of the candidate it opposes, T'wina Nobles, and lightened the skin of the candidate it supports,
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They are storming DC!Trump supporters just tore down some barriers at the Capitol in Washington, DC #StopTheSteal #WashingtonDC USA! USA! USA! USA!It's going to be a very bad day for
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[THREAD] I wrote about China's machinations to block Fiji from the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. Fiji still seems likely to get it, but it's the latest case
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Continuing #BlackHistoryMonth is scientist George Washington Carver, one of my fave Americans if for no other reason his pioneering work with peanuts. Carver was born in MO into slavery
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One hour before sunrise on December 26th, 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River, using DURHAM boats, in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces, in a major turning point
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A thread on a sad moment of historical parallel.In a photograph captured this morning, National Guard soldiers are seen sleeping on and around a bust of President Abraham Lincoln inside
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1/5 On the eve of the election, @realDonaldTrump sent out a tweet criticizing a recent Supreme Court decision regarding PA ballot deadlines. His tweet made unfounded claims about the legitimacy
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how people far from dc or non americans can help with the situation at the us capital ! (a short but ongoing thread) - do NOT sign us petitions unless
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https://archive.is/vrFAY  "I began to see myself less as a mirror and more as a weapon....I would call some stories kills...I got a man fired because he talked to me...he was
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To be clear, Junipero Serra committed genocide. His missions functioned as forced labor camps where Indigenous people were enslaved, shackled, beaten, and infected with European diseases that killed them by
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