I find Ian Kershaw’s concept of “working towards the Führer” most helpful in understanding the Trump administrationhttps://goo.gl/ZtCwpP
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Failing to win the midterm elections decisively—crushingly—would not only validate all the buffoonery and tawdriness of the last year, but embolden a rising generation of skillful, morally unencumbered young jackals waiting in the wings of American politics.
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All dictators are to some degree ridiculous. Stalin fancied himself a master linguist. Romanian chemists had to add Elena Ceaușescu's name to their papers to get them published. Ridiculousness offers no protection against tyranny.
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There are a lot of things that can thwart Trump personally—impeachment, indictment, a McNugget willing to take one for the team. But the only thing that can check the rise of that capable next generation of authoritarians is a cataclysmic defeat at the polls this November.
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I've been raising money for political campaigns not because of a sudden fascination with Congressional politics, but because I think this is a desperate fight that we are not doing enough to win. Please join me, whether by giving money, or time, or both.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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That's the only explanation I can come up with for Lindsey Grahm suddenly playing nice with Trump. Trying to get the emperors ear and get as many wars started as possible
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“Before”? Maybe Trump is a decoy, waved as the wand in a magician’s right hand while the left one performs the dirty trick unbeknownst to us as we focus on flashy moves. Maybe it’s happening *right now*.
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True, but there are already some serious people in place (Jeff Sessions, Scott Pruitt, Neil Gorsuch...), and they're already doing a lot of damage. And others do damage through inaction (e.g. Rex Tillerson).
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