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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 14
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      The social permissioning effects of Trump on frontline psychopaths in federal agencies is far worse than anything he’s personally complicit in. He’s not imaginative enough to be involved in anything worse than tawdry low-hanging fruit $ grifts. But people he enables... wow.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 14
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      There’s a curious kind of cluelessness where people decide acting out of a sense of personal integrity without regard to actual integrity of people around you is principled behavior. It’s the flip side of “look what you made me do”

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 14
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      “I don’t personally steal so if I leave the safe unlocked knowing there are thieves in the building, I’m still acting with integrity” = “I’m a thief but not a murderer, so if I create means and opportunity for murderous people through inaction, I’m still at most a thief”

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 14
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Brooke Binkowski

      Proximal trigger news. I hope this turns out to be fake news rather than Exhibit 234453 in support of this thread.https://twitter.com/brooklynmarie/status/1305553553625243648 …

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      Brooke BinkowskiVerified account @brooklynmarie
      Whistleblower: There Were Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Facility | Law & Crime https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/like-an-experimental-concentration-camp-whistleblower-complaint-alleges-mass-hysterectomies-at-ice-detention-center/ …
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      1:16 PM - 14 Sep 2020
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      • 🌐𝓣𝓱𝓮 Neoliberal Rat Goddess🌐 nadezhda Ben Eskildsen Michal Kunc Virtual 🖤 Instinct Kyle merry opposition Adele Dewey-Lopez
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 14
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Aaron Rupar

          Exhibit 234454. The other end of the chain looks like trump loyalists getting promoted in charge of federal California lands (like 50%?) sabotaging any attempt at wildfire mitigation.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1305580235941974017 …

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          Aaron RuparVerified account @atrupar
          Trump on climate change: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch ... I don't think science knows, actually." pic.twitter.com/JdYzdrcjgq
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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 14
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Jared Carrabis

          Exhibit “who’s counting anymore?” (esp look at the cute 5 year old kid trotting out the “flu kills more people” talking point). In the age of information war, this is like African warlords handing AK-47s to child soldiers. That kid’s life is over, now that he’s been weaponized.https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1305521504365535232 …

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          Jared CarrabisVerified account @Jared_Carrabis
          This has to be an SNL skit. It just has to be. pic.twitter.com/HURtVSr9DL
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