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8 Jan, 15 tweets, 5 min read
This was not only foreseeable, it was foreseen by many, many of us. Here's a short thread of tweets from 2016-17:
2017:
2016. Sound familiar?
He's broken, but predictably broken. Bad rings in your engine? Then there'll be oil in your exhaust. Narcissistic president decompensating? He'll try to blow up the world. It's textbook. But Pence and Graham et al. keep thinking he won't do what he's PROGRAMMED to do.
As I've been saying for four years, once he's out of power I'll feel sorry for him, because it must be painful to have to live with such a broken soul. But he MUST be removed from power now, because these final days of decompensation + rage are the most dangerous of all.
/fin
March 7, 2019. Because of COURSE he won't. He CAN'T, for the reasons above. His narcissistic injury is far too painful; attending a ceremonial celebration of his defeat would be like stepping into lava.
Losing access to Twitter will cause Trump a level of pain inconceivable to even the most prolific tweeps, because it (along with his rallies, which also won't continue post-presidency) is his most reliable source of "narcissistic supply." Short thread:
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From "Narcissism And The Addiction To Narcissistic Supply" narcissisticbehavior.net/narcissism-and…:

"Narcissists are addicted to a drug known as 'Narcissistic Supply'... what matters is that the supply brings adulation, fame, and celebrity that is constant, reliable, and predictable."
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"The attention they receive from the 'Supply Source' is vital for the survival of the narcissist, without it they would die (either physically or metaphorically), because their weak ego depends on it in order to regulate their unstable self-worth and self-esteem."
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And as I explained upthread, the consequences of the narcissistic injury the loss of Twitter represents could have terrifying results, making impeachment or 25th Amendment absolutely vital to national security. From October 15, 2016:
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Q: Why are the rioters being charged with crimes lesser than the one directly on point, Seditious Conspiracy (18 USC §2384)(20 years)?
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M.S.
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A short thread on the foreseeability of RW protesters violently forcing their way into the Capitol. See if these details resonate:

"A special legislative session at the... Capitol got off to a chaotic start... with far-right protesters storming the [building]."
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"a growing number of protesters pushed their way through the Capitol doors chanting, “let us in"... Police officers donned gas masks as they squared off with protesters, some of whom carried firearms and bear spray"
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M.S.
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I appreciate Ezra's empathy here. After all, we generally view the people who drank the Kool-Aid at Jonestown as victims, not perpetrators. But also? The adults at Jonestown who voluntarily gave poison to their own children KNEW THAT GIVING POISON TO CHILDREN WAS WRONG.
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(And yes, I know that many at Jonestown were forced at gunpoint to do so. I'm taking about the ones who weren't.)
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Every person who set foot in the Capitol yesterday knew they weren't supposed to be there. Regardless of their mistaken beliefs, they knew what they were doing at that moment was wrong.
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M.S.
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"Swanson said the directive came from USPS headquarters about a week ago and that boxes are probably being removed nationwide."

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@EllieRushing Wow. 39 U.S. Code § 101, Postal policy: "(a) The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution... and supported by the people..."
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@EllieRushing "...The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people..."
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@EllieRushing "It shall provide prompt, reliable, + efficient services to patrons in all areas + shall render postal services to all communities. The costs of establishing + maintaining the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people."
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