Conor Friedersdorf

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@ly_yng The buck stops in different places in democracies and dictatorships. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve That isn't what I argued, actually. — PolitiTweet.org

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@natem42 Plenty of people with far less access to info than senators made the right call — PolitiTweet.org

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@pkxh @HamasakiLaw John may be unfamiliar with America's coequal branches of government and where the Constitution vests the war power — PolitiTweet.org

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@bgbrainonbrad @pkxh @HamasakiLaw Lol — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve https://t.co/Bevi78RMKR — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve https://t.co/D9BmntogLV — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve https://t.co/rmyZMDlEol — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve https://t.co/O7a3703Hht — PolitiTweet.org

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An epic slip-up, but let's not forget that the Iraq War wasn't one man's error--a majority of Americans, including future Democratic Party nominees John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, favored the war in error. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @spwells: UN secretary general António Guterres said shortages of grain and fertiliser caused by the war, warming temperatures and pande… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Fan777Raiders I knew that even in the California drought. — PolitiTweet.org

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The thing about thunder is that it does not in fact only happen when it's raining. I make no attendant claim about players. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jessesingal Didn't have to happen? Jesse, the last thing a journalistic organization can tolerate is a staffer who is against a unionization effort reporting a story on a food magazine run by a different company. No one quite understands why but obviously that unacceptable. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PwnySlaystation: @conor64 I think a prerequisite for being president is a true belief that your side will be the last side to hold the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, I realize thinking more than one step ahead is rare in Washington, but do Democrats who favor this ever muse on how many Republican appointees they would trust to run it? — PolitiTweet.org

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As I've observed before, President Biden won't even commit to the agencies of the executive branch--for example, the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA--from misleading the public. They believe they should be able to lie to you. They can't also be the guardrails on disinformation! — PolitiTweet.org

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If the Bush Admin's lies about torture, the Obama Admin's lies about drone killings and mass surveillance, and the Trump Admin's lies about (gestures at data center) don't persuade you that the executive branch can't be trusted to run a disinformation office, what would it take? — PolitiTweet.org

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Imagine how much hurt this person would be in for we punished neo-Maoists commensurate with the harm done by their views. You're lucky we don't adopt your views! — PolitiTweet.org

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@andr_w @antoniogm The nice European and Japanese rail I've been on is way nicer than the Acela — PolitiTweet.org

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When you start with an argument from authority citing one of history's most murderous dictators, no surprise that you end with a call to punish allies who you see as politically incorrect for doing harm! https://t.co/UhUqEPNIop — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: I’m not sure “our ‘Great Replacement’ takes are okay because they have some structural similarities to progressives’ bad… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @antoniogm: As a comp, over ten years ago California set out to build something similar, and after spending $10B and allocating $100B(!)… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @meghan_daum: If you're among those who remain confused as to why people (like me) have been sputtering mad about the hypocrisy, incoher… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @between2worlds: Two articles to read on the Replacement Theory argument: (1) @RameshPonnuru: "What Carlson and Stefanik are saying is… — PolitiTweet.org

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@MonkeeBread @HistoryBoomer @jbarro I still don't understand. Glenn Greenwald puts forth arguments that you can find persuasive or not. Why do you care what he truly cares about deep down? (As far as I can tell the real answer is rescue dogs.) — PolitiTweet.org

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@HistoryBoomer @MonkeeBread @jbarro I mean any close reader of Josh knows that he is both honorable AND would find it beneath his dignity to intentionally advance a bad argument but just in general the *never listen to an argument from anyone I distrust* is self-defeating — PolitiTweet.org

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@HistoryBoomer @MonkeeBread @jbarro Sure, but also, of course he would drink?! — PolitiTweet.org

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@MonkeeBread @jbarro He's definitely smarter than most people. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MonkeeBread @jbarro So if you, a civil rights marcher, were thirsty, and the KKK said, "we hate you civil rights activists, but we don't literally want you to die, so we're going to tell you a fringe member of our group poisoned that water jug," would you throw out the water, test it, or drink it? — PolitiTweet.org