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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 10 Oct 2016

    Trump’s banana republic http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/columns/2016/10/10/trump-banana-republic/TuVox5pT1OjbIxLnDvgtPJ/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

    7:13 AM - 10 Oct 2016
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    • Caroline Houlden ANON NYT OP-ED WRITER Voice-of-the-people CD in CHI 🐼 Michael Pollard blurdom Wolf Blitzer's Beard Kairos Shreyas Garkhedkar
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      2. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Or maybe he'll eradicate the cancer of political corruption & 19th century clientelism & the erosion of social trust

        8 replies 3 retweets 19 likes
      3. Wolf Blitzer's Beard‏ @PrinceReebusRNC 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @N_kadar @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Your Trumpian utopia sounds magnificent. Tell me more. 😃

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Vincent van Go Vote by November 6th‏ @EltonDeJohneres 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @TempletonTJones @sapinker

        the FBI explicitly said otherwise. Like the exact opposite of what you said. Stop reading Breitbart and InfoWars.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      4. Vincent van Go Vote by November 6th‏ @EltonDeJohneres 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @TempletonTJones @sapinker

        also "our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case" Clearly contradicts what you said.

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      6. Vincent van Go Vote by November 6th‏ @EltonDeJohneres 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @TempletonTJones @sapinker

        no, it contradicts what u initially said about them saying similar people would be "prosecuted." U moved goalpost

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      1. Jerome Verony‏ @jeromeverony 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        if that is worthy of a Banana Republic, what about Bill's meeting with Loretta Lynch on the tarmac?

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      1. Isaiah‏ @ibeckermayer 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        And Obama (head of executive branch) ENDORSING Hillary while she's under investigation by the executive branch is...?

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      2. }{JohnnyW}{‏ @JohnnyWshitpost 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @WillardDrudge

        .@WillardDrudge call someone racist, sexist, homophobic, islamophobic, xenophobic is ok...but don't threaten to enforce the laws of America!

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      4. }{JohnnyW}{‏ @JohnnyWshitpost 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @WillardDrudge

        Lol, what country are u from that's so great then? America is struggling because of globalist policies. We're taking USA back

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. The Drunk Republican‏ @DrunkRepub 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        good grief I thought you were a scholar! This is complete and utter bullshit

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      1. Suzanne Stout Parcel‏ @StoutParcel 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        That reminds me of @DineshDSouza and the poor schmuck they blamed the Benghazi attack on

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      1. kata‏ @cata_bgd 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        you have become soo predictable that your only surprising tweet in the past 12 months was your picture with kanye.

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      1. Dr. Ryan McCourt‏ @MarcCountry 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Newspapers today live in a world of inapt metaphor: criticism="attack", debate="brawl"... real meaning gets obscured.

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      1. Wolf Blitzer's Beard‏ @PrinceReebusRNC 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Either a banana republic or a mid-seventies African personality cult dictatorship. Either way, would be interesting.

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