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My new piece (with the great @jgeltzer)

As we discussed with one of the authors of book, How Democracies Die, #FridayNightMassacre purges fit an ominous path followed by elected autocrats.

We trace the broader pattern in which this fits...
justsecurity.org/68585/the-frid…
2. Fits within Ukraine scheme itself.

“At the heart of the Ukraine extortion scheme was Trump and his personal lawyer’s appropriation of [formal state] mechanisms for political benefit ...”

The purges are an extension of that broader project.
3. Part of campaign against whistleblowers:

“It would be a dangerous mistake to miss the connection [with]…intimidating the original whistleblower and suggesting the death penalty was appropriate for other officials who provided info to the whistleblower and Inspector General”
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