#Demagoguery

Bill Kristol

BillKristol

Short thread. There are, I think, three ways Trump could win.In order of likelihood:1. Trump uses the powers of the the executive branch in unprecedented ways (Nixon or Ukraine on

Jennifer Mercieca

jenmercieca

Wow. Read @michaelkruse's great/terrifying 45 Self-Evident Truths About Donald Trump: https://politi.co/31SEu7j via @politico Everyone read this. It distills Trump's essential qualities into 45 traits. Once you read it you'

Frank Flag

rightlyaligned

Blaming the President for problems the @USPS has had for DECADES is just the usual #Democrat #DemagogueryThe real "THREAT" is from the American Postal Service Union @APWUnational which is inciting

Robert P. George

McCormickProf

The way the game is now played, when people encounter a view they don't like or agree with, instead of trying to defeat it with reasons, evidence, and arguments, they

Garry Kasparov

Kasparov63

Putin is in no hurry to acknowledge Biden’s victory because there’s no benefit. But showing loyalty to Trump, like a Godfather to a foot soldier, still bears fruit and likely

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

From the fever swamps of Right Wing paranoia here comes Trump’s pie’ce de grievance. His noxious fulminations are aimed like lasers at the conspiracy addled cult of personality that has

☀️👀

zei_squirrel

obama used his position to tell workers in the NBA, who are forbidden from striking by contract, to stop the wildcat strike and settle for bullshit symbolism, as he has

John O. Brennan

JohnBrennan

For four years, I spoke out vigorously against Donald Trump’s craven dishonesty, corrupt pursuit of personal interests, & trampling of our democratic principles. After serving over three decades in national

Oliver Willis

owillis

If you care about the direction of the country you can't just ignore Tucker Carlson and Fox News and hope for the best. Without social media amplification, Fox influences millions

☀️👀

zei_squirrel

he's been very successful at masking it, but obama really is the archetypal demagogue the ancients warned about, who employ populist rhetoric and their personal charisma to channel legitimate frustrations

Patrick Chovanec

prchovanec

1. I was just thinking today that if I were a socialist, I'd view Trump very differently. I'd see Trump as merely the unmasked expression of what America has always

Jacob Rasch

serious_jammage

ganz is one of the two writers (along with eric levitz) I’ve been reading a lot of this year because they do a good job of synthesizing the political moment

George Takei

GeorgeTakei

Listen up, friends. I’ve lived a long time in this country. I’ve experienced a lot. And I know, and have a deep sense, when things are beginning to spiral.We are

Claire Berlinski.

ClaireBerlinski

Here are some questions I have about a post-Trump world.1. I would describe the Trump presidency as a national trauma. The trauma has involved *humiliating loss,* one of the most

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

It is Tuesday evening and America is being smothered under a toxic fog of lies, conspiracy theories, false accusations, demagoguery and crackpottery. These things are true. USA is the epicenter

Spooky Koke 👻

KokeReport

In Book Six of The Republic, Plato describes Socrates falling into conversation with a character called Adeimantus and trying to get him to see the flaws of democracy by comparing