Thread by @Noahpinion: 1/Gather round, my friends, and let me tell you the epic story of the Franco-Prussian War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Pr… 2/In 1870, Franc…

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1287433276462780417.html

A century-and-a-half of stupidity, I guess.

«Thread by @Noahpinion: 1/Gather round, my friends, and let me tell you the epic story of the Franco-Prussian War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Pr 2/In 1870, France had been in turmoil for almost a century. Revolution after revolution, kings, emperors, wars. In 1…»

A bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn’t pretty – The Boston Globe

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/25/nation/bipartisan-group-secretly-gathered-game-out-contested-trump-biden-election-it-wasnt-pretty/

“wasn’t pretty” is an understatement. It was ugly. Dems need to win decisively. This election cannot be close.

And we need to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Tweet from Sarah Z (@marysuewriter)

https://twitter.com/marysuewriter/status/1286496613955862530?s=20

Sarah Z (@marysuewriter) Tweeted: what’s dangerous about doomscrolling is that repeated emphasis on the importance of staying informed can easily trick you into thinking that endlessly consuming bad news on autopilot is a progressive moral duty, when in actuality it’s the digital equivalent of emotional self-harm