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Hi, Elizabeth,

I'll bet you haven't heard of Sadopopulism. See the link in the next tweet.

I am not an expert on cults, but I've read Robert O. Paxton's classic work on fascism, as well as @jasonintrator. Both explain cult mentality . . .
(2/3) . . . and how and why it arises.

Yale Prof. @TimothyDSnyder coined the phrase "Sadopopulism." I have a few explainer threads. Here's one:

If you're curious why Trump supporters embrace and [pretend to believe] his lies . . .
(3/3) . . . I've written about it here: slate.com/news-and-polit…

There's lots more on my blog terikanefield-blog.com, all indexed and categorized. (I can find everything, but you may feel like you've stepped into Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's office)

I hope that helps.
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(Thread) The Outrage Dilemma

Staying sane—and saving democracy— under a Firehose of Outrageousness.

The Rand Corp. describes the extremely effective Firehose of Falsehoods propaganda method: a rapid, continuous barrage of outrageous falsehoods.
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1/ Trump, who adopted the method from Putin, is a natural at this.

From the researchers: “Don’t expect to counter the firehose of falsehood with a squirt gun of truth.”(p.9)

Playing whack-a-lie will wear you out. Trump can reel off several lies in a minute.
2/ On the other hand, researching and refuting each lie can take hours.

Simple lies are easy to tell. Complex truths are harder and don't fit well into sound bites.

This is partly why the Rand Corp. researchers conclude that countering lies with the truth isn’t effective.
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(Thread) A Constitutional Showdown on the Horizon

ApexCat, it seems we’re pretty much in the same place we were when Barr published his “summary” of Mueller’s report.

Barr testified today that he will not give Congress an unredacted report

The constitutional issue is this:
1/ Who gets to decide whether a president is guilty?
Congress, or the Attorney General appointed by the president?

Article I, § 2, cl. 5 gives the House of Representatives “the sole power of impeachment.” archives.gov/founding-docs/…
So under the Constitution, Congress decides.
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Rep Schiff, too, requested the unredacted report, so the Dems are "fighting a two-front war.”
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(Thread) Libertarians: Destroyers of Democracy

Libertarian Peter Thiel said, "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/pet…

(h/t @JemezStargazer for the quotation)
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