Jay Weixelbaum
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Science writer. Political analyst. Producer. PhD. Historian of fascism in American business. Views my own.
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I was a student of Allan Lichtman. He sat on my dissertation committee on US political history & fascism.
One thing I learned from working with him is that the outcomes of presidential elections are based on historical fundamentals.
Not pundits, polls, or debates.
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No campouts for Roe v. Wade.
No marches for universal health care.
No occupied offices over high rents
…just vitriol for Jews.
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Being a dog parent means I now have to post a certain requisite amount of photos per week. Henley thanks you for your time and attention.
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@NBCNews
Why bother justifying when it's clear you're making up the rules as you go along? Just drop the pretenses that this is democracy already.
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Build Back Better is going to cap the price of insulin. That is enough reason to applaud—and there is so much more to celebrate.
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The constant genocide talking point on repeat is blood libel, guys.
War is hell, but it ain’t genocide, which is a pretty specific, awful thing that y’all are working to make meaningless.
More civilians died in the Allied campaign of Normandy alone than this entire war
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You're going to read a lot of takes like this in 2024. Let's translate this one:
"I think I'm better and more righteous than you. My self image matters more than your right to safety in a stable democracy. Beg me to do the bare minimum to vote and keep the vulnerable safe."
2024 presidential election is gonna be like walking into a restaurant with just two items on the menu: a large bowl of lukewarm watery gruel, and a flaming hot cheeto someone dropped under the couch in 2014 that has been slightly nibbled on by mice
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I don’t think the “I won’t vote unless I’m inspired” camp understands just how deeply offensive this attitude can appear—especially to those who understand just how much worse things can get.
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@JemezStargazer
@Acosta
Scholars will study this mass abdication to sickness and death for a long time
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What NYT is doing is extremely dangerous. Here’s an example of why I’m so concerned about our media and the US lurch toward fascism:
THREAD: Yesterday, the New York Times published a headline it knew was false. The implications of this are dangerous for everyone who cares about an informed public. Here’s what happened:
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This historian rejects all the panicked foolishness.
Based on historical fundamentals, I’m comfortable predicting Biden wins as long as he remains the candidate.
Who else is still Ride'n with Biden? Fuck the coup plotters in the democratic caucus.
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US Libertarianism was invented by businessmen who didn’t like the Civil Rights movement and used self interest as an excuse to cover their sexism and racism and get rid of the New Deal at the same time. Oh, and they tend to partner with fascists.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wants to make the United States the “global leader” in high‐speed rail. That’s like wanting to be the world leader in electric typewriters, rotary telephones, or steam locomotives.
#CatoTransit
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Look, Ben Shapiro is antisemitic. People can be bigoted toward the groups they hail from. There are examples all around us. Misogynistic women. Homophobic gays. The sooner we acknowledge this, the better. We can’t build credibility around identity alone. Solidarity is key.
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Photo from today. Sometimes you’re the one who’s fired.
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I’ve said before: these outlets do not have your best interests at heart. The Intercept, TYT, and Jacobin consistently publish bad faith arguments to attack the Democratic Party. This time is egregious because they are literally in the middle of saving lives and the economy.
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It’s such an honor that this artist follows me. If you don’t know his work, historians far in the future will analyze it to get a sense of the times. This is a stellar example.
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This is a problem. You should be certain. You should be aware of the historical advantage of incumbency.
This is what bothers me about pundits. They know less than undergrads who took my US Presidency course. And yet we listen to them far more than any historian.
I'm uncertain what the best course is here for the Democrats. But let's not forget that it's not the first time the Times has leveraged all its institutional and editorial power to engineer a desired end.
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The US contributes 13% of Israel's annual military budget.
Not 100%.
Not 50%.
Not even 33%.
13%.
Most people have no idea what they're talking about and are clearly incapable of using google and then doing a simple math problem.
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Stop what you’re doing right now and watch this.
Alex Jones lawyers messed up and accidentally sent to lawyers for Sandy Hook families a full copy of everything on Jones’s phone. This then exposed Jones as hiding evidence he should have turned over.
Jones upon learning this: “This is your Perry Mason moment.”
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@jacobin
The core idea of leftism is solidarity.
This is an argument for abandoning solidarity.
This is not leftism.
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@corpsole2
Close—he tested the keys retrospectively on every election going back to 1860 before setting the model loose in 1982
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@supmikeclines
You're famous now. Your flock is repeating scenes we hoped we left in the past.
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@MollyJongFast
It's seems Q supporters don't understand the logistics of printing ballots and sending them to various jurisdictions.
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Tomorrow Manchin and Sinema should turn around and say they lied and nuke the filibuster anyway just to see the look on Mitch McConnell’s face.
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@jahanminoo
@BriannaWu
Did you buy one before or after he called rescue divers pedophiles back in 2018 after they rejected one of his empty promises?
