#Deterrence

Catie Lilly

catielila

on why I think much of the commentary on Taiwanese funding of think tanks & lobbyists is not as clarifying as it could be - & fear-mongers w/o evidentiary backing.

Hannah Riley

hannahcrileyy

before today’s city council meeting, let’s take a look at the proposed expansion of private policing in Buckhead, Atlanta’s wealthiest neighborhood. The “Buckhead Security Plan” is proposed in part by

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

Is the theory of deterrence here that some 12 year old somewhere will not misbehave because they'll think, "This will break the New York Times after I win a Democratic

Joshua H. Pollack

Joshua_Pollack

There are a few notable bits in Kim Jong Un's July 27 speech. Here's the official English text:https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1595927921-516031959/supreme-leader-kim-jong-un-makes-speech-at-sixth-national-conference-of-war-veterans

Jacob Soboroff

jacobsoboroff

NEW: President Trump has failed to deport “millions,” as promised. Local cops have all but made that impossible by refusing to cooperate with him. Instead he’s resorted to show-of-force ICE

Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda

CMTMosqueda

”Journalism is not a crime.”It’s not my opinion, it’s the LAW.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/journalist-arrest-seattle-chaz-protest-police-prison-black-lives-matter-a9606846.html .@Independent @AndrewBuncombe: “

Camille Labchuk

CamilleLabchuk

Today we learned that Halton Police have laid only one provincial traffic charge against the trucker who ran over & killed animal advocate Regan Russell outside Fearmans Pork slaughterhouse in

Carissa Byrne Hessick

CBHessick

A few quick thoughts about the New York Attorney General's lawsuit for fraud against the #NRA and the allegations that the suit is politically motivated. There are important legal and

Alexander McCoy

AlexanderMcCoy4

I worked in a Congressional office during the original debate about the Iran nuclear deal, and it’s incredible how poor of a job the national news media did of covering

Jessica Drun

jessicadrun

Has the Quincy Institute not found a way to criticize the United States without painting authoritarian states as completely blameless? All right, on the China/Taiwan section. https://quincyinst.org/2020/12/03/a-new-direction-a-foreign-poli

Kurt Schlichter

KurtSchlichter

Pulling down statues in leftist cities that refuse to maintain order is an attempt to psyche you into thinking everything is out of control.It’s not. 2/ A cpuple

Ali

aliostad

Look guys - THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS PRETTY SERIOUS.(I know you might say when it wasn't but we are talking risk of a big conflict)The thread on

Jason Braier

JasonBraier

1/ A really odd hatchet job on employment tribunals in today's Times. Its purpose is unclear though I worry it might be part of the "we should reintroduce employment tribunal

Kurt Schlichter

KurtSchlichter

Everything looks like it is falling apart, right?Wrong.It is meant to look like that.They want you to make emotion-driven moves that will help them win.Don’t - get woke! 1/ Pulling

Andrew Chubb

zhubochubo

"PRC Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Measuring Continuity and Change, 1970–2015" - new article @Journal_IS https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/isec_a_00400 read on below for a summary thread Why has China alar

Matt

tiredgenerally

Doesn’t matter. We’ll ban both.https://twitter.com/alec_sears/status/1317550849242075137 Since the gun enthusiasts have found this, here’s my take on gun policy: Irrespective of the political constraints, good gun policy looks like Ja

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