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31 Dec 20, 4 tweets, 2 min read
On the plus side, at least we'll be spared all that Inauguration Day bumpf about "the uniquely American miracle of the peaceful transfer of power."
Defeated Danish prime ministers do not try to hold onto power by inciting mob violence in the streets of Copenhagen. Defeated UK prime ministers trudge sadly out of 10 Downing Street to hail a taxi.
Helmut Kohl, accepting the peaceful transition of power in Germany, September 1998. alamy.com/stock-photo-dp…
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn admired Hugo Chavez and Hezbollah, hired literal communists as senior aides - and even HE peacefully accepted defeat in the UK general election of 2019.

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Lizzie Collingham is one of my favorite social historians working today. I finished the latest of her books, Biscuit, on Christmas Day. #FrumReads4 1/x

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