George H.W. Bush kept his assets in a blind trust, as did Bill Clinton. Neither Obama nor Biden traded stocks or bonds while in office. 3,700 trades is probably more than all the trades of all the presidents until now. And he is trading stocks that are affected by his decisions. A walking conflict of interest, at the least, and perhaps insider trading. Just as members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks, so too the president. https://t.co/yDqVXWfDgc
This is a spectacularly important study.
Published in Nature, it provides solid evidence that this platform pushes those on the right further to the right, more pro-Trump, more pro-Russia,…
And that these effects are programmed into the platform
https://t.co/coNPOvjA9E
My piece w/ @WKUPoliSci student Lydia Crisp "Pro-Taiwan or Anti-China? Parsing US Public Support for Defending Taiwan"
https://t.co/6cJ4KXdAAL Via @Diplomat_APAC
The CIA has shuttered The World Factbook.
It had been published and used as a reference source by journalists, teachers, students, and travelers since 1962.
https://t.co/5dvyN9CHDg
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says. https://t.co/r3uyyj3LWL
Jesus—Nearly half (47%) of Republicans think the NASA moon landing in 1969 was faked or have doubts, and 52% think vaccines cause autism or have doubts.
By repeatedly stealing my wife's phone over the year to rig her Spotify, this was her most played song. Unfortunately, there was no @JohnCena video in her Wrapped.
It’s just amazing that this myth about Vietnam still circulates on the hard right
We did not have a reliable local partner, no matter how hard we tried, and we couldn’t seal off South VN from infiltration like we could S Korea
The only way to win was staying indefinitely or
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As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. https://t.co/glo0E5aHJe
There is a bill in Congress right now that would allow the State Department to revoke the passports of American citizens that criticize U.S. foreign policy.
How is this even remotely legal?
Denmark no longer sees the United States as a reliable and non-threatening partner and it just cost our companies $8 billion. Turns out threatening to invade and annex Greenland was not just a harmless bit of stupidity.
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
Lee Jae-Myung wins South Korean election, with only a slight increase in his vote share compared to his '22 loss. In the absence of a third party, the PPP might have held on here, despite Yoon's impeachment.
https://t.co/7mjvWBl4Oc
Been saying this for awhile, but will repeat it for emphasis: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.