Barry Johnson

I looked at Economist Intel Unit's Democracy rankings (only the top "full democracy" countries) and added Freedom House's ratings. Then looked up who requires Voter ID. (FYI US at #25 on EIU rank and scores 83 from Freedom House.) Corrections welcome, but provide source please.

@DAaronovitch It must take some effort to miss the point so entirely.

An interesting thing to go into politics for: to make culture more unavailable to poorer families

@pmarca To early to say if it is over, or merely in abeyance.

@RepMariaSalazar Strangely, it seems your #1 fan agrees this is amnesty. x.com/BasedMikeLee/s…

@RepMariaSalazar This is not what amnesty means. What you describe is just lawlessness or nonenforcement. What you are proposing is amnesty. If you want to debate it on its merits, fine. However please don't insult people's intelligence by abusing the English language.

How to Mislead with Statistics Bottom line it seems to be high fives all around for almost getting to only 1 in 5 AI responses being confidently incorrect. This might be great in a lab, but think about that ratio if you might be relying on AI for an important decision.

@MaxAbrahms More likely the regime will take advantage of the breather we have offered to go after internal dissent.

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if during the ceasefire the Iranian people rose up and toppled the regime?

@MattRJBrodsky Ultimatum forced a binary between an escalation he was not willing to follow-through on or a ceasefire.

Curious to see how things play out with purported negotiations. Seems unlikely stated aims will be achieved without further military action. On current news, ultimatum achieved nothing other than limiting our own freedom of maneuver (binary of extreme escalation or ceasefire).

@BradOnMessage @ZitoSalena Amazing what journalists can find when they actually go out and do reporting.

This is yet another story where @ZitoSalena was way out in front of not just the other journalists, but in front of the statistics collection.

@MplsBarry @peterjhasson @jessicacadams digital twin for polling results 🤯

You gotta be shitting me

@O_Patriots @NatlyDenise_ First thing I thought of as well.

The Situation Room rn

@StephKHarrison @SamanthaTaghoy @Brian625986088 One might think so, but consistent support for the SNP does make me question whether this would really be too much for many voters. And keep in mind, some of these constituencies could be won on about a fifth of the vote.

@SamanthaTaghoy @Brian625986088 I have faith that the Scottish people will not vote in such a ridiculous unserious person.

This is Kate Nevens. Kate is a Green Party candidate for the Scottish Parliamentary elections. She is predicted to win. This is a video of Kate saying she wants to abolish prisons and the entire prison system. Yep. All prisons. ALL OF THEM. Do not let this woman into power.