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Author, 'Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us' (Prometheus, 2020). Staff writer @DailyKos. I block shitheads.

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    David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

    1) Donald Trump’s authoritarianism has metastacized in the past month to reach genuinely dangerous levels. Let’s review. (longish thread follows)pic.twitter.com/4IRDJrVLHJ

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      2. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        2) The current surge in authoritarian behavior from the occupant of the Oval Office seems to have started with the rush of eliminationist rhetoric aimed particularly at “The Squad” last month.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/17/1872435/-Donald-Trump-has-officially-become-America-s-eliminationist-in-chief …

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      3. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        3) As Frida Ghitis pointed out at the time, this is classic authoritarian rhetoric: “conjuring monsters, inventing enemies and keeping the base fired up, aroused and excited to have such a forceful leader.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/16/trumps-racist-tweets-come-straight-authoritarian-playbook/ …

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      4. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        4) Let’s be clear: When discussing Trump, we’re not looking at an authoritarian personality per se; rather, one with Social Dominance Orientation. They share the same desired outcome, but from a different place: SDOs are all about superiority and power. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203010927/http://bartduriez.com/documents/PDF/2002_DuriezVanhiel.pdf …

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      5. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        5) SDO authoritarian leaders have a powerful symbiotic relationship with their right-wing authoritarian followers: They cultivate them by encouraging a cult of personality around themselves as the kinds of hierarchical leaders the latter crave.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326986688_Cults_of_personality_preference_falsification_and_the_dictator's_dilemma …

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      6. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        6) So shortly on the heels of his attacks on “The Squad,” Trump urged Israel to deny a visa to Rep. Rita Tlaib, one of his harshest critics (which it then did)—and justified it by claiming “they hate Israel and all Jewish people.”pic.twitter.com/yEGYIRiHa1

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      7. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        7) This eventually led to this week’s proclamation by Trump that all Jews who voted for Democrats were guilty of either ignorance or “great disloyalty”—apparently to both Israel and the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/us/politics/trump-jewish-voters.html …

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      8. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        8) Of course, this is also a classic anti-Semitic trope, accusing U.S. Jews of “dual loyalties” to both Israel and America. It’s been used by fascist demagogues since the 1920s.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/opinion/trump-jews-disloyal.html …

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      9. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        9) We really saw Trump cultivating the authoritarian cult around him, however, in his response to the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. First, he angrily brushed off any suggestion his rhetoric had anything to do with the violence.https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-defends-rhetoric-as-he-visits-dayton-el-paso-after-shootings …

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      10. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        10) The reality was very different, of course. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-do-you-stop-these-people-trumps-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-looms-over-el-paso-massacre/2019/08/04/62d0435a-b6ce-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html …

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      11. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        11) A defining trait of SDOs, as it happens, is a complete and utter lack of empathy. So when he went up to visit the survivors in their hospital beds, we didn’t see a solemn figure consoling people. We saw a celebrity doing selfies.pic.twitter.com/FTaPOiwLxe

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      12. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        12) In Trump’s mind, he was helping these people by gifting them with his presence so they could share the selfies with their friends later. Or something like that.pic.twitter.com/A29MIBaFwK

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      13. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        13) The authoritarianism hit batshit-crazy levels when Trump tweeted out last week his grand scheme to buy Greenland from Denmark, which he seemed to think he could pull off by sheer dint of his superior bargaining genes.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/us/politics/trump-buy-greenland.html?module=inline …

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      14. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

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        14) And then, when the Danish prime minister abruptly rebuffed him, he canceled a state visit to the European nation in a huff, clearly offended by the insult to his august self. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961882945970176 …

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      15. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        15) It created a completely unnecessary and humiliating international embarrassment with one of our oldest and most loyal allies. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-prime-minister.html …

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      16. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        16) Then he retweeted noted conspiracy theorist (and rabid Trump fan) Wayne Allyn Root, waxing hardcore authoritarian: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164138796205654016 …pic.twitter.com/4pw9RqYt2O

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      17. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        David Neiwert Retweeted Aaron Rupar

        17) He actually followed this with a press conference doubling down on Root’s sentiments, telling reporters: “I am the chosen one.”https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1164221992154910720 …

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        Trump seriously seems to think he was chosen by God pic.twitter.com/1iHsYJzHO6
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      18. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        18) He capped it all off this week with his tweets in which he “hereby ordered” all American businesses to reel back their dealings with China. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914960046133249 …pic.twitter.com/mRoO5ldZug

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      19. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        19) No American president has ever claimed such wide-ranging powers. And yet Trump is claiming them by virtue of an obscure 1977 law.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/world/europe/trump-g7-summit.html …

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      20. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        20) It’s an utterly bogus assertion of power. And it would certainly have a catastrophic effect on the global economy.pic.twitter.com/EMC2jyqrrZ

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      21. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        David Neiwert Retweeted David Neiwert

        21) I’ve been writing about Trump’s authoritarianism for awhile now. This thread is a much longer and deeper dive into how this all works.https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1062018162500153344 …

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        David Neiwert @DavidNeiwert
        1) Donald Trump’s press conference Wednesday, and the responses to it, are an important and perhaps historic moment, beyond the controversy. It made irrevocably clear that Trump intends to rule as an authoritarian, and his followers want that. Ridiculously long thread follows. pic.twitter.com/CmwoUunWLe
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      22. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        22) However, there’s no question that it is intensifying now, particularly as it looks like the economy may be about to spin out of control.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/trump-economy-month-chaotic-response/ …

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      23. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        23) This will not end well, as we have known for some time. It never ends well.http://www.firstpersonpolitics.com/this-could-get-ugly/#.XWHAHZNKhN0 …

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      24. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        24) And yes, this past week has been particularly insane.https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a28797134/president-trump-greenland-chosen-one-insane-week/ …

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      25. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        25) The next step in the authoritarian script is for Trump to declare his opponents and critics “enemies of the state.” Given his recent remarks about Jews, I’m afraid we are not far removed from that terrifying juncture.pic.twitter.com/9Ew28eKZST

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      26. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 24 Aug 2019

        @threadreaderapp unroll please

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