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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2020

    1. How often have we had this conversation: A: "Trump is an aspiring authoritarian" B: "Actually, he's just an incompetent buffoon." In truth, it's not just that Trump is both an authoritarian & a buffoon but that this combination (a common one) makes him more dangerous.

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    • Liberal Quilter 🪡 bluebluebutton Airship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS!🇺🇦 Elizabeth Jenny Fitz Robin Duckworth going 35 down the highway, yelling at mile markers Bruce Dust🥍 🤽🏻‍♂️ William Hewson
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2020

        2. Trump wants to use the military to squash the protests. The military, especially after the backlash to Monday night's church photo op fiasco, is pushing back, hard. So: incompetence, yes. But Trump has plenty of fall back positions: egging on cops & militias.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2020

        Jeet Heer Retweeted Dan Friedman

        3. Another fall back position now that the army isn't doing what he wants is mercenaries. We might already be seeing some fo that.https://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/1267936203522932738 …

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        Asked who they’re with, these guys say only that they’re with “The Department of Justice.” pic.twitter.com/ciVDtP8ndk
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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2020

        4. The more Trump's incompetence frustrates his ability to carry out what he wants, the more he'll lash out: a fairly common dynamic in authoritarian regimes. He still has enough power -- especially via figures like Barr -- to do real damage. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-military-weakness/ …

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      2. charles garrett‏ @garrett_charles 3 Jun 2020
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        the unstated truth that folks bound to meritocracy and procedures care more for means than ends

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      2. Max Berger‏Verified account @maxberger 3 Jun 2020
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        It's been clear from jump that B is a limiting factor on A, but also creates its own set of problems. My fear is that Hawley or Cotton or whomever isn't as much of a dumbass, follows the Bannon / Herronvolk approach more and then we're well and truly fucked.

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      2. Cumzilla420 ❼‏ @Cumzilla420 3 Jun 2020
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        https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e515a2cd-a51b-4f83-8d61-6ebb9a104e0a … vsnity fair says he sleeps mext to s cooy of sdolf hitlers speeches

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      3. Cumzilla420 ❼‏ @Cumzilla420 3 Jun 2020
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        as we inch toward msrtial law - y none of u blue checks talk bout thispic.twitter.com/iJBM9c7kWl

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      2. Ross Douthat‏Verified account @DouthatNYT 3 Jun 2020
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        It makes him dangerous but in a substantially different way than Erdogan or Putin or other figures often invoked by people in camp 1.

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      3. Bruno Maçães‏Verified account @MacaesBruno 3 Jun 2020
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        It’s not about incompetence. I think Ross has argued this, power is in the service of spectacle, not the inverse as in authoritarianism

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