Shrupti Shah

@Shrupti

Brit in DC. Gryffindor in Slytherin. Day job is making gov better via evidence & innovation. This is personal. Random thoughts on politics serenaded by the 80's

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    16 Aug 2017

    C.S. Lewis in 1944 & still the most insightful essay on the seductive, corrupting desire to be in the 'in crowd'

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  2. Jan 4

    Trump Bannon row: 11 explosive claims from new book - BBC News

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    Jan 4

    So I was one of the 6 guests at the Bannon-Ailes dinner party in January 2017 and every word I've seen from the book about it is absolutely accurate. It was an astonishing night...

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    Jan 4

    Reading NYTimes: Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers

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    Jan 3

    Was the government's New Year's resolution to relentlessly troll the nation? - Sending Grayling to Qatar as train fares rise. - Appointing Toby Young. - Declaring that the NHS is "better prepared than ever before". - Promoting Trans-Pacific Partnership as EU alternative.

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    Jan 3

    There are more slaves today than at any other time in history. What will it take to free the 40.3 million people living in modern slavery?

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  7. Jan 3

    Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win via

  8. Jan 3

    Why Is Fixing Sexism Women’s Work?

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  9. Jan 3

    Never Mind Churchill, Clement Attlee Is a Model for These Times

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    Jan 1

    Fox News is Now Calling Democrats 'Insane Leftists' Meanwhile those on the right almost started a massacre in a pizza shop because they thought there were imaginary pedophiles in its imaginary basement. Next they went out & fully supported an actual child molester for US Senate.

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    Jan 1

    Administration has constitutional duty to conduct a fair and accurate Census. A citizenship question-not usual-would undermine ability to count immigrant communities/have consequences for redistricting. Census Bureau must reject this request. Be heard!

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  12. Jan 1

    Hollywood Women Unveil Action Plan Against Harassment

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    Jan 1

    With this one quote, LBJ pretty much predicted the entire next 50 years of the Republican agenda.

    “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” - LBJ
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    Jan 1

    The central fact of U.S. political economy, the source of our exceptionalism, is that lower-income whites vote for politicians who redistribute income upward and weaken the safety net because they think the welfare state is for nonwhites 1/

    1/A few people have noticed me tweeting a lot more about racial/cultural issues in the last two years, and less about the nuts and bolts of economics. Well, let me explain why.
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    Dec 31

    Resolution: don't let anyone else tell you how to love America.

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    Jan 1

    A lot of the problem with these mainstream media retrospectives on Trump's first year is a failure to recognize how profoundly unpopular he is -- especially for a president in a pretty good economy.

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    31 Dec 2017

    Rare Full Moon on New Year’s day 2018. Occurs about once every 30 years. But stay calm. It's as uncommon as a Full Moon on your birthday, or on any other date of the year.

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    30 Dec 2017

    It is difficult to believe that Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Clinton but didn’t mention anything to the campaign he was part of. Very difficult. Virtually impossible.

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  19. 30 Dec 2017

    29 celebrities who spurned the Queen and turned down their honours

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    29 Dec 2017

    Today, we're compiling each individual story into a master list of the 138 things Trump did while you weren't looking. Give it a read:

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  21. 30 Dec 2017

    No power and growing anger at ground zero in Puerto Rico via

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