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Friday Fun Thread - Politics

Friday Fun Thread - Politics


Friday Fun Thread

Posted: 17 May 2019 06:08 AM PDT

It's finally Friday! That means it's time to sit back, debate which celebrity is going to make their own vodka next, contemplate the difference between between normal ketchup and fancy ketchup, and talk about whatever your heart desires.

As always remember to follow our civility rules and save any meta feedback for our modmail.

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I’m Timothy Snyder, author of THE ROAD TO UNFREEDOM and ON TYRANNY, and I’ve tracked the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe to America. Ask Me Anything.

Posted: 17 May 2019 06:23 AM PDT

I am Timothy Snyder, the author The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Now available in paperback, The Road to Unfreedom, is about global oligarchy and American politics, post-modern authoritarianism from Russia to Europe to us, and the ways that cyber can make us less free. It's a history of the present grounded in the hope that knowing our predicament is the first step to resolving it. It tells the "Russia story" from beginning to end – all of it. Ask me anything!

Read an excerpt of The Road to Unfreedom here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/16/vladimir-putin-russia-politics-of-eternity-timothy-snyder

And a review of The Road to Unfreedom here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/15/the-road-to-unfreedom-russia-europe-america-timothy-snyder-review-tim-adams

Watch a video on how inequality destroys the future by focusing on the past here: https://bigthink.com/videos/what-reasons-american-income-inequality

Find out more about my work here: http://timothysnyder.org

Follow me on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmY71FGkk5kMwde_TP3KbnQ/videos

And on twitter: https://twitter.com/timothydsnyder?lang=en

Proof: https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1128656712603447296

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Treasury, IRS set to miss subpoena deadline on Trump tax returns

Posted: 17 May 2019 03:13 AM PDT

Panhandle county that backed Trump among Russian hacking victims

Posted: 17 May 2019 03:19 AM PDT

The Michael Flynn 'Tape' May Have Just Changed the Landscape of the Investigation Into Trump

Posted: 17 May 2019 06:11 AM PDT

Alabama legislators refuse to fund mother and child health care as they ban nearly all abortions

Posted: 17 May 2019 03:25 AM PDT

Trump warned us: A "desperate" president would attack Iran to win re-election

Posted: 17 May 2019 04:37 AM PDT

If Donald Trump wants to leave asylum seekers stranded in Florida, let's take them to his hotels, mayor says

Posted: 17 May 2019 04:15 AM PDT

A Major Coal Company Went Bust. Its Bankruptcy Filing Shows That It Was Funding Climate Change Denialism.

Posted: 17 May 2019 07:42 AM PDT

'It's Time to Fight Back.' Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Strategy to Protect Abortion Access

Posted: 17 May 2019 05:18 AM PDT

Appeals court rules Trump end of DACA was unlawful

Posted: 17 May 2019 07:11 AM PDT

Democrats still don't want to impeach: It's time for the people to force their hand

Posted: 17 May 2019 04:51 AM PDT

How Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Paved the Way for Abortion Bans

Posted: 17 May 2019 03:15 AM PDT

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Challenges Religious Right On Specific Bible Passages—The freshman lawmaker from New York says if they want to follow the Bible, they can start by backing her bill.

Posted: 17 May 2019 04:09 AM PDT

Trump news - live: President threatens long jail sentences over 'treason and spying' he claims were committed by FBI against his campaign

Posted: 17 May 2019 05:03 AM PDT

Bernie Sanders: Banks have been ripping off Americans for too long. I have a plan to end it

Posted: 17 May 2019 06:37 AM PDT

Senator Warren calls for federal laws protecting abortion access

Posted: 17 May 2019 05:19 AM PDT

Kavanaugh, Collins back in spotlight after Alabama abortion law is signed

Posted: 17 May 2019 07:11 AM PDT

Elizabeth Warren Just Dropped a Plan for Fighting the Alabama Abortion Ban

Posted: 17 May 2019 05:22 AM PDT

Her daughter died at Charlottesville. She wants the feds to do more to fight hate.

Posted: 17 May 2019 03:24 AM PDT

Trump plans to release thousands of migrants in two Democratic strongholds, Florida officials say

Posted: 17 May 2019 03:31 AM PDT

Michael Flynn Was Fired a Week After Trump’s Personal Counsel Reached Out to Him for a ‘Heads Up’

Posted: 17 May 2019 08:07 AM PDT

Trump might reportedly skip his Ireland trip because its prime minister won't meet at his golf course

Posted: 17 May 2019 07:51 AM PDT

Sanders introduces petition to prohibit war with Iran without Congress' approval

Posted: 16 May 2019 05:42 PM PDT

What does the Trump team say to Russia behind closed doors? We’re about to get a glimpse.

Posted: 17 May 2019 06:52 AM PDT

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Save Abortion Rights

Posted: 17 May 2019 05:31 AM PDT

Judge Orders Parts of Mueller Report Unredacted

Posted: 16 May 2019 04:29 PM PDT