File under: horseshoe theory. https://twitter.com/Vermeullarmine/status/1183364923507838976 …
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It’s only real ultimate democracy when the president is immune from legal, institutional, and political accountability outside of elections that he is allowed to rig in his favor.
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Also it seems weird to treat the minoritarian president as representing the people’s will but dismissing the elected representatives of the people as agents of a deep state coup.
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Whoa, dude. I agree that an electoral pounding is the *best* way to remove The Boy King, but suggesting there aren't about ∞ other reasons to legitimately do it is...a stretch.
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Given Felt’s and job and personal history with Nixon (being passed over for The FBI’s head job BECAUSE Nixon was extremely suspicious of the FBI, I don’t think it’s nuts to see Felt’s acts as something other than patriotism
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Which isn’t to say what he blew the whistle on wasn’t a problem
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What Taibbi gets wrong is that impeachment has ALWAYS been used as a political process, not truth-seeking, and expecting that the CIA whistleblower was motivated by a commitment to Democracy is beside the point
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How can he not understand any of this? There’s motivated reasoning but this is obvious, intentional deceit.
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