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CFR fellow, WaPo columnist, CNN analyst. Author: “The Road Not Taken,” “Corrosion of Conservatism.” All opinions mine; feel free to adopt them. RT≠endorsement.

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    15 May 2019

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    I never thought I would become a single issue voter, but I have. The issue is democracy. I’m for it. I remain in disbelief that this is the reality of 2020 America.

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    Dec 11

    You would think a party that has long preached the gospel of personal responsibility—of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps rather than relying on government handouts—would reject this cult of victimhood. Au contraire.

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    3 hours ago

    “You would think a party that has long preached the gospel of personal responsibility — of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps rather than relying on government handouts — would reject this cult of victimhood. Au contraire.”

    Ultimately, by 2045, we will be a majority minority nation. It is fear of that fact that, more than anything else, explains and animates the modern Republican Party.
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    Dec 11

    Ultimately, by 2045, we will be a majority minority nation. It is fear of that fact that, more than anything else, explains and animates the modern Republican Party.

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    Dec 11

    Some of the very people who are now advancing the most preposterous claims of voter fraud are also responsible for helping to raise $2 million to bail out Kyle Rittenhouse. They think he is a victim whose murderous rampage was justified.

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    21 hours ago

    Totalitarian propaganda strikes us as insane. But is it any crazier than the QAnon movement, which has been embraced by so many Republicans? Or is it any crazier than the “stabbed in the back” myth that Trump is now propagating?

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    Dec 11

    Republicans oppose supposedly frivolous lawsuits on behalf of employees infected by covid-19 at work, yet they support farcical lawsuits to overturn the election results. Their incoherence is breathtaking—are Republicans pro or con on “lawsuit abuse”?

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    Dec 11

    Forget about all the “winning” Trump promised. Many Republicans prefer to see themselves as losers—and, boy, are they sore.  

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    Dec 11

    There’s a reason why totalitarian movements so often rely on victimhood myths—such as Hitler’s claim that Germany had been “stabbed in the back” during World War I. Now Trump is propagating his own “stabbed in the back” myth with Republican support.

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    Dec 10

    Discussing GOP attempts to overturn the election: "If violence breaks out, it will be on the head of Trump and all these Republicans who are sending out these incredibly dangerous and irresponsible messages."

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    4 hours ago

    The problem is that at this point a WH spokesman is not necessarily more credible than a Proud Boys leader.

    I asked White House about Proud Boys leader being there today. Response from spokesman Judd Deere: “He was on a public WH Christmas tour. He did not have a meeting with the President nor did the WH invite him.”
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    6 hours ago

    Covid in context by

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    4 hours ago

    This would be just sad if it weren't so dangerous. A once-respected three-star general in a parade of kooks and racists. My God.

    Michael Flynn arrives to big cheers, flanked by former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who claims he’s leading an army of hackers to prove the election was stolen.
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    4 hours ago

    Trump quickly validating prediction to me: "In elections going forward, not trying to steal the election will be seen as RINO behavior." If fulfilled, these threats would rapidly push GOP further down anti-democratic road it's been traveling.

    Who is a worse governor, of Georgia or of Arizona??? These are two RINO Republicans who fought against me and the Republican Party harder than any Democrat. They allowed states that I won easily to be stolen. Never forget, vote them out of office!
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    4 hours ago

    The "Stop the Steal" rally at Washington's Freedom Plaza just before 10:30 am Saturday. (screenshots from Reuters video)

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    5 hours ago

    Remember how Trump kept bullying AG Sessions on Twitter like this for having recused himself from the Russia investigation? He was trying to get Sessions to quit so he could replace him (thereby putting an unrecused loyalist in charge of Mueller) without actually firing him.

    Why didn’t Bill Barr reveal the truth to the public, before the Election, about Hunter Biden. Joe was lying on the debate stage that nothing was wrong, or going on - Press confirmed. Big disadvantage for Republicans at the polls!
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    4 hours ago

    Has anyone told Trump he can’t fire them?

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    Almost as convincing as “the bookies called it for me.”

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    4 hours ago

    DC has some of the highest mask compliance in the US but all of these out-of-town zealots are going to super spread in our city

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    The is on the move this morning, praying the rosary around the U.S. Capitol ahead of today’s march
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    5 hours ago

    They won't care; they did it for performative reasons, to curry favor w/ Trump & troops. Still, people should know. None of these signers--including all top Republicans in the House, with the notable exception of Liz Cheney--have standing to call themselves conservatives.

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