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@bubbaprog
Thank you Trump for exposing the stupidity of evangelicals.
You'd think they'd be offended that Trump would suggest *any* mortal could actually harm an omnipotent God worthy of evangelical exaltation.
But they won't say shit. Hey, maybe their god is weak, after all I dunno
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I wrote something about my family and the intimate pain caused by the Trump era in America. I hope you’ll read it.
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Overall observation: Lots and lots of people addicted to anger are having a meltdown right now as stuff is starting to improve and a new era dawns.
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Fascists are successful when major media give them attention. Giving fascists attention is one of the most destructive things a legitimate media outlet can do.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has devoted the start of her term to disrupting House proceedings and trolling colleagues. She represents a new wave of lawmakers seemingly less interested in passing laws and more in building their political brands.
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@RedTRaccoon
Honestly, the Republicans should be terrified. This is in North Carolina. Not a blue state. Listen to that crowd.
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@WSJopinion
Ever notice that nobody ever asks Republicans to unify and heal?
This is a dishonest demand for immunity from justice.
It should be deplored with the deepest disgust.
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Jeb Bush, Ben Sasse, Bob Corker. Who is the next Republican to speak out against Trump's autocratic, anti-American behavior?
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@corpsole2
He had testified in hundreds of civil rights cases as an expert witness and testified in court saying that the 2000 election was stolen because the count was stopped.
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Here's a thought: Nobody owns progressivism. It means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For my part, I don't think we separate populism from progressivism enough. I see them as competing, not complimentary.
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What's the over/under on Barrett withdrawing her nomination by the end of the day?
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@gunclubprez
@italoromeno
@TimeSnips
@corncommunist
You are not applying critical thinking. Saying the words “critical thinking” is not a magic spell that makes actual critical thinking apply—which in this case would be literally taking a second to review common antisemitic tropes.
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Something broke in me listening to this speech. Tears. The gaslighting these last few months has been absolutely horrendous as a Jewish person. To hear a person in power cut through the lies, it matters. Please take a moment to watch.
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@sunrisemvmt
@JoeBiden
Are you having trouble finding Mitch McConnell's office? I'm here to help if you need it
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Mockery works on fascists. Keep it up
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All I see is a repulsive orgy of ageism.
There’s little responsible analysis to be found. Panic is not a sober assessment.
The ageism is deeply ironic because we’re quickly heading into a turning point as a species where the majority of us will be older.
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@kimmer_delson
@AndrewFmOregon
@EricaFinkeTV
@marianne_levine
Legacy. This is why you should try to be honest and decent - since you don't know when your time is up.
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@kairyssdal
Kai. People are eating horse drugs instead of getting vaccinated.
The internal logic of populism is anything that indulges personal feelings of grievance, regardless of how irrational they appear.
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Sooner or later, many of y’all need to the face the fact that you’re just looking for excuses for doom & gloom.
Underneath that is guilt and shame due to laziness. It’s not a victimless act. It demoralizes others and creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I reject it.
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I know there are scholars who disagree with me, but I'm sticking to my definition of populism for now.
Populism is primarily about experiencing outrage. Everything else is secondary. All references to ideology, left or right are justifications for the outrage.
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@mthrdragns1316
@fred_guttenberg
@NYGovCuomo
@senatemajldr
And they won't. NY & CA carry the rest of the nation. CA on its own is the world's 6th largest economy. McConnell has leverage. But not that much leverage.
Much higher chance of failure: the political fortunes of leaders presiding over a mismanaged health & economic crisis.
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People who prioritize their right to complain over their right to vote will soon have neither
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Fact:
#unpresidented
is trending because it's fun and necessary to point out the ignorance of trump and his supporters
#ILoveFreeSpeech
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In case you haven’t read it elsewhere yet, Jack Smith will appeal to the 11th circuit and a new judge will likely take over Cannon’s case. The circuit judges have already expressed alarm at Cannon’s actions and I see the case being reassigned as a positive development.
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Republicans invented cancel culture. Full stop.
That's why "McCarthyism" is still part of our vocabulary nearly 70 years later.
Fascists deliberately blame others for problems they alone caused to confuse and anger the public. It can and should be met with severe condemnation.
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When you see progressivism as about outcomes - then it's easy to see when something might not be progressive. If outrage is the primary outcome and no one was helped, what you're probably looking at is populism.
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Sheldon Adleson, one of the richest donors to American fascism, has died. What prophetic timing.
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@GeraldFSeib
"both sides" is the siren song of privilege and tone deafness in this historical moment
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Yet another day where folks who didn’t take 2016 seriously have created a huge negative impact on millions of people
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20 paragraphs in, AP mentions that a Texas judge prevented Biden's deportation halt from happening in the state.
20 paragraphs.
