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TIME'S UP

TIMESUPNOW

A #TIMESUP2020 THREAD: We are about to witness history. For only the third time in the 231-year history of the presidency, a woman will be nominated as the vice-presidential candidate

Barack Obama

BarackObama

As communities around the country try to reimagine how law enforcement can operate in a just, effective and non-discriminatory way, these articles provide some useful background and differing viewpoints on

Zach Carter

zachdcarter

On Obama's light touch with Wall Street, its important to remember that there are cases from the financial crisis in which big banks *as institutions* plead guilty to felonies, but

Indy Johar

indy_johar

Our current model of “growth” is not actually growth, the unpriced externalities we are generating are self terminating us. In reality we are living in degrowth, a great stagnation &

Russell Lamberti

RussLamberti

#CapeIndependence thread.If you argue that Cape independence (CI) is going to be extremely difficult politically & frustrated by Constitutional & international legal norms, you're not actually arguing with anyone. No

Todd Gwennap

toddgwennap

Educational theorist Elliot Eisner notes that every educational event has 3 layers of curriculum:1) Explicit: what is directly taught2) Implicit: what is assumed (culture, class, education level)3) Null: what is

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

Thread: "A Media Ecologist Explains the Many Crises in Journalism." Notes and slides from my lecture to the Media Ecology Association, June 18, 2020. https://www.media-ecology.org/convention Throwaway image: what my scribble

Swati Goel Sharma

swati_gs

Q: Is UP’s forced conversion law a ‘new’ tool for ‘harassment’ of couples? Let me address it in this thread:Before this new law, this is what parents of (adult) daughters

The Daily Edge

TheDailyEdge

In May, Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND) fought back tears discussing masks during his daily press briefing about coronavirus. Today, North Dakota has the highest infection rate in the nation and

Hugo Rifkind

hugorifkind

Cancel culture is actually a never-ending spiral of totalitarian revulsion. "I am disgusted by this, everyone should be disgusted by this, if he is not disgusted by this then I

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

I also said to @PreetBharara something like “we may not like him but the president doesn’t want people to die.”Here’s what I got wrong. He may not want people to

Jonathan Martin

jmartNYT

NEW: McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, believes the attack on Capitol gives Rs a chance to purge the presidentand...McCarthy has asked colleagues if he should urge Trump to resign,

The Panda Chronicles (aka Paul Bowers)

Panda_Chronicle

OK. Forgive the thread.Remember @AstraZeneca, the UK company that mysteriously lied about its contract with @EU_Commission, @vonderleyen & @SKyriakidesEU? At the same time they said EU must get 30m not

DeAnna Lorraine 🇺🇸

DeAnna4Congress

So now that Trump has said hospitals need to report numbers to WH instead of the CDC, the CDC just came out & said they made another "mistake" in FL;

House Freedom Caucus

freedomcaucus

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made the right call when he decided to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Congress has made the wrong call by failing to

Holly

HollyBlomberg

Barr is the brains behind unfolding martial law in the United Stateshttps://twitter.com/jessedamiani/status/1286048429546680320 Looking at Barr’s background, several factors jump out: Father was a WWII intel officer, he’s a life long

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