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Professor, author on Russia, war, nukes, and "The Death of Expertise." Noted curmudgeon. Anti-populist. Ex-GOP. Cat guy. Views solely my own.

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    Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

    Tom Nichols Retweeted Alberto Cairo

    A more serious answer. I think what's happening is that elites like Carlson and VD Hanson, having traded in their intellectual bona fides for Trumpism, now have to pander to Rube Nation because they're left with no other constituency. This is the crackup of the right. /1https://twitter.com/albertocairo/status/1081378474877747201 …

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    Alberto CairoVerified account @albertocairo
    @TheRickWilson Here's Tucker's segment https://youtu.be/ig243IuQCsY  What happened to Victor Davis Hanson? He used to be a fine military historian cc @RadioFreeTom
    8:30 pm - 4 Jan 2019
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    • Hugh McLaurin Margot Vic Kalvaitis 🌐 Michael Broshar 404 Error: Reboot. John McFerrin It’s ok to change your mind. Stacey E Gerber FedUp
    64 replies . 296 retweets 1,005 likes
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      2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        Trump forced a decision in 2016: do you go all-in on that "Flight 93" bullshit, or do you continue to be an actual *conservative*? I think people like Hanson and others went all in, thinking it wouldn't be so bad and the stench would be tolerable. They were, of course, wrong. /2

        11 replies . 62 retweets 367 likes
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      3. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        So they pretended to like what they were doing. They figured that after Trump was elected, bygones were bygones and the right would reunite, and they'd be shown to be right for going to the wall to stop Hillary. They figured Trump would calm down and adults would run things. /3

        8 replies . 41 retweets 299 likes
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      4. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        And then two things happened. First, the Never Trumpers didn't come home. Yes, we got smaller as some of the folks lost their nerve in 2017 and 2018. But we're still here and serving as an infuriating reproach to people who sold their political souls at bargain-basement rates. /4

        8 replies . 76 retweets 541 likes
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      5. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        The other thing that happened is that Trump proved to be every bit as bad as we warned he would be. And for the pro-Trump intellectuals, who had doubled down over and over in the vain hope he would recover, this was more humiliating than anything we Never Trumpers could say. /5

        21 replies . 81 retweets 486 likes
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      6. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        So they were left with a choice: Admit they were wrong, or form a new coalition with Rube Nation. Not, mind you, with reluctant Trump voters, but with the full-throated MAGA hats, the last group that wouldn't know how wrong they were or how much they betrayed their own values. /6

        10 replies . 52 retweets 357 likes
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      7. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        So now you have a new alignment on the right: Elite professors and heirs like Hanson and Carlson, trying to find a new home among people who were never part of their intended audience. It's even weirder and less natural than the NeverTrump/liberal coalition. /7

        14 replies . 57 retweets 364 likes
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      8. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        And the people they hate more than anyone are people like Wilson or Rubin or Sykes, who didn't sell out, constant thorns in what's left of their consciences. They hate those guys more than they hate Hillary Clinton. /8

        15 replies . 60 retweets 425 likes
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      9. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        And the more the Trump ship founders, the worse they're going to get. They know the mob will want to blame someone. They know what happened to the Jacobins. They're gonna start droppin' their Gs and showin' their common touch, in hopes that they make it through Thermidor. /9

        14 replies . 38 retweets 276 likes
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      10. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        In 1980, Daniel Patrick Moynihan said that the GOP was now "the party of ideas." That's over. When it came time to shout back at the mob, too many conservative intellectuals lost their nerve and signed on for what they thought was a survivable detour. They were wrong. /10

        7 replies . 68 retweets 420 likes
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      11. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 8h8 hours ago

        The rest, from this point on, is pretty much just rationalization. I'm sorry that some really brilliant people I've been reading and respecting for years are people I can never take seriously again, but that's how the wheel turns. /11x

        44 replies . 63 retweets 526 likes
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      12. End of conversation
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      2. Charles P. Pierce‏Verified account @CharlesPPierce 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        VDH traded his credibility for the Cheney Administration's dreams of empire.

        1 reply . 5 retweets 99 likes
      3. jogoldbe‏ @Chijogoldbe 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @CharlesPPierce @RadioFreeTom

        Thank you. Let’s not pretend VDH hadn’t gone south long before Trump graced the stage.

        1 reply . 2 retweets 14 likes
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      2. Daniel Kilbride‏ @dpkilbride 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @MikeUp @RadioFreeTom

        He was an original contributor to the Weekly Standard. Like VDH he sold his soul & integrity to Trumpism.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
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      4. Evan Bear‏ @evanbear20 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @MikeUp @dpkilbride @RadioFreeTom

        I wouldn't say Carlson was ever an "intellectual," but he's a fairly smart person and good writer. He could have been a decent political analyst if he hadn't chosen to corrupt his own soul.https://www.salon.com/2003/09/14/carlson_4/ …

        0 replies . 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Josh Campbell‏Verified account @joshscampbell 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        Is Tucker calling for universal health care in that clip? 🤔

        3 replies . 2 retweets 58 likes
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      1. Nog-Sothoth‏ @jerrykuch 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        Think there's a path back for them? Or they're going to end up doing Steve Bannon tours where they steal english muffins from the continental breakfast at small-town Hampton Inns before regaling an 80% empty room with their thought leading?

        0 replies . 2 retweets 25 likes
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