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    Jul 11

    Two years since my housemate was gunned down randomly and the right-wing propaganda media invented and stoked vicious, revolting, & politicized conspiracy theories about it.

    not forgotten
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    15 hours ago

    These are tricky times for OPEC, thanks to real (Venezuela), unpredictable (Libya) and potential (Iran) supply shortfalls

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  3. 15 hours ago

    Which was preceded by Turkey's facilitation of open-ended movement of fighters across the Syr-Trk border, permissiveness to jihadists setting up shop in Turkey's southeast, and manifest inability to manage concerted opposition to ISIS or Assad.

    Which was preceded by your previous abandonment of your other allies, the Turks.
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  4. 16 hours ago

    Awful policy.

    Two men used heroin, unaware it also contained fentanyl. Both overdosed, but one survived. He is now charged with homicide, facing up to 40 years in prison.
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  5. 22 hours ago

    Would like an economist or two to explain why the bottom hasn't fallen out yet.

    Turkish lira tumbles as central bank keeps interest rates steady | Appears that son-in-law was unable to convince…
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    22 hours ago

    Relatedly! Whiter cities adopt more restrictive land use codes, which have the effect of deepening racial segregation.

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  7. Retweeted
    Jul 24

    It's 2018, and realtors still steer black house hunters to neighborhoods with higher poverty and assault rates, lower quality schools, more environmental contamination, and fewer skilled and college educated workers.

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  8. Jul 23

    Thread.

    Here's a little context about this before everyone gets all freaked out: 1) When one no longer has ongoing need for classified informati…
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    Jul 23

    Mr. Secretary, the regime in Tehran is odious & corrupt. But your claims to stand with the oppressed would be more compelling if Trump wasn’t *celebrating* authoritarian leaders (Putin, Xi, Kim, El-Sisi, Erdogan, etc.) everywhere else & wasn’t challenging the rule of law at home.

    To our Iranian-American and Iranian friends: The Trump Administration dreams the same dreams for the people of as you do, and through our labors and God’s providence they will one day…
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  10. Jul 23

    Everything Steph does I consider must-read.

    Mexico has become primarily a “transit country”—a nation where more people are moving through rather than directly leaving. But the legacy of migration from Mexico remains
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  11. Jul 23

    What he proposes would undermine the very foundations of the American idea. I can't think of a better person to mark with the appellation "Anti-American".

    This is precisely what I would argue against: calling Michael Anton (or any other ethnonationalist) "anti-American." I actually would prefer that very few Americans be considered as such, as long as they work within the law and constitution and respect the…
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  12. Jul 23

    Much more effective to just call him what he is: Anti-American.

    Do I think Michael Anton is an ethnonationalist? Yes. But there's nothing about ethnonationalism that by itself is "beyond the pale" according to democratic minimalism. I wouldn't call him a "white supremacist," which would just be a way of demonizing him…
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    Jul 23
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    While it is certainly not a problem for the west to take them in, just as a matter of principle I'd like to see an Arab country take some responsibility and say, "Hey, these guys are heros, and they are Arab brothers, so we'll take them & protect them."

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  14. Jul 23

    This is hard to argue against.

    Have you wondered why uber-hawk Bolton has acquiesced to Trump going squishy on N.Korea & Russia (positions that go against his longstanding views). Because Bolton is willing to do just about anything in exchange for getting the war with Iran he’s despera…
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  15. Jul 23

    And it's a huge blow against those advocating antitrust investigations against Amazon for legitimate economic/competitiveness reasons.

    This is the clearest Trump has been about how he is going after Amazon because he is angry at Washington Post investigative reporting. He went straight from criticizing a Post story to threateni…
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  16. Jul 23

    News media orgs in the US would also benefit from demanding the same standard. Can't be mandated federally, of course.

    If you think that the should have a rule that Think Tanks can only appear on the BBC after disclosure of their main funders, then please retweet. (If there is enough interest I will set up a petition to the BBC)
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  17. Jul 23

    The critics are meeting with Albayrak to try and convince him of the recklessness of Erdogan's policies and gauge his commitment to a sober course of action.

    Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Albayrak meets leading economists and columnists to discuss the state of Turkish economy. The list includes many critics of Turkish gov policies
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  18. Jul 23

    There is small, but significant, interest on the right in a market-based solution to carbon emissions. For pro-science conservatives (and there aren't a ton in the modern GOP), it's sort of an obvious answer.

    GOP on his carbon tax measure event: “I will not be the only sponsor of the bill; we’re still in discussions with a number of offices.” Go deeper : …
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    Jul 22

    Putin/Helsinki news cycle must be polling terribly.

    To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND…
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  20. Jul 22

    Because at this point, it's not about whether one is Gulenist or not. It's about wielding the power to control the fates of those within the political hierarchy, thereby extracting complete obedience.

    Some of the new appointed ministers and deputy ministers appointed directly by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have raised eyebrows as having been suspected of links to the Gülen movement …
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    Jul 22

    As a Najafi-Iraqi-Arab-Iranian-Azeri-Turk-Shia-Muslim-British-Londoner, I’ve often been confused when people have a problem with hyphenation or insist that one identity must negate another. As if “deep down” humans can be boiled down to just one thing (other than being human!)

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    The French ambassador to the U.S. criticized Trevor for congratulating Africa on France’s World Cup victory. Trevor responds :
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