Four years into a process where *every national security threat* has become a weapon in political war, this kind of sentiment is exasperating. We don't live in an Eagle Scout society, we are not going to unite over this, and we need to side with the only party that will fix ithttps://twitter.com/john_sipher/status/1237025033228374016 …
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The constant, reflexive call to rise above partisanship, from people in the intelligence blob who should know better, flies in the face of every experience we've had with this administration. If Russian interference comes, it won't be because we committed the crime of partiality
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I think the root of it (since these are smart people) is deep nostalgia about a period in American foreign policy where both parties agreed in broad outline, and the practitioners of empire could fancy themselves impartial patriots. This toxic nostalgia is Trump's greatest asset
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Nostalgia is always toxic
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I remember a time when it wasn't toxic
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