President Joe Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of people despite his campaign pledge to halt most deportations at the beginning of his term. That includes one of the witnesses to a massacre at a Texas Walmart in 2019.
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@riotwomennn
@sgfitz2
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Folks are going to continue to attack the DNC because populists need a faceless enemy to continue their movements
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Tesla is now running close to tied with General Motors for companies I'd least want to buy a vehicle from due their relationship with fascism--and a major portion of my dissertation was about GM's work in Nazi Germany.
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@MMFlint
Biden won all the counties in Michigan. Help or get out of the way.
Not everything is about you and your self-indulgent grievance exercises
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Intent ultimately doesn't matter; outcomes do. And that's how you can parse what's progressive or populist. Is there a specific plan and coalition to substantively improve lives? That's progressivism. Is it about labeling people true allies or terrible enemies? That's Populism.
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@nranews
all you care about is making money. Children were murdered in a class and you can't support reasonable legislation? Shame on you.
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@luther_davies
@jahanminoo
@BriannaWu
It was clear right then that this is a deeply unserious person who not only lacked the social acumen for basic functions (much less global operations) but also shattered the veneer of anything approximating technical competence. I immediately became skeptical about Tesla & SpaceX
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It bothers me when folks try to make progressivism this ideologically rigid thing. Because that really defies its core concepts. Progressivism is, at its core pragmatic. Because it's not about ideology but *outcomes* Progressives ask, what can we do to get to the better outcome?
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For longtime followers, you'll know I've been very critical of AOC because of extreme aversion to leftwing populism.
But this is exactly the message that people need to hear. Big applause to AOC. At a critical moment, she is right where she needs to be: defending our democracy.
PLEASE WATCH.
Thank you to Congresswoman
@AOC
for speaking out, unlike other Democrats who prefer to release “anonymous” statements to pundits & journalists. She’s voicing what many of us have been saying for weeks: the powers that be don't want VP Kamala Harris on the ticket
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Middle finger in advance to anything the Intercept is going to say about Hunter Biden
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but there is a deep need for grace, hope, resolve, and responsibility. Otherwise you or no one around you will have the strength to repair the world. I promise things will get worse if folks continue to indulge in self-sabotage and defeatism.
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We could really use a new Fairness Doctrine for the modern era. The US has been through periods of being poorly served by the press before; it wasn’t great. But now things must change if our democracy is to survive.
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There's always light if we're brave enough to see it.
If we're brave enough to be it.
Amanda Gorman
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This is a morbid footnote in the already appalling bio of a former president
This fall 2023 photo of Ivana Trump's grave has been verified by Snopes. Country clubs have groundskeepers to keep everything trim. This type of neglect is intentional.
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Because they all approve of antisemitism.
Why have so few Republicans condemned the words and actions of Marjorie Taylor Greene?
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Wow. You’re going to want to translate this.
Меня многие просят прокомментировать санкции.
Если вкратце, то мое научное заключение, как профессора финансов, доктора Чикагского Университета - это ПИЗДЕЦ.
И двойной пиздец, что жители России, даже образованные, в большинстве своем не понимают, что их ждёт.
Объясняю на...
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Yes. One side has none of the cities. Since wars are fought by economies, this will be a significant problem for the side without one.
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Also, the fascist figurehead only received a 51% share of this scaled-down vote. This is not a picture of strength. The media narrative is misleading.
Only 110k voters last night in the Iowa caucuses vs. 187k in 2016. 40% decrease. Snow doesn’t explain all that loss of interest. MAGA takeover is not growing party. Rs ignore general election losses of MAGA years and pretend Trump won 2020. (60% of Iowa R voters election deniers)
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Why Jews are uncomfortable around Republicans part one million
Conservatives out there having normal ones every day on this cursed app.
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I expected this but it's still breathtakingly self-destructive politically and harmful to millions. What an asshole.
BREAKING: The president just pulled the plug on COVID relief negotiations until after the election.
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@JohnRBielski
@RadioFreeTom
Isn't ClassicTwitter grand? I was told to "go read a book"
#onhere
several times--I work for National Academy of Sciences as a historian
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@PostOpinions
@GeorgeWill
This says a lot more about the author and the periodical than it does about the state of US politics. And not in a good way.
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I'm old enough to remember that when Obama was elected, Rush Limbaugh didn't just hurl racist attacks at him, he also added antisemitic attacks, saying Obama was being helped by "Jew bankers"
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Apparently there’s a student at University of Baltimore constantly bringing a gun to campus and threatening to harm another student. The administration’s response appears lackluster. My partner works on this campus. Haven’t we seen where this goes?? DO SOMETHING
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@nadodamuh
@RkdTrk
true human rights activists, bullying people because of their appearance like schoolyard children
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Marcy Wheeler is a national treasure. This is who you need to read to have an informed view
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