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Yes, I think this is a familiar pattern over the last three years. When Trump gets in trouble, he amps up the white nationalism. It's his comfort food & way of reconnecting with his core passionate supporters.
So, if Trump's legal troubles mount up, if impeachment and removal become a possibility, there's every reason to think he'll return to the well of white nationalism, going ever deeper.
I think we have to be prepared for a very bumpy ride. Trump isn't Nixon, someone who'll leave when the party turns against him. Trump will fight to end, and use his base as a threat. He will not go gentle into that good night.
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There's a really important conversation going on in economics about gender bias in the field. This is an illuminating thread reporting on a panel discussion about the topic.
In terms of the gender/economics debate, I wonder if the question might not be illuminated by some intellectual history. The field has been shaped to a significant degree by figures who defined themselves in opposition to social movements (like feminism).
I'd love, for example, to see a gender analysis of the work of F.A. Hayek, who once argued that John Stuart Mill became a socialist because he has henpecked by the feminist Harriet Taylor
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1. I think it's time to do another thread on this history of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
2. The founder of the Ethics and Public Policy Center was Ernest Lefever who was rejected for a Reagan administration nomination in 1981 because of testimony of 2 of his brothers, one who said he was incompetent, the other who said he was a racist.
3. From 1996 to 2001, the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center was Elliott Abrams, who had perviously been convicted for lying to Congress during the Iran/Contra scandal.
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1. Are critics allowed to change their minds? Do such changes undermine their authority? My colleague @Jo_Livingstone & I take up this question in an extended conversation.
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I really do think that @BernieSanders did more harm to @HillaryClinton and @TheDemocrats than the @GOP ever did.

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I am getting these questions today.

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The Northern State Governors Forum held a mini-primaries.
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