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12 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
It's not that he won't ever accept any blame or responsibility, it's that he literally *can't*. Pathological narcissism means his psyche is working frantically at all times to prop up his ego; it can't afford even a brief slip. His world forms & rearranges around his ego needs.
This is all Narcissism 101, of course, which everyone should have understood about Trump within minutes of exposure. But other people are narcissistic to varying degrees too, with their own ego needs, which they think Trump can serve. They fool themselves.
I fleshed this out in a piece about Trump I wrote back in 2016. vox.com/2016/9/29/1308…
Specifically.

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13 Jan
How can I watch this AOC thing? Don't make me figure out Instagram Live.
All right, I'm watching it, and everyone is right.
Good lord, watching AOC talk is like phasing into a different reality. She's smart, can speak in complete sentences extemporaneously, knows the details of policy, just radiates compassion. I want to live in this place.
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11 Jan
1. A giant offshore wind project in NY would substantially increase the region's carbon-free energy, relieve grid congestion, & lower prices. It's being blocked by NIMBYs. Specifically, the wealthy residents of Wainscott, NY have formed Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott.
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I was going to tweet this sentiment today, and then @_waleedshahid & @NelStamp went & wrote it out longform: substantial democracy reform must be Dems' top priority in the next 2 years ... or we're fucked. crooked.com/articles/democ…
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10 Jan
In case the symbolism was too subtle for you so far, here's a story of black Capitol police officers, outmanned & unsupported, fighting off domestic terrorists long enough for lawmakers -- including some of the ones who'd stoked the terrorism -- to escape. buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanu…
These are not "protesters."
They don't support the police. They support themselves. Their blue-stripe flag bullshit is just another symbol for white supremacy.
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10 Jan
Yeah I'm gonna say I'm not ready to heal until these motherfuckers are in jail. washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
It was only an escalation from what they had done before. They'll do it again, and escalate further.
We were about 5 minutes and a few random twists of circumstance away from this happening.
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9 Jan
All right I need to not spend my Saturday being Mad Online, but I have a couple of short threads to get off my chest. One is about this rhetoric -- ubiquitous on Fox right now -- that Trump voters just want to be "heard."
I don't have the stomach to look up the clips, but just check out basically any Hannity segment from the last few days. This rhetoric is used on the right frequently. It was used about the armed rioters who invaded the Michigan state capitol. It was used in Oregon ...
... when lawmakers fled the state rather than allowing a climate bill to pass, and then armed militia mobs descended on the capitol & intimidated lawmakers into ending the legislative session.
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