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16 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Not sure what to make of this photo at the end of the latest WaPo on White House madness washingtonpost.com/politics/trump… Image
He's taking his pardon lobbying fees in unmarked nuts

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16 Jan
Lots of evidence-free claims about the insurrection being an inside job w/Capitol Police or members of Congress. What happened should be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. But we should also beware of the appeal of conspiracy theories in moments like this.
The known facts are abhorrent. No need to speculate prematurely before what happened is better understood.
Lots of reasons people might leap to conclusions about a conspiracy beyond the evidence per this discussion with @RyanDEnos
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16 Jan
Great to require that experiments be preregistered but need a careful phase-in and should include preacceptance to avoid creating a massive file drawer problem cambridge.org/core/journals/… nytimes.com/2014/09/19/ups…

Also creates weird differences in standards between types of research
Thoughtful reflections on the merits and challenges of preregistration from @TJRyan02
And of course, not a panacea
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13 Jan
Horrifying that inciting an insurrectionist mob to storm the US Capitol only moved Trump approval down to the mid-30s. The political penalties for encouraging extremism and attacking democratic norms are dangerously weak.
Horrifying that inciting an insurrectionist mob to storm the US Capitol only moved nine Republicans to vote for impeachment. The political penalties for encouraging extremism and attacking democratic norms are dangerously weak.
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9 Jan
The professional association of political science literally did a "both sides" statement after a violent insurrection. Do better.
The statement does say this. But the part on what to do about the insurrection is pure both sides-ism.
*Axe Body Spray* managed to denounce the insurrectionist riot at the Capitol without engaging in "both sides" equivalence. Somehow the American Political Science Association couldn't. Sigh. ImageImage
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8 Jan
Also the people with the time and money to go to DC on a weekday are going to be relatively advantaged
More examples here - a lawyer, a teacher, a chief executive (!), a sheriff, and a small business owner. As with Trump's supporters, higher income/status than many assume washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01…
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3 Jan
Warnings like these aren't necessary in stable, consolidated democracies.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Esper, Mattis
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