Prabhat Kaflé
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झापाली ॥ 🇳🇵- 🇺🇸 ॥ Interested in law & history of ideas/political theory ॥ UC Berkeley & UC Irvine Law Alum ॥ Attorney at law ॥
Joined September 2013
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all, Marc Novicoff argues. https://t.co/i0EM3D72Ia
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Black Friday was once a single day of communal deal-hunting. It's now metastasized into an online-shopping marathon, filling buyers with a month-long paranoia, @anniejoyw8 writes. "Is this better? I don't think so."
theatlantic.com
If we’re going to worship consumerism and consumption, let’s at least do it together.
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नेपालमा केही नभएको त पक्कै हैन। तर तेही केही भएर नै यस्तो widespread anomie फैलिएको। Anomie भनेको “breakdown of laws, traditions & mores which people inherit from the past and which provide the norms, values, incentives, and constraints in their lives.” Emily Durkheim का
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NEW: Supreme Court defers decision on whether Trump can fire head of U.S. Copyright Office https://t.co/Zfis5PMNqp
scotusblog.com
The Supreme Court on Wednesday put off a decision on the Trump administration’s request to be able to remove Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, from her […]
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Environmental Law मा “Tragedy of the Commons” भन्ने एऊटा concept पढाईन्छ। नेपाली राजनिति हेर्दा ठ्याक्कै त्यस्तै लाग्छ। सबैले कसरी हुन्छ आफुलाई व्यक्तिगत रूपमा भरपुर फाईदा हुने कामहरू गर्ने तर सबैको ‘common’ सम्पत्ति deplete हुँदै गएको प्रति चासो नदेखाऊने। Google Tragedy of
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Charges against James Comey and Letitia James were thrown out by a federal judge today. “The basic safeguards of the criminal-justice system are proving to be some of the most effective checks on Trump’s power,” @RDEliason argues:
theatlantic.com
In the criminal-justice system, when the president’s bluster collides with facts and evidence, he keeps losing.
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Iconic.
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Breaking News: Dharmendra, a Bollywood actor of easygoing machismo who became one of India’s most versatile stars, died in Mumbai at 89. Read more about his life and legacy: https://t.co/SfMr3MGpKC
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SCOOP: Trump is ready to talk with Maduro over Venezuela drug strikes
axios.com
It could be a sign that U.S. missile strikes or direct military action on land are not imminent, sources tell Axios.
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NEW: Supreme Court does not act on Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship – for now https://t.co/QLAHZdrf56
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The Supreme Court did not act on Monday on the challenges to President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to […]
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A quick scan across Nepali mediascape today, from podcasts to print, doesn’t support the claim that the media is monopolized by ppl from certain castes. If there’s a ‘surname pattern,’ it is a pattern that reflects the caste/ethnic makeup of the country. In fact, I am of the
You’re right. We should debate ideas, not names. But the surname pattern I pointed out isn’t about shaming people; it’s about asking why only certain castes keep getting the media space. Let’s fix the access and argue the ideas at the same time. Fair?
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😆😆🤦🏻♂️
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😆😆🤦🏻♂️
Not cool 𝕏. Remove this immediately or I bring my services to a different platform
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Incredible skill (if real)
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Probably my own surname disqualifies me from even raising the issue. Notwithstanding, I believe it’s a tragedy that even seemingly educated people focus on names & surnames, while not engaging with the ideas they disagree with. If you dislike an idea or find it abhorrent, try
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Modern Nepali zeitgeist: look at the surnames & names, don’t engage with the merits or demerits of the argument. Don’t fight arguments with better arguments, but straight away impute bad faith bc the person has a certain surname. Don’t even put forth your own arguments, but taint
Just look at the surnames of people giving opinions and those reporting them. It says a lot about whose voices get heard and whose don’t. It’s a pattern that reveals deep-rooted biases in our media and public discourse.
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😆😆 loved it!!
Threatening our existence is one thing, but the real jump scare is poor grammar.
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😊😊 When the distance between player-days & commentator-days is too close. Hard to maintain the stoicism.
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NEW: Supreme Court agrees to hear case on border crossings https://t.co/IyqBntktSC
scotusblog.com
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a ruling by a federal appeals court that, the Trump administration contends, “has already caused—and, if left in place, will continue to […]
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Impressive! … knew only 6-7 at most
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