Brink Lindsey

@lindsey_brink

VP at . Liberaltarian/moderate/small-r republican -- what's in a name?

Joined February 2017
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    11 Sep 2019

    "To realize the relative validity of one’s convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilized man from a barbarian." -- Joseph Schumpeter

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    16 hours ago

    So I visited Parler to see how MAGA was handling the SCOTUS ruling. Not. Good.

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    18 hours ago

    What an embarrassing moment for people who have proven time and again they are incapable of feeling embarrassment

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  4. Retweeted
    Dec 10

    This may be the longest photographic exposure ever taken: An 8-year image of the Sun's path through the sky, taken with a pinhole camera made out of a beer can.

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    10 hours ago

    Apollo 17 lunar landing, Harrison Schmitt, last time human beings walked on moon, this week 1972:

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  6. 10 hours ago

    I didn't know any of this. Fascinating.

    The 1970s was a decade of serious anxiety about food supplies. Norman Tebbit, of all people, urged the government to consider rationing basic foodstuffs. That played a significant role in the decision to join the EEC, and raises some important questions today. [THREAD]
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    Dec 11

    Let's see more of this from newspapers. "We apologize to our readers for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress. We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy." via

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    Dec 11

    Let's not mince words: this thread from is a contemptible lie. The Texas suit is not about "providing clarity to the American people." It asks the Supreme Court to disenfranchise millions of voters and overturn a democratic election.

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    21 hours ago

    I just received the very sad news that James Flynn has died. A great scientist and beautiful human being. What an awful year.

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  10. Dec 10

    Introducing the House It Can Happen Here Caucus.

    ⚖️JUST IN: New amicus brief from 106 Republican House members in support of Texas' bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win in the Supreme Court. Here they are👇
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    Dec 10

    There is absolutely no modern "whatabout" to compare to what a great many GOP politicians are trying to do to the American republic. It makes a court-packing effort look like Candy Land. If they get their way in court (they won't), they would break the country. There is no excuse

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    Dec 10

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    Dec 10

    North Carolina AG:

    BREAKING: Today, I joined 22 other attorneys general in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court opposing Texas’ radical, anti-democratic lawsuit. This suit seeks to overturn the will of the people by throwing out the votes of tens of millions Americans. 1/
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  14. Dec 9

    Not long after moving to DC in the late 80s, I was having dinner at Galileo (God rest its soul) and there was Jerry Garcia a couple tables over.

    What’s a celebrity sighting you have experienced in DC?
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    Dec 8

    This is wild.

    A book found in the house from *2006*
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    Dec 8

    Exciting!

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    Dec 8

    Deirdre McCloskey wrote a whole book trashing me and my friends. Neat! From the Amazon preview:

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  18. Dec 7

    Chuck Yeager, RIP.

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    Dec 4

    From Schlesinger's “Cycles of American History” to Trotsky’s “Permanent Revolution”: "Conservatism’s familiar pattern of advance, consolidation, retrenchment and renewal has vanished. In its place is something that looks like Forever." Me in WaPo:

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  20. Retweeted
    Dec 7

    And we don't just want this to be a vague idea. So + have put out a 100+ page policy agenda detailing what the marriage of free markets + GOOD, active, nimble, effective government would look like.

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    Dec 5

    We found the capsule! Together with the parachute! Wow! (Collection Team M)

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