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Retired Adm. William McRaven resigned from Pentagon board days after criticizing Trump
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Texas board votes to eliminate Helen Keller and Hillary Clinton from history curriculum
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Things Fall Apart (Part 2)
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What's next after Liberal Democracy
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Dealing with an out-of-control president, in 1973
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Across US, polling stations are slowly disappearing
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Democratic insurgents topple six New York Senate incumbents
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Sen. Ben Sasse reveals five point plan to address ethics issues in DC
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Litigation gone digital: Ottawa experiments with artificial intelligence in tax cases
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Today, Europe lost the internet. Now, we fight back
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A series of suspicious money transfers followed the Trump Tower meeting
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On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote
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US House Democrats’ top priority if they win in November is a sweeping anti-corruption bill
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North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels…so passed a law against it
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D.C.-Based Pro-Israel Group Secretly Ran Misleading Facebook Ads to Target Pro-Palestinian Activist
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Facebook punishes liberal news site after fact check by right-wing site
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Democrats Don’t Care About Policy Compromise Anymore — Just Like Republicans
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Skripal poisoning: Putin says suspects 'civilians, not criminals'
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Catalan separatists pack Barcelona to demand split from Spain
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Canada's notwithstanding clause — what's that again?
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Why would Cynthia Nixon order lox on a cinnamon raisin bagel? We present six theories
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George Orwell: Why socialists don't believe in fun
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Autocracy: Rules for Survival - 2016 - Russian-born journalist Masha Gessen reflects on the election of Donald Trump
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John Bolton threatens war crimes court with sanctions in virulent attack
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Who failed Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or the West?
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“Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy
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Donald Trump administration discussed US coup plans with rebel Venezuelan officers
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Former President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the ‘state of our democracy’
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The Republican approach to US voter fraud: Lie
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Sweden's elections: Scandinavian country’s 7.3 million voters go to polls on 9 September. What are the key issues?
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"The Social Ideology of the Motorcar" by André Gorz, 1973
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For older voters, getting the right ID can be especially tough
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What do you do to research politicians in your country?
Before elections or just in general, what do you do to get to know people in power? I personally use Wikipedia as a clear, quick way to learn about politicians from front to back. Also, near...
Before elections or just in general, what do you do to get to know people in power?
I personally use Wikipedia as a clear, quick way to learn about politicians from front to back. Also, near elections, I tend to do a quick web search alongside this to try and get a feel of what current events are saying about candidates, now that they're in the limelight.
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Snatched pic gives insight into 'no deal' Brexit planning
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Booker releases committee confidential documents related to yesterday’s testimony
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UK to face Russia at UN spy case briefing
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I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
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Canada needs Chapter 19 because Trump 'doesn't always follow the rules': Trudeau
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Friedrich Nietzsche and the alt right
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Who do you think Dems will run in 2020? This article says it's Sanders or Warren...but is it? What does Tildes think?
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What should the government's role in education be? How much schooling should be compulsory? How much of it should be paid for by the student or their parents?
This started as a sub-thread in a topic about possible contenders for the 2020 US Presidential race, but it generated enough interesting discussion that I thought it'd be worth spinning off into...
This started as a sub-thread in a topic about possible contenders for the 2020 US Presidential race, but it generated enough interesting discussion that I thought it'd be worth spinning off into its own topic, particularly so we can include people outside the US who are ignoring or filtering out topics about American politics.
To expand on the questions in the topic title:
- What level of education should be required by law of every citizen?
- How should schools be funded? What role should taxes play vs. tuition paid by the student or their parents?
- Should homeschooling be allowed, and if so, how strict should the educational requirements be?
And if you want to go really deep:
- What is the purpose of education in the first place? Is it to make better and more productive workers; to create an informed electorate; to learn for the sake of learning?
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Why obvious lies make great propaganda
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John Roberts and the second redemption court
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Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru's cursed history
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Steve Bannon dropped from New Yorker festival after invite sparks anger
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Learna project reverts blacklisting in license
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California lawmakers pass nation’s toughest net neutrality law
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The rise of Brazil’s far‑right
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Brazil’s jailed former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva barred from running again by electoral court
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