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Tom Nichols

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Staff writer at The Atlantic. Curmudgeon. Cat guy. Democracy enthusiast, defender of experts. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ.

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www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Worst answer among many

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Yes, I'm a notorious Biden hater

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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The debate and the interview were the Biden campaigns ideas, and they've screwed up both of them. They *counted* on the media to focus on him - until that blew up in their face.

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That is delusional.

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Tonight's interview wasn't a gaffe, but it sure wasn't good

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Wall to wall coverage of Trump could maybe - MAYBE - drive his polls down a bit. But if Biden is not perceived by a handful of voters in 4 states and don't vote, then coverage doesn't matter, and so far, Biden's self-inflicted wound isn't closing up

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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.

"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"

Video and story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1834...

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Jethro Q. Walrustitty offered a fine platform and yet here we are

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Hard to believe the party that produced Boris Johnson and Liz Truss could falter like that

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the latest Snowden leak: his brain from his ears

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Everyone will -- understandably -- focus on the Tory collapse. But for Labour's long-term strength, the Scottish National Party's self-immolation is crucial as well. www.reuters.com/world/uk/sco...

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Tories working really hard to come in third in a two party system

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Instead, they stealth-edited the title.

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And in red states, you'll see local thugs terrorizing their election boards and school committees. Happening already.

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I said in 2020 that I would vote for Warren, Harris, Sanders, anyone who’s running against Donald Trump. I wrote in support of voting for Hillary Clinton multiple times. Instead of arguing with the version of people like me in your head, you could just ask.

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Constitution: People involved in insurrections should not be President. Roberts court:...hmm, no, I don't see it. Constitution:.... Roberts court: but the president should have immunity for crimes

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“SEE DAD? I’ve destroyed two and a half centuries of America. WHO’S NEVER GOING TO AMOUNT TO ANYTHING NOW?”

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This all started with purple hair in the 80s

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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise

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Isn't "control of the narrative" yelling "SHUT UP" I mean, that's some strategery right there

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As a college president, he got his rural bible school off Fed money to avoid Title IX

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For some years, my former colleagues on the right tried to argue that I had brain worms if I would break a friendship or even a close relationship over Trumpism. I replaced "trump" with "david duke" and asked them to reconsider. That usually ended the discussions.

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Every department needs one guy like this, who probably does a killer Intro to the Federalist Papers and develops one senior a year who becomes Ted Cruz, and I see your point

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Another case where finding the guy a job in academia probably could have averted a lot of unpleasantness.

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Heritage: it will remain bloodless so long as the libs agree to take cyanide.

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*Holds up the Constitution like Joss Ackland* ARTICLE II CORE FUNCTION!

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I have bad news about the nuclear weapons thing. He can already do that.