Know Civics

Evidence for citizens. Free answers on civics, law, economics and policy, grounded in primary sources.

[Know Civics @knowcivics]

KnowCivics is live at https://t.co/VErIKxmU3s.
Ask about government, law, economics or policy, and you get a plain answer with the primary sources behind it.
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[Know Civics @knowcivics]

@APStylebook Fully agree.
This will be a great reference and guide for us to follow.
Thank you!

[Know Civics @knowcivics]

@USAFacts Love the data, love the charts!
Good stuff, keep them coming.

[Know Civics @knowcivics]

@pewresearch Time to reflect on why so much of it falls on unfavorable side. Hopefully, this trust comes back with good information.

[St. Louis Fed @stlouisfed]

U.S. commercial paper outstanding rose to $1.50 trillion in the week ending Oct. 21, an increase of $22.6 billion from a week earlier, per @federalreserve data. Commercial paper comprises short-term, promissory notes issued mostly by corporations https://t.co/ZgkH1uNfXy

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

US strikes on suspected drug boats haven’t stopped cocaine trafficking. Smugglers are shifting to the Amazon’s river network. That’s the waterbed effect: crack down on one route, and the trade resurfaces elsewhere, says Cato's @jeffreyamiron.

https://t.co/yPNVADp8Im

[Know Civics @knowcivics]

The Senate skips the full factory reset. Six-year terms, three classes, roughly one-third of seats up every two years. KnowCivics explains the rotation, with the Constitution attached. Ask yours: https://t.co/uIjSIs9n4M

[Know Civics @knowcivics]

The Constitution's job requirements for a House seat fit on an index card. You need to be 25, with seven years as a U.S. citizen, and you must live in the state when elected. Living in the district never made the list.

Article I, Section 2: https://t.co/VErIKxmU3s #Midterms2026

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

The FBI wrote secret rules for when agents may investigate political speech made with AI. The public can’t hold the government to rules it can’t see. Congress should make the FBI release them, writes Cato’s Patrick G. Eddington.

https://t.co/sMU1HAfA4U

[St. Louis Fed @stlouisfed]

As of Oct. 23, the daily trade-weighted U.S. dollar index was measuring 114.3 (January 2006=100). See this index and more data from the @federalreserve Foreign Exchange Rates - H.10 release in FRED: https://t.co/YN9YvHSiGe

[Know Civics @knowcivics]

Your group chat has theories about inflation. Bring a chart to the next episode. 🍿
Ask: “Chart US inflation since 2020.”
https://t.co/VErIKxmmdU