Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So far no guns, but how long will that last? https://t.co/OpWGMZKt0f — PolitiTweet.org

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So Trump's war on modern medicine isn't just a convenient excuse for his pandemic failure. It's another battle in the right's long war on rationality and those who defend it 9/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh, and I should mention that there's a remarkable association between modern conservatism and the hawking of quack nutritional supplements 8/ https://t.co/CG926higoz — PolitiTweet.org

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Which brings us to the modern GOP: hostile to science and expertise of all kinds, exalting the profit motive, accusing anyone claiming to stand for higher principles other than religious faith of "political correctness". Trump isn't an outlier; he fits right in 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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There is, after all, a reason we have TV series about heroic doctors but not about heroic real estate developers. A doctor known for sharp practices who repeatedly bilked his patients would have his license suspended, not become president 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, medicine isn't and can't be an ordinary business. Doctors are required to swear some version of the Hippocratic Oath, and while they may not always be saints, we do expect and often get a higher ethical standard than from many other professions 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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But these days doctors tend to be Democrats, for several reasons: they're often women, they're generally employees rather than small businessmen, they're burdened by med school debt 4/ https://t.co/RGcxBbEB75 https://t.co/WPbktwO2ao — PolitiTweet.org

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Doctors used to be very Republican. Back in 1961 the American Medical Association urged doctors' wives (hey, it was 1961) to bring their friends over to hear Ronald Reagan denounce Medicare 3/ https://t.co/LMiTc9wmXJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump's claim that the pandemic is basically being fabricated by money-grubbing physicians is grotesque; but it's not as random as it may seem. The shifting politics of doctors are a window into how both America and the GOP are changing 2/ https://t.co/OpSIlacUCS https://t.co/fAXgiigqSR — PolitiTweet.org

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The final stages of the Trump campaign have involved a lot of flailing. He tried running against imaginary anarchist hordes; when that didn't work, he tried running against Hunter Biden's laptop; now he's running against evil doctors 1/ https://t.co/ayaYJ5BDxM — PolitiTweet.org

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What all this means is that we're going to be looking at some very desperate people, many willing to do extreme things to pull this out 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And if you're tempted to mock my mixed metaphor, all I can say is that if Biden wins, the upper hand will be on the other foot 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So if you are, say, Trump's Deputy Assistant Secretary for small endangered mammals, who's going to offer you a job? You pretty much burned your bridges by joining this administration, and that has jammed the revolving door. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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What about K Street? The usual connections won't count for much: Democrats control the House. If they take the Senate too, they will play hardball, giving McConnell very little chance to shape legislation — and anyway, it's obvious that MM personally despises Trump and co 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Normally service in government is a plus on your resume; serving this government, not so much. For one thing, everyone knows that the Trumpies aren't the A team, or even the B team; they're people who had nothing better to do 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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But there's another, more mundane issue facing many lower-level Trump minions: they may not get the traditional soft landing available to former officials, in which you move into a cushy lobbying or industry job 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump himself, of course, faces likely financial ruin from his unpayable debts and perhaps criminal charges if he loses the shield of office. Quite a few officials will probably also face criminal charges for abuse of office, both political and financial 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Next week is going to be horrible, for multiple reasons. One reason I haven't seen mentioned much in the media has come up a lot in my discussions with Wall Street types: the personal desperation of the Trumpies if he loses 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So accusing doctors of conspiring to inflate death tolls because they're greedy does not exactly sound like a smart strategy 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And health care and social assistance accounts for 1 in 7 workers in Florida 3/ https://t.co/rK06gtVCy4 — PolitiTweet.org

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The public has a very high opinion of doctors and nurses 2/ https://t.co/KUZmqaBk90 https://t.co/WKnxEQ7zyW — PolitiTweet.org

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This is remarkably vile. It's also politically stupid, isn't it? 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: . @PaulKrugman responded to readers commenting on his column "Lies, Damned Lies and Trump Rallies." Read their exchanges he… — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm politically a bit less scared of the next week than I was (again, famous last words). But I'm epidemiologically terrified, in part because bad people will still be running the country for the next two months 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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If you believe that I have an infrastructure week to sell you, with a degree from Trump University thrown in. In reality, we're more likely to have Proud Boys threatening to kill anyone acting responsibly 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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We desperately need strong measures right away — actually several weeks ago: mask mandates, targeted lockdowns, and more. So do you think lame-duck Trump, Republican governors, and so on will go along with urgent action? 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Famous last words, but it does now look as if only blatant theft — which is possible! — can save Trump. But what will be the state of the nation on Jan. 20? The pandemic is exploding 1/ https://t.co/jWyn4Kqs4a — PolitiTweet.org

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Having a hard time drinking coffee through my special mask that I'm not allowed to take off. You say there's no such thing? Trump says there is; and we're supposed to believe whatever The Leader says https://t.co/7HK2f9mGjF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: What have we lost? What is at stake? In a special section ahead of next week’s election, all 15 of our columnists write ab… — PolitiTweet.org