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10 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The problem with devotion to a prophet of falsehoods is that reality eventually intrudes.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Some Americans have traveled a path to radicalization that reminds current and former U.S. national security officials of the indoctrination of Islamist militants.
adherents in both cases were drawn to an ideology that emphasizes a loss in control or status. “We had this glorious past and it got screwed up and now we need to do something about it” What makes such movements turn violent is the additional belief that some other entity —
usually based on race, religion, or nationality — is to blame for perceived humiliation.

Trump’s entire approach to politics employs this pervasive sense of victimhood and demonization of enemies..

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😒huh

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Could it be any more obvious @FBI?
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