#Politics

The face toucher

JonIsAwesomest

I am mostly of the "The GOP's structural advantages and rock-hard loyalty of the base give means they have no incentive to get less crazy" view, but I think that

Lance Dutson

ldutson

Sara Gideon's argument is so flawed in so many ways, it's hard to imagine how anyone buys it.She says she's going to fix money in politics,as she spends more money

Andrea Castillo

andreamcastillo

Today the @latimes filed a lawsuit against @DHSgov, @ICEgov and @DHSOIG over the agencies' failure to release public records detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse and harassment at immigration detention

Peter C. Baker

apcbapcb

THREAD: My @nybooks piece (!) on @Laurence_Ralph's THE TORTURE LETTERS––and, by extension, the thorny questions of how and why to write about brutality––is now available online.https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/07/02/legacy-

Ari Berman

AriBerman

FACTS about counting votes:-Ballots are counted after Election Day in every single state-No state certifies a winner on Election night-In 18 states ballots can arrive after Election Day per state

Sara Polak

Sara_Polak

When I call things like this “cartoon politics,” some people interpret that as meaning that I think it’s not to be taken seriously, or that I think Trump and his

K. Hive Jensen

ThiefofHam

To the extent any of this shit isn’t just deliberate wrecker politics, the fundamental flaw the democrats seem to hold is they genuinely believe “the youth” will outgrow their radical

Owllie the Pick Me

MsOwllie

One thing I've decided to do, instead of just highlighting people's hypocrisy, is use their words against them. "Problematic," for example. It's genuinely problematic to me - and takes a

Joshua Benton

jbenton

It is impossible, I think, to blame the chaos on "the failure of citizens to conduct due diligence" without recognizing the degree to which the traditional tools of such "due

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

fascinatorfun

“What you're seeing is historic. That's not because a bad president is losing his grip on the White House. It's not even because of the shifting fortunes in American party

Yaz

DualehY

S*umf*ower is of course wrong but I’m uncomfortable with Nov*ra media weighing in. So I didn’t know they were having a back and forth prior to this. I think we

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Judge Bill Pryor's decision upholding Florida's poll tax on ex-felons is one of the most dishonest, misleading, and despicable voting rights opinions I have ever read. It is shockingly bad—an

Sahil Kapur

sahilkapur

“I cannot wait for this first debate because it’s going to be an absolute bloodbath,” @EricTrump says to cheers while introducing his father at the Tulsa rally.Team Trump is increasingly

John Hayward

Doc_0

And yet he's losing advertisers under intense political pressure, because in these totalitarian times, some corporations are more concerned with political correctness than making money or increasing value for their

Matthew Dimitri 🐍🧪

themattdimitri

Jimmy Dore takes Dr. Fauci's comments on masks and herd immunity wildly out of context: "Dr. Fauci is a pathological liar, and should not be heading the coronavirus response. Dr.

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Putting the Republican attempt to hobble the Fed in perspective: important to realize that financial crises have been a defining feature of the world economy these past 25 years 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/us/politics/closing-in-on

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