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    Or, to put it another way, the perception of power is power. As long as Trump *seems* powerful, he is.…
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    • It's a common practice in the Catholic Church for priests at age 75 (or thereabouts, the practice probably varies from…
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    • In general, Democrats have done a pretty good job over the past 18 months of putting together a record of…
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    • Well put. As Oscar Wilde said, "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value…
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    • Thanks for this. Your point about *not* using "teams of counterintelligence and psychologists" to try to understand Trump's motives is…
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    • Here's the thing about large bureaucracies (very much including the FBI, DOJ, and the federal courts): they are slow to…
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    • The Biden administration in recent weeks has shown a surprising adeptness at the public relations/communications side of governing: hammering away…
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    • The Hobson's choice the Andy Reillys of the world face today is similar to the one faced by pro-democracy conservatives…
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    • Trump's (ongoing) attempted coup increasingly dwarfs Watergate both in the number of actors/participants and in its threat to our democracy.…
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    • The speculation that makes the most sense to me is that: 1) Trump had classified documents that he'd refused to…
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    • And a microcosm of what centrist Republican senators could have done at any time in recent years.It's a basic tenet…
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    • Maybe! A more likely way forward is for there to be increasingly severe consequences for bad behavior by anti-democracy Republicans---losing…
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    • Thanks for your response. First, they're senators so they have six year terms. Second, it's by no means clear that…
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    • Exactly right. And it gives me an opportunity to vent (once again) about the single largest and most damaging bit…
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    • And, not to get anyone's hopes up too high, apparently Manchin and Schumer have a deal on Build Back Better,…
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    • Absolutely. If there are no consequences for bad behavior, then bad behavior will continue. The same is true for bad…
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    • Reading this reminds me I want to read Angie Maxwell's "The Long Southern Strategy" where (as I understand it) she…
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    • Seeing that list of GOP senators is a reminder that the single biggest uncovered Washington political story over the past…
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    • Here's the dilemma pro-democracy/anti-fascist conservatives like French face: either form an alliance with anti-democracy conservatives or form an alliance with…
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    • I'm sorry for your and your partners' losses and griefs. It's one of the exasperating and infuriating aspects of the…
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