#Political

Amanda Litman

amandalitman

That’s not to say ads are a waste. They’re (mostly, when done well) not. But I don’t think most people realize how *deeply* underfunded these groups are. That’s what we

Ayo Sogunro - #Transformist; #EndSARS

ayosogunro

Over thirty years ago, Chinua Achebe summarised that our crisis of governance was ‘simply and squarely’ a failure of leadership. Certainly, Achebe is right. But what we are rarely told,

Saikat Chakrabarti

saikatc

In most outlets, what I talked about has been covered as a 'radical far left' approach. Politico decided to cover this as us 'loving Biden.' Just shows you how much

Flâneuse

evolaistwo

Shapour Bakhtiar served as the last Prime Minister of a monarchist Iran. In the 1950s he worked with Mossadegh in secret activity to undermine the monarchy and revive the second

Peter Wolf

peterawolf

Republicans rediscovering that the free market is a liberal idea is fairly amusing to see in real time. One of the reasons American conservatism has degenerated into fascism is because

Başak Çalı

calibasak

I am very pleased to read that the #ECtHR GC judgment rectified some major errors and omissions of the Chamber judgment in the case Demirtaş v Turkey (No 2) (1)

NewShoe

the_shoe_yes

Actually I have more to say. American individualism has so overtaken evangelical Christianity that putting the good of the greater community first in their political actions never crosses their minds.

Duncan Hothersall🌹

dhothersall

Populism is politically highly effective. The SNP have been masters of choosing which interests to placate and which to challenge. But when populism hits an immovable object like a pandemic,

Adam Jentleson 🎈

AJentleson

The debate over whether to hold Trump accountable is about political capital. It is manifestly good (and forward-looking) to hold people who broke the law accountable, to prevent future crime.

Vincent Wong

InitialVW

Seriously, @TorontoStar what is this trash fire take?"Ditto the Uighurs. The world had little to say when China was fighting a low-level Uighur insurgency in Xinjiang province. Now, Beijing is

Jess Mahler

PolyamOnPurpose

Caught up on some of the discussion here and it has confirmed something I've suspected for a while -- that there seem to be two main types of people who

Ross Douthat

DouthatNYT

I've been meaning to write something about this @aaronsibarium essay but I'll just link to it today as one of the most nuanced explications of certain worst-case scenarios:https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/weimarization-ameri

Ben Eisen

benkerteisen

Economists will provide most of the public-facing commentary from academics on the big $170 announcement today. And good! Economists are great and have contributed and will contribute so much to

Barnett "Anarchy Dweller" Rubin

BRRubin

Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan has nothing to do with ending endless war and everything to do with his ego. The U.S. is party to a political agreement

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

Nick_Carmody

…the Us-vs.-Them dynamic created by Christian identity politics…..becomes exacerbated by an ever-increasing level of dysfunctional competitiveness….that is driven by American individualism……which is fueled by “American Exception

Dovey 以德服人 Wan 🪐🦖

DoveyWan

Literally all Chinese tech companies, Alibaba, Tencent, Bytedance etc have its CCP branch established within, same as Huobi, Okex and many other crypto corp in ChinaThis is mostly for formality

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