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27 May
The White House is worried Rs won't certify election results but has no answer other than ... winning elections 🤔🤔🤔 theatlantic.com/politics/archi… Image
To be clear, no one has a magic answer. But yikes.
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24 May
"alarming local officeholders and opponents who are warning about pro-Trump, 'ends justify the means' candidates taking big roles in running the vote."

What could go wrong?
Hard not to read article on election official candidates who promote false fraud claims politico.com/news/2021/05/2… in especially ominous terms in light of @drvolts thread over the weekend (though @ZachMontellaro is careful to note constraints on powers of secretaries of state)
Absent fraud, the more prosaic fear is that the chief election official in key states could be campaigning against the legitimacy of the results if their side loses, further undercutting the legitimacy of our democratic system.
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20 May
Big moment for EVs culturally/commercially. Goes 0 to 60 in 4.4, powers a worksite - can do some amazing things.
It can power your damn house for three days in an outage. Incredible feature.
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13 May
If she has a luxurious faculty lounge, poli sci Twitter is going to melt down
Watching this show with an academic is going to be like watching ER with a doctor - just constant outrage at the inaccuracy.
This was me with the West Wing. Just constant outrage.
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11 May
My "This is fine" dog and brown M&M in the house
The articles I was discussing
-@Max_Fisher NYT - "Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts": The Age of Misinformation nytimes.com/2021/05/07/wor…
-my @PNASNews - Why "Backfire Effects" Do Not Explain the Durability of Political Misperceptions
pnas.org/content/118/15…
Need more coffee. Don't know how @JoeNBC and @morningmika do it.
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