#Politics

Jerome Cohen 孔傑榮(柯恩)

jeromeacohen

Today’s events take the veil off the charade for all to see. The NPCSC is increasingly exercising direct “comprehensive control” over Hong Kong. At its two previous sessions it declined

David Paton

cricketwyvern

There seems to be a systematic pattern to how the Government presents forecasts/predictions/scenarios to justify more restrictions & lockdowns.It’s important they are held up to scrutiny after the event. On

Nomette @ #1 East Bay JGY Apologist

Nommette

Hot Take of the Day, but I feel like post-canon Jin Ling has to become a fundamentally different person than who he was pre-canon, and fast. With Jin Guangyao dead,

🔥 Oklahoma behaved lawlessly for 113 years 🔥

AC_NoChill

Dear @MaggieAstor — there is no such thing as the “Cherokee of Georgia,” the “Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee” or the “Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe.” These are fake tribes, so

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

It's impossible to understand American politics without recognizing that Bill Clinton's trade and corporatist policies just *shattered* American social institutions.West Virginia is a good example. It's a traditional Dem state

Ryan Clay

RyanMClay

One thing that sticks with me from this week, by far not the most important thing, but a sign of the trials to come - I saw a lot of

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADI know this is infuriating, but @realDonaldTrump doesn't need Pennsylvania to win.https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/03/the-steal-is-on-in-pennsylvania-poll-watchers-denied-access-illegal-campaigning-at-polling-locations/

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

I'm still wading through the UK-EU agreement, but in the words of a famed US election watcher, I've seen enough. I'm calling who won...Actually calling two winners.The EU. And the

Zach Carter

zachdcarter

.@ddayen's piece looking ahead to the potentially disastrous lame duck months has me thinking about if and how our political system can grapple with the flatly criminal legacy of the

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

Trump brief is filled with falsehoods that Republican Senators personally know to be untrue.Brief: Trump acted "swiftly" to quell the violenceSen. Graham: “It took him awhile to appreciate the gravity

Michael Spangler

spanglermt

“Pietism” as a term of insult is making the rounds again. The substance is real, a Christianity that prays for Christ’s kingdom to come but prefers for that kingdom to

Billy Huband-Thompson

billyhubt

A few thoughts on politics and research:There's little point doing research if you've decided your conclusions before the work commences. That's partly why we have protocols for systematic reviews, quant

Dr. Michael Bitzer

BowTiePolitics

"If negotiating a post-Donald-Trump world has been a disorienting experience for Republicans around the country, it is especially acute in NC, a state that has become a polarized, and nearly

Charlie Savage

charlie_savage

New legal explainer: Trump has discussed potential pardons that could test the boundaries of his constitutional power to nullify criminal liability.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/us/politics/trump-pardons.html Here are some highlights,

Miqdaad Versi

miqdaad

When @Conservatives see an "Anglo-Muslim" trope from an MP, who also asks a Muslim to ignore Islamophobia & focus on Labour antisemitism, do they show zero tolerance?No, they *praise* him

Alex von Tunzelmann

alexvtunzelmann

I suspect what is really going on here, as with all the other times skilled and qualified officials have been fired because they supposedly weren’t Brexit enough, is that those

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