#Authoritarian

Dhruva Balram

dhruvabalram

It's difficult to keep up with *everything* that is going on especially underneath a pandemic & while we overcome our individual struggles, but all I ask is that you give

"Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing"

Aelkus

this is actually less bad than 90% of the National Service takes (not a high bar) because it merely proposes a massive expansion in AmeriCorps rather than some semi-coercive mechanism.

A Motley Vision

motleyvision

There are reasons to be concerned long term about religious liberty. I think the threats could come from the left & the right. When it comes to the near term,

Szabolcs Panyi

panyiszabolcs

1/ Why does it matter that Viktor Orbán’s close friend and ally, MEP József Szájer was caught having an orgy with 20+ men? Very simple. While he was enjoying himself

Lillian Li

lillianmli

So I promised a thread on this from @SamoBurja.What's missing from the tech articles and Western reporting is a mental framework for how governance works (or don't) in the Chinese

Club des Cordeliers

cordeliers

Late, evidence-free speculation about a Trump coup is intended to prepare the public for a military counter-coup "to save democracy" -- which would, of course, result in the abrogation of

David Khan

Dave_Khan

One of the most odious aspects of Mr @jkenney's draconian, authoritarian #Bill1 (Critical Infrastructure Defence Act) is it criminalizes peaceful public protests/marches down city streets–like the #BLM protests in #YYC

Dr. Shannon Steiner

xeimevta

I sure love 2020. Waking up to bad news every morning sure is great.https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/turkeys-top-administrative-court-repeals-1934-decree-turning-hagia-sophia-into-museum/news We’ve seen this coming, y’all. Anyone who

ines helene, ShroomGirl

inihelene

No commenthttps://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1275177222521982977 Okay... a few comments. This ugliness certainly didn’t start with Trump, but he has done nothing but stoke the fires and allowed it to flourish. And the GOP

Nima Fatemi

mrphs

This is EXTREMELY important! Trump is on its way to destroy @OpenTechFund. The only entity that spends tax payers $$ on open source tech to combat authoritarian regimes and protect

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

1/20. Democracy is precious and exceptional. 2/20. Democracy is undone from within rather than from without. 3/20. The occasion to undo democracy is often an election. 4/20. The mechanism to

🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥

kareem_carr

There's an increasing tendency for technological and scientific advances to concentrate power in the hands of a few elites such as technical experts, government and billionaires.I call this tendency Scientific

Finn Gardiner • is masked up

phineasfrogg

Being #AutisticWhileBlack is the constant sensation of being an “only.” I know that’s not literally true, but it still feels that way. Autistic activism is incredibly white, and there’s a

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

American democracy faces a crisis of legitimacy as the ruling minority party rips apart the fabric of the republic by disenfranchising Americans, pressuring election officials to cheat, misusing official power

Maccabee JD ✡️

GoodnightGuy

I'm gonna go on a nerd rant for a minute Making every superhero the whole "I don't kill" is lazy writing. It forces a moral superiority that feels forced. With

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

(1/13) Even losing will be a business opportunity for Trump (2/13) When Donald Trump first decided to run for president, he confided to friends that his real goal was to

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