Brian KlaasOvjeren akaunt

@brianklaas

Political scientist ; Washington Post columnist. Author: How to Rig an Election & The Despot's Apprentice. Host of podcast. DPhil from Oxford.

London, England
Vrijeme pridruživanja: svibanj 2009.
Rođen/a 29. lipnja

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    31. sij

    COMING SOON: Season 2 of the podcast. Mercenaries. Propaganda. Biological weapons. Corruption. Purges. Trolls. Revolutions. Catastrophic miscalculations. Pandemics. Come explore the dark side of power. Subscribe on for free:

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    American democracy, which has already withered under a president with severe authoritarian impulses, will continue to waste away, writes

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  3. We lose sight of the big picture at times, but using hundreds of millions of tax dollars to try to extort a foreign regime into damaging a political rival by opening a bogus investigation is much worse than the Watergate break-in. Republicans acquitting Trump doesn’t change that.

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  4. US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia’s goal wasn’t just to get Trump elected, it was also to try to damage our democracy by causing Americans to undermine their own institutions through divisive politics. Don’t take the bait. The Iowa app was just a sloppy mistake.

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    As they prepare to acquit Trump without even so much as a single witness, Senate Republicans have legitimized presidential abuse of power, writes

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  6. The US is 61% white. In Iowa, it’s 86%. It’s 91% in New Hampshire. 1 in 5 Americans is Hispanic/Latino. In Iowa, it’s 1 in 16. It’s 1 in 27 in NH. 1 in 7 Americans is Black. In Iowa, it’s 1 in 26. And 1 in 62 in NH. The primary/caucus system should be reformed for 2024.

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  7. 9 months ago, I wrote about how broken the presidential nomination process is—and how we can fix it. Iowa is great (my Mom is from Iowa)! But it’s absurdly undemocratic to continue with it having this outsized role. Here’s one idea for how we could fix it:

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  8. Don’t be like Trump. Don’t spread stupid conspiracy theories without evidence. Don’t help those who want to undermine our democracy get the job done. For now, we should all just be patient.

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  9. No other networks or press outlets who value freedom of the press should cover this event. You’re not required to do the president’s bidding as he tries to dismantle the foundations of our democracy.

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  10. Several thousand years ago, China unknowingly invented the correct solution to modern issues with election apps and digital voting machines: paper.

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  11. A useful caveat. Iowa matters for momentum, certainly, but it is not a representative sample of either the Democratic electorate or the broader American electorate. There are plausible pathways to the nomination for probably 3 to 5 candidates currently.

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  12. “What if Trump does it again? If he wakes up tomorrow & decides to condition military aid to Saudi Arabia or Egypt in exchange for them agreeing to damage his political rivals, what will happen? The answer is now clear: absolutely nothing.” My column:

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    Senate Republicans just paved the road to American authoritarianism, writes

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    The sheer audacity of Trump's lawyers claiming there is no one to link the freeze on military aid to investigations while blocking John Bolton's testimony is just breathtaking.

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    "America’s Founding Fathers anticipated the emergence of a corrupt demagogue. They simply didn’t anticipate that his rise would coincide with a complicit Congress that would gleefully establish a path to an authoritarian presidency." -

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  16. 3. velj

    Season 2 of Power Corrupts drops Thursday! There are some really wild stories — and interesting insights you wouldn’t expect, from mercenaries to propaganda and trolls. If you’re feeling nice and generous this Monday, I would appreciate you retweeting the trailer below:

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  17. 3. velj

    Senate Republicans are paving the way for American authoritarianism. Most have openly endorsed a president abusing his powers for personal/political gain to manipulate an upcoming election. The consequences will be devastating and lasting. My latest:

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  18. 3. velj

    This is a lie. Voter fraud is extremely rare. Routine database issues almost never end up being related to fraud. George W. Bush’s DoJ studied it and found fraud in 0.00000013% of ballots cast. Another study found 31 cases out of a billion ballots from 2000-2014. Stop lying.

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  19. 3. velj

    I love how Mike Pompeo tried to humiliate an NPR reporter by asking her to identify Ukraine on a map; she did; he lied about it; and then a few days later his boss couldn’t even correctly identify which state a major American city was in.

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  20. 3. velj

    The President of the United States doesn’t know which state Kansas City is in.

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    2. velj

    Literally, he had full GOP control for his first two years and then they lost the house

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