Former member SNP Policy Development, Conference, and Member Conduct Committees. Policy opinions all personal positions. Members determine policy in the SNP.
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“elections can be deeply defective if they occur without the different sides getting an adequate opportunity to present their respective cases, or without the electorate enjoying the freedom to obtain news and to consider the views of the competing protagonists.”
Amartya Sen.
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There will now be a temptation in many parts of Europe, including the UK, to think that things will eventually go back to normal with the US and that Europe can stop its reluctant shift towards strategic autonomy. That would be a serious mistake.
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«Serve uno Stato che non abbia paura di assumere un ruolo guida ma sia pronto ad ascoltare, che non sia preda di interessi privati ma animato da uno scopo pubblico».
@MazzucatoM, L’economia del bene comune
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'In 1860, an enslaved man named Sheppard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek. His value was placed at $1400.
More than a century and a half later, Sheppard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was elected governor of GA' ajc.com/politics/2026/11/kei…
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"If at times these last 2 years, amidst the ceaseless onslaught of brutality and indecency, you doubted whether our democracy would survive, let this give you courage that the first light of dawn is on the horizon."
Sen. @Ossoff: In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption, and incompetence of the failed lame-duck president, Donald J. Trump. If at times these last 2 years, amidst the ceaseless onslaught of brutality and indecency, you doubted whether our democracy would survive, let this give you courage that the first light of dawn is on the horizon.
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Tonight, I make a solemn promise to every single Texan. Whether you voted for me or Governor Abbott, or felt so betrayed by a broken politics that you did not vote at all.
Hear what Texas said today, loud and clear: Your government belongs to you. And as your governor, I will never forget it. There will be no special set of rules for the wealthy and powerful. No looking the other way when someone in my own party does wrong.
The trust you have placed in me tonight is not a blank check. It is a sacred responsibility. And I intend to earn it every single day.
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Going to be wild to explain to our kids how there were actual grown up immensely powerful people who called it "the Gulf of America" or "Department of War"
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I didn’t tear up until I went back and watched this video of Josh Turek pulling his wheelchair up the stairs to talk with a neighbor.
How do you not root for a guy like that?
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Voters are rejecting Islamophobia a lot louder than many people in national media
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Sen. Ossoff: Our task is not just to contain one president's wickedness, but to heal the brokenness beneath. This is a moment not for restoration, but for reformation. Because while the wealthy feast on inside information and official favors, America's forgotten families are treated to official indifference, working harder and harder while the treadmill just gets faster and steeper.
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Talarico: "Hate can't teach a child to read. Hate can't build a future. But what hate can't do, love can. Love can turn a student into a scholar. Love can turn a closet into a nursery ... we didn't win this race by alienating our neighbors."
In a battle between the money and the many, the many really can win.
That truth is what has always terrified the money...
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Chris Christie UNLOADS on Vivek Ramswamy losing the Ohio governor’s race...
“You not only have to question the judgement of a man who would take a woman — an elderly woman, out of the car she was living in out of the parking lot in a church in Pennsylvania with her cats and put her in front of a video camera, and make that a TV add in the gubernatorial race. We know what Vivek Ramswamy is, and voters have judged him as such. But here is the real problem going forward. J.D. Vance stood 100 percent with Vivek Ramaswamy. Not only as a person and a candidate, but he stood behind that advertisement. And Vivek Ramaswamy will be forgotten. He is going to be sent to the dustbin of history. But J.D. Vance is going to be remembered, I think, for this campaign, for more than anything else, David, that he stood by that ad, a man who wrote a book on Catholicism, stood behind that ad. It’s a disgrace.”
This will be their last chance.
They either screw their courage to the sticking place and fix this mess or next time will be the last time.
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I cannot stress enough how much respect I have for Texas Democrats who persevered in the wilderness.
WWCPD?
"Picard scorns tyrants. While rank and discipline matter, the chain of command never trumps right action. And always must the individual be protected from arbitrary abuses of power. Because on Picard’s ship, everyone matters — or no one does."
My latest piece for @RollingStone.
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We got your back, New York!
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Several figures here aren’t federal results or NY-specific. The $472B combines US wide pledges: Micron's $250B is nationwide (NY site $100B) Anthropic's $50B covers TX and NY. The 48% murder drop is from NY's state run GIVE program (28 departments, Jan – May 2026).
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