Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

For this piece, I had @b_schaffner and @johnmsides pull updated data on white college-educated voters' economic preferences. Turns out they've taken a notable turn left in the past few years https://t.co/mNtOmh5uek https://t.co/9rNEHNtinH — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

For this piece, I had @b_schaffner and @johnmsides pull updated data on white college-educated voters' economic preferences. Turns out they're fairly progressive — and only growing more so over time https://t.co/mNtOmh5uek — PolitiTweet.org

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There have been a lot of worries that Biden's upscale coalition couldn't support progressive economic legislation. These fears are clearly unfounded https://t.co/mNtOmh5uek — PolitiTweet.org

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Things I say to myself while working: "Time series design...no choice but to stan" — PolitiTweet.org

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@CasMudde The end of the piece has some good stuff on that sort of Linz-esque line of argument as applied to modern Brazil. Bolsonaro's efforts to consolidate support in the security forces is the biggest cause for worry there! — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinWGlass https://t.co/h6hsjc9Q7K — PolitiTweet.org

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This is, to me, the key passage. Elected authoritarians are far more effective at subverting democracy when they have the backing of a party and legislature: Trump and the GOP, Modi and the BJP, Orbán and Fidesz. Democratic rot isn't about one person. It's about institutions. https://t.co/piQdloErtm — PolitiTweet.org

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Fascinating piece on how Brazilian democracy is surviving its considerably-worse-than-Trump elected authoritarian https://t.co/pxMs49QTO1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @freedomhouse: In 2020, countries with declines in political rights and civil liberties outnumbered those with gains by the largest marg… — PolitiTweet.org

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Me out loud right now, unpacking our groceries: "Haha, feta cheese! Suck it, rest of the world!" — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattZeitlin @lionel_trolling https://t.co/SGuH4TOdc2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@SarahAWildman @JewishWonk matza and/or zucchini lasagna can be good and easy. if you do kitniyot things are easier still — PolitiTweet.org

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@lionel_trolling @Sharon_Kuruvila i haven't either but it sure sounds interesting — PolitiTweet.org

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@lionel_trolling this is one of the ironies of schmitt's account. he correctly identified a theoretical problem with liberalism but in practice the liberal approach to the problem works way better than the repressive model he embraces — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CorentinSellin: Si vous voulez savoir comment le parti républicain a mué d'1 conservatisme libéral à 1 national-populisme hostile à la… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DrIbram: “According to Freedom House data, each of the past 15 years has seen some kind of decline.” Story by @zackbeauchamp https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

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6. A certain kind of liberal feels a weird need to find some kind of "gotcha" that proves Republicans are secret Nazis (or comic book movies). This leads to absurd theories like the odal rune stage, which undermine the credibility of very real warnings about democratic erosion. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. The threat to democracy is from policy moves that seem boring and arcane: state legislatures' changes to election law and staffing decisions at electoral agencies. The boring stuff is the biggest problem — and it has open buy-in from the GOP leadership https://t.co/O4UEzP4DBm — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Moreover, the way that democratic backsliding works isn't through secret plots and coups. In the US and elsewhere, democracy is under attack by a more legalistic endeavor — parties that claim to be defending democracy but rig the rules in their favor https://t.co/fmutzPOvY1 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Actually-existing hostility to democracy is a problem in the Republican party, and it is linked to race. But the link is far more subtle and sophisticated; I get at some of the academic literature on this here https://t.co/ltzS0zxrYe — PolitiTweet.org

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2. I'm sorry if you believed the CPAC stage was some kind of evil dogwhistle, but it was always a stupid theory. The conservative movement is not a secret front for a neo-Nazi organization. It is not HYDRA in Winter Soldier. Real life just isn't like that. — PolitiTweet.org

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1. I want to talk a little about the ridiculous "secret white nationalist stage at CPAC" theory, because it actually says a lot about how authoritarianism actually is managing to rise in America https://t.co/RHB5KL2zZX — PolitiTweet.org

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@emilyvdw emily if you want recipes i am happy to send you some of mine given how much veg cooking i do every week — PolitiTweet.org

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This hellsite is usually just that, but it's been really heartwarming to see people from all different corners of left-of-center Twitter come together and dunk on Keith Olbermann and Michael Moore's repulsive tweets about Texas — PolitiTweet.org

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@tweetsintheME @Zeddary Yeah elaborate — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias I think the Kendi test stuff, which you're right to criticize, is less emblematic of the national party's dilemma than something like the Castro/Warren border decriminalization plan: a great policy idea that's toxically unpopular — PolitiTweet.org

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@CasMudde thank you! — PolitiTweet.org

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Got it, thanks everyone — PolitiTweet.org

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@AvishayBSG Email please! — PolitiTweet.org

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@CasMudde That would be great Cas! You have my email — PolitiTweet.org