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    Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

    Alexandra Erin Retweeted Dr. Sunny Moraine PhD is practicing resurrection

    I haven't been harping on it because it at least contributes to taking it seriously, but this is part of why I shudder every time they call the halls of Congress "sacred" and talk about them being "desecrated".https://twitter.com/dynamicsymmetry/status/1347604812242759681 …

    Alexandra Erin added,

    Dr. Sunny Moraine PhD is practicing resurrection @dynamicsymmetry
    One of the most significant problems a lot of Democrats and the liberal commentariat have been allowing themselves to be hampered by is an adherence to some sort of notion of the sacrosanct nature of institutions as those institutions are burning down because people won’t act.
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      2. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        Like, they are not sacred. They are IMPORTANT, because of the functions they fulfill. They need to be protected better than they were (obviously) but not because they are full of magic fluid that will rush out if an invisible skin is ruptured by imprudent action.

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      3. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        One of the reasons to act swiftly and forcefully in a case like this is that we are social animals and we look to our neighbors and leaders for cues as to how they are acting, in order to understand the danger or safety of the situation in which we find ourselves.

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      4. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        If everybody else is behaving normally when something that seems odd occurs... it gets shaded as a normal thing. If other people are alarmed, it increases our alarm.

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      5. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        It's harder to make the case that Donald Trump's power is a clear and present danger to life and liberty when we're penciling it in as a problem to solve starting next week, at all.

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      6. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        The fact that we're talking about removing him at all when his term is all but over is fueling conspiracy theories that he's got some big move planned that The Deep State/The Cabal/THEY are afraid of and trying to block.

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      7. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        And as I often say: you cannot deny ammo to a munition factory, because they will just make what they need as fast as they can. If we weren't talking removal, the same people would crow that this proves Trump is untouchable because of the same secret big move he has planned.

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      8. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        But the best response to "What are you so afraid of him doing in a mere 12 days?" is "Look at what he did with one day." Giving him extra days to work with on the way out the door undercuts that.

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      9. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        And, you know, is dangerous, because he has those days.

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      10. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        I think if it were only possible to remove him on the 19th it would still be worth doing, to seal his term with the unique ignominy of having been impeached twice and the only one successfully removed from that office by impeachment.

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      11. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        But if it's possible to remove him on the 19th then it's possible to remove him now, and if it's impossible to remove him then we still get impeached twice and force the Republicans trying to waive away their responsibility to go on the record again for defending and acquitting.

        2 replies 26 retweets 129 likes
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      12. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        And no that's not a "Ha, we got 'em now!" moment, they will absolutely wear that with a badge of pride as they continue to fundraise with Trump's base off their loyalty to him, but... again. Social animals. We look for signals.

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      13. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        There are a lot of people who aren't Trump's base, who are in the mild moderate middle, who are exactly the targets susceptible to the minimizing effects of both-sidesism, who were genuinely shocked by the events of Wednesday.

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      14. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        And these are the people who are hearing the media repeating false right-wing narratives about antifa infiltrators and false flags and getting a very muddled picture of what actually happened.

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      15. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        And swift and forceful action by our leaders in DC to treat this with exactly the level of seriousness it demands and focus consequences in those complicit in inciting it would send a strong signal to those people about what actually happened.

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      16. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

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        Yep. The right-wing propaganda machine knows how this works and is perfectly willing to exploit it. https://twitter.com/semirose/status/1347611910376615937 …

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      17. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        Alexandra Erin Retweeted Jonathan Lemire

        And here's a thing: actively subverting the chain of command at the very highest level of the chain and the highest level of military force is more norm-shattering than removing him through either legal avenue.https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1347603930600103939 …

        Alexandra Erin added,

        Jonathan LemireVerified account @JonLemire
        WASHINGTON (AP) — AP Source: Pelosi tells Dems that top military official assured her steps are in place to prevent Trump nuclear launch.
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      18. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        Alexandra Erin Retweeted Katherine Cross

