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Do we need an American elections thread?
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Others turned to conspiracy theories, not least in the dark corners of 4chan and Parler, where the cult of QAnon holds sway. Many here saw not a Trump concession but either a “deep fake” video concocted by Trump’s enemies, or secret messages that indicated Trump was still on track to deliver on QAnon’s deranged promises.
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Dr Amanda Sloat: Former Holyrood adviser handed key Biden post
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Gary Paterson @MrGaryPaterson
Biden's new NSC Senior Director for Europe is a graduate of
@EdinburghUni where she published a book on 'Scotland in Europe' concerning multilevel governance within the EU.https://twitter.com/MrGaryPaterson/status/1347814908868620288
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Only 2??
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'Descended into madness': second GOP senator calls for Trump to quit
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Formerly ie last week Ted Cruz thought he could be next candidate by supporting Trump. THis week better position to denounce
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Donald Trump becomes the first US president to be impeached for a second time
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Guardian analysis shows Club for Growth has spent $20m supporting 42 rightwing lawmakers who voted to invalidate Biden victory
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/15/trump-republicans-election-defeat-club-for-growth
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'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons
Arrested supporters say they were ‘listening’ to the president
Kellyanne Conway: Americans ‘better off’ thanks to Trump“
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/16/us-capitol-rioters-donald-trump-pardons
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“Societies are systems and they tend to change in a somewhat predictable way,” Turchin told the Observer. “We are on the verge of state breakdown where the centre loses hold of society.”
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Turchin’s analysis, of course, is readily applied to Donald Trump who, spurned by mainstream elites, appealed to a radical faction of the elite and to the disaffected masses to forward his political ambition. A similar case could be made for leading Brexiteers.
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Sounds familiar!
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As a result, American politics has fallen into a pattern that is characteristic of many developing countries, where one portion of the elite seeks to win support from the working classes not by sharing the wealth or by expanding public services and making sacrifices to increase the common good, but by persuading the working classes that they are beset by enemies who hate them (liberal elites, minorities, illegal immigrants) and want to take away what little they have. This pattern builds polarization and distrust and is strongly associated with civil conflict, violence and democratic decline.
At the same time, many liberal elites neglected or failed to remedy such problems as opiate addiction, declining social mobility, homelessness, urban decay, the collapse of unions and declining real wages, instead promising that globalization, environmental regulations and advocacy for neglected minorities would bring sufficient benefits. They thus contributed to growing distrust of government and “experts,” who were increasingly seen as corrupt or useless, thus perpetuating a cycle of deepening government dysfunction.
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Also:
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In the professor’s reading, the incoming administration, notwithstanding the diversity of its appointments, is representative of mainstream elite power. “Think of 2020 as the return of the established elite and separation of dissidents. What’s important is that the incoming administration recognises the root problem.”
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Probably not much chance of that...
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I've been finding this account of the last days of Trump fascinating:-
https://www.axios.com/off-the-rails-episodes-cf6da824-83ac-45a6-a33c-ed8b00094e39.html
It really is Downfall - in a bunker and a world of fantasies and only accepting those advisers who pander to them.
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Dominion Voting Systems sues Giuliani for $1.3bn over baseless election claims
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/25/dominion-rudy-giuliani-lawsuit-election
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boogaloo not nazis shock
gets very interesting half way thru, don't sleep on this
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probably the best commentary on reddit gamestop
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biden's already weighed in to shaft reddit
the fix is in
this is fascism, here and now
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“Trump was the perfect target in a lot of ways: his vanity, narcissism made him a natural target to recruit. He was cultivated over a 40-year period, right up through his election.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
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i just said a lot of rule 2 words.
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Repeats or a big variety??
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reddit still holding firm
by end of next week, this could be one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history
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Any truth in the russki trump honey traps? Big Ginger Fellow went back for more even when he knew Twas a trap?
Which was how the women hustling the bankers defended themselves. The stock broker returned for more hustling even after he knew he was being hustled. J-lo film based on true story reference.
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“The ‘crisis’ over Trump’s legal team quitting assumes that the substance of the impeachment case will sway Senate Republicans,” Zelizer tweeted. “Most already have their answer. Trump could offer no defense or he can go on the floor to read lines from the Joker movie – they would still vote to acquit.”
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Why Mitch McConnell chose *this* moment to condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene
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The Downfall style craziness of Trump's last days in the White House bunker are told in this series by Axios.
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