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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
@HC_Richardson
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Boston, MAbit.ly/3qZ7aWAJoined April 2013
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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
How about shame and stigma and dismissal of anti-scientific junk instead of legitimizing him with a debate. That used to work pretty well until we decided that everybody’s opinion was equal.
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New York Times Opinion
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If you don’t think R.F.K. Jr. should be publicly debated, says @DouthatNYT, “you need some other theory of how the curious can be persuaded away from his ideas.” nyti.ms/3XmFRGA
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Laura Rozen
@lrozen
🧵 “U.S. spy agencies picked up intelligence in mid-June indicating Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin was planning armed action against the Russian defense establishment …& urgently informed the White House & other government agencies so they were not caught off-guard,
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Shane Harris
@shaneharris
New: U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was plotting Russia uprising. W/ ⁦@nakashimae⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur
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Anne Muntean
@AnneMuntean
"Sources tell me that as the Wagner forces moved north, the regular army neither followed nor hindered them." ☝️☝️☝️ 1/4 Opinion | Wagner's Russia march was Putin and Prigozhin playing game of chicken - The Washington Post
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Opinion | Putin and Prigozhin played a game of chicken — and both swerved in the end
The Russian leader survives, but the brazen challenge from the Wagner militia just adds to the disaster of his war in Ukraine.
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Indychick
@Indychick31
Nope. I remember my “conservative” dad planning a divorce & dumping my mom after 25 yrs of marriage to marry a younger woman. I remember my mother not being able to get a mortgage loan bc she didn’t have her husband’s co-sign, despite being an executive editor of a newspaper.
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Nikki Haley
@NikkiHaley
Do you remember when you were growing up, do you remember how simple life was, how easy it felt? It was about faith, family, and country. We can have that again, but to do that, we must vote Joe Biden out. #RTM2023
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Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
If there ever was a time for American unity around a worldly cause it’s now. Let’s support Ukraine in their counteroffensive. Russia’s command & control is collapsing. It’s my hope that my GOP colleagues who’ve rooted for Russia/been on sidelines will join the fight for freedom.
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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe
This has been clear for at least a decade: Putin eviscerated the liberal opposition that wanted to beat him at the ballot box. It left space only for extremists, violence and an explosive end to the regime. Nicholas II made that choice in 1905 and paid the price in 1918.
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Jeet Heer
@HeerJeet
It' all going to be memory-holed, but we should remember there was a vast discourse over last 10-15 years about Putin/Russia are strong/manly and the West is weak/effeminate/gay. All the vile implications of that discourse are worth remembering
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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
Holy crap. Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea.... twitter.com/PardesSeleh/st…
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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Another moment where I'm glad an experienced foreign policy president is at the helm and not a sociopathic ignoramus who would be tweeting and gibbering when the right move is to keep distance from a conflict between Russian gangsters.
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Juliette Kayyem
@juliettekayyem
"Destabilization in a nuclear power is never a good thing. The most important response is nobody do anything too quickly on the US side. And President Biden is known for understanding that. He doesn't do his foreign policy by tweet and we should all be grateful for that." @cnn
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Jill Wine-Banks
@JillWineBanks
If 1 county in Delaware gives corporations and LLCs the right to vote, the consequences are unimaginable. They outnumber people in the state.
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David Cay Johnston
@DavidCayJ
A Delaware city is set to give corporations the right to vote in elections, ⁦@CBSNews⁩ reports. Since there are no limits on creating corporations, business voters could overwhelm humans. cbsnews.com/news/seaford-d
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President Biden
@POTUS
When Roe v. Wade was overturned, we committed that we'd never stop fighting for your reproductive rights. That hasn't changed. Today, I signed a third reproductive health care Executive Order that strengthens access to contraception – an essential part of reproductive care.
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