        Katherine Cross had a short thread on this yesterday, that even though preventing Trump from launching nukes in a fit of destructive pique is better than letting him, *it's still terrifying and damaging if it's necessary*.https://twitter.com/Quinnae_Moon/status/1347325963101605891 …

        Alexandra Erin added,

        Katherine CrossVerified account @Quinnae_Moon
        People need to understand that forcing "unprecedented" reckonings isn't good eiher. If the military refuses to nuke, say, France, as they certainly would, it still sets a precedent that'll never go away. You have to eliminate any possibility of it happening *at all.* https://twitter.com/petersterne/status/1347319835466887169 …
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      19. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        In trying to manage things behind the scenes and keep everything nice and tidy, our institutionalists are allowing the institutions they seek to protect to continue stripping their own gears and overheating.

        2 replies 19 retweets 75 likes
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      20. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        Alexandra Erin Retweeted r.i.p. cbj playoff streak

        Yeah. Back before the election when people were saying "Relax! He can't stage a coup without the military's backing and if he tries they'll sort him out." like that wouldn't *also* be the death of the republic.https://twitter.com/HonorataER/status/1347615933905440769 …

        Alexandra Erin added,

        r.i.p. cbj playoff streak @HonorataER
        Replying to @AlexandraErin
        this really feels like a good way to set a precedent that it's chill for the military go rogue on whatever president they like in the future, which seems, um... bad.
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      21. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        I'm very relieved that at the moment and for the moment, it doesn't appear like he will hang out in the White House and claim to be president after January 20th because the scenario where we have Federal Gun Havers resolving that dispute is deeply bad.

        2 replies 8 retweets 64 likes
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      22. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        We don't want to be Rome with the Praetorian Guard picking the next emperor. Not even once. Not even if they choose correctly.

        1 reply 27 retweets 97 likes
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      23. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        I intuit from available data that right now Trump's closest family and most reasonable lawyers are trying to keep him bubbled in and stopping him from throwing more gas on the fire in any obvious way. I doubt they can sustain that for twelve days.

        1 reply 16 retweets 72 likes
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      24. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        He could make this situation so much worse in a flash with a few unguarded minutes on his phone. There are specific phrases and claims he could tweet that would be the equivalent of a nuclear launch code to the QAnons and their adjacent circles.

        1 reply 26 retweets 92 likes
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      25. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        He can still tweet that the storm is upon us or that he was robbed of a landslide victory even after he's out of office, mind you. A number of his faithful have already made peace with the idea that he'll "let the inauguration go through" before "springing the trap".

        1 reply 14 retweets 62 likes
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      26. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        But right now he's got that *and* all the official levers of power that his aides and military officials have absolutely no legal recourse for keeping away from him.

        1 reply 9 retweets 55 likes
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      27. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        When DC Comics did their storyline with Lex Luthor as president, Batman confronted him before he took office and confiscated his kryptonite, telling him "You don't get to have both." He knew taking down a winning president would be too far but he could take his supercrime stuff.

        1 reply 6 retweets 59 likes
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      28. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        The House has no power to take Trump's kryptonite ring away from him but they do have legal Constitutional power to impeach him. Like Batman in the fictional example, they should do what they can instead of playing games with mitigating harm behind the scenes.

        1 reply 10 retweets 78 likes
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      29. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        I mean, you want to talk about fueling conspiracy theories? Now the highest ranking Democrat currently holding office is conferring with the military brass about taking away powers that are rightly invested only in the commander in chief.

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      30. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        There is no legitimate means for taking away or undercutting his nuclear launch authority. As I said upthread, if they can do it then GOOD. ABSOLUTELY GOOD. But the only *legitimate* way to do it is to take away the presidency itself.

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      31. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin Jan 8

        I am just aghast and incandescently angry that Nancy Pelosi has apparently digested the fact that Trump having unrestricted nuclear launch authority is a big problem, and her solution to that is backchannel chatter.

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