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Seth Cotlar
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Historian here, with a message for folks arguing against holding people accountable for the siege of the Capitol because "history will be the judge." We are in this mess, BECAUSE
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If the lesson you draw from the history of far right authoritarianism is that being nicer and more accommodating to fascists makes them less likely to do harm, then you’re
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1. Some thoughts on media, democracy, skepticism, and trust. It’s commonplace for us to teach kids to be skeptical consumers of media. But perhaps we should slightly reframe that advice
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1. Tonight I was watching a Firing Line episode from March 1997, as one does, and was really surprised by something. This panel of 4 National Review writers, serious conservatives
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Reading Sean Wilentz's review of "American Carnage," in which he sees the roots of Trumpism in GWB's presidency, brought to mind the way Bush stoked the fires of homophobic bigotry
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Town governments forbade the drinking of tea during boycotts, and George Washington required his soldiers to be immunized against small pox because they recognized the existence of shared interests, dangerous
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Trump is a historically ineffectual President when it comes to policy. But he’s been historically successful in the sense that his policy failures have had minimal impact on his popularity
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Folks. I'm starting to get the sense that Donald Trump was never all that interested in public service. It's just a hunch. Maybe I'll be proven wrong. Crazy idea, but
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This is a pretty accurate & succinct summary of what happened at Oregon's state capitol yesterday. The Republican legislator mentioned at the end of the article came outside to speak
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The Republican inspired and condoned violence at the Oregon State Capitol yesterday was a long time in the making, and is a harbinger of what lay ahead. Here’s a thread
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I see our “law and order” Oregon Republicans are up to their old tricks this morning.https://twitter.com/t_timeforce/status/1341060448439869440 Here’s a livestream of the event by a sympathetic participant. It looks like things
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According to a 2013 poll, 61% of Romney voters thought climate change was a hoax. 38% of Romney voters believed a secret globalist elite (or New World Order) was conspiring
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