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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016

    emptywheel Retweeted emptywheel

    One reason I ask is bc electorally defeating Trump will not defeat Trumpism (or unbounded presidential power).https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/734712659963187200 …

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    emptywheel @emptywheel
    New Baby Hitler question: If you could go back and do something abt conditions that made Hitler possible, would you? Or just Kill the Baby?
    5:08 AM - 23 May 2016
    • 12 Retweets
    • 21 Likes
    • Ann Neff Scary Maine The HendMaid's Tale Charles Ghoul-ba PJFleischer Psniz Paul Zukerberg Amplification Only Eric Krause
    9 replies 12 retweets 21 likes
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      2. Tom Richardson‏ @cascadetommy 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Won't defeat Trumpism, will keep it from exercising power for 4 yrs. What damage could it do in 4 yrs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush's_first_term_as_President_of_the_United_States …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @cascadetommy

        The expansive Exec authority Bush laid out would be there and used by Hillary if she wins.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Tom Richardson‏ @cascadetommy 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        So? Trump won't use it? And in a worse way?

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @cascadetommy

        "And in a worse way"? What does that mean? You talking just domestically (he would) or internationally as well?

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      6. Tom Richardson‏ @cascadetommy 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Internationally also.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @cascadetommy

        How so? Is he advocating NFZ in a place where Russian planes are legally operating? Did he champion another disastrous MS war?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Tom Richardson‏ @cascadetommy 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        He wants to be unpredictable, rebuild our military, and be friends with Russia. Make sense to you?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. T. Lassiter Jones‏ @LassiterJones 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        All the liberals who loved Obama's unilateral executive power grabs (power to murder US citizens) should take responsibility.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @LassiterJones

        As opposed to the Republicans who loved Bush's unilateral exec power grabs?

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      4. T. Lassiter Jones‏ @LassiterJones 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Oh, them too, of course. But even Dubya didn't push for summary executions of citizens without trial or charges.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @LassiterJones

        True. Nor did he stay at war in a country his OLC had said he needed congressional authorization to stay in.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Ali‏ @anniesperson 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This sounds awful but there's a good argument to be made that the electoral defeat of Barack Obama would have prevented this.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @anniesperson

        Really? Because some of the things people hate abt Trump were things Bush/Cheney got away with.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Ali‏ @anniesperson 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Not sure I follow?Sounds like you're speaking to structural conditions in US law, I'm speaking to electorate conditions.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @anniesperson

        People are writing pieces abt need to defeat Trump to stave off fascism. But defeating him is necessary, not sufficient.

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      6. Ali‏ @anniesperson 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        agreed

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      7. End of conversation
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      2. Tired Meme Cat‏ @TiredMemeCat 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This virulence will only die when white majority in US does. #InherentRacism #AngryWhiteMen

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 23 May 2016
        Replying to @TiredMemeCat

        It doesn't take a majority to create havoc.

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      4. Tired Meme Cat‏ @TiredMemeCat 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        It does for the institutional bit.

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      5. End of conversation
      1. Cujo359‏ @Cujo359 23 May 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        .. after all,there were lots of babies in Germany back then.Probably there was more than one baby Hitler among them.

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