Max Fisher

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RT @SecPompeo: Being the greatest country on earth is not just about our incredible economy & our strong military; it's about the values we… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CaseyNewton: Wait until Google finds out what’s on YouTube https://t.co/RnN2pCZjBa — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @darrenrovell: i feel bad for our country. But this is tremendous content. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @evanchill: https://t.co/cU569FOCaT https://t.co/hT9ewyRIdH — PolitiTweet.org

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Seeing some of the videos of rioter-police confrontations inside the Capitol, it is absolutely shocking that more people weren't killed. If not by rioters or cops, then just by stampeding. One of a hundred ways this was a razor's edge from being so, so much worse. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ajmount: It is unlikely Chairman Milley meant anything more than that STRATCOM would refuse to carry out an order it considers unlawful… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nktpnd: This makes way more sense. https://t.co/vomx4NKhWv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NellieBowles: Because my timing for these things is impeccable, I have a fun off-kilter feature out today! https://t.co/9dFo1ms41v — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MaxCRoser: It was wrong to believe that 'saving the economy' was an alternative to 'saving people's lives’. If anything it is the othe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @naunihalpublic: Why am I choosing this hill to fight (hopefully not die) on? Because the actors are different, the way Trump uses commu… — PolitiTweet.org

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The folks who study coups, in my experience, have enormously important insights to share on events like this week’s. But that is unfortunately getting drowned out by a rigid definitional call that, respectfully, is not really illuminating anything for anyone. — PolitiTweet.org

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@prof_powell Fair point – like I said, I’m not claiming to have the answer for how to resolve it! But the events that fall in fuzzy grey definitional margins are growing in frequency and importance, which is going to mean more confusion from people looking to the field to make sense of things — PolitiTweet.org

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@prof_powell I think there is a growing mismatch between how people colloquially think of coups and the formal definition. I have no standing or expertise to say how that should be resolved. But wanted to illuminate it for people, since it seems to be causing confusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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@prof_powell For sure, and in my experience today’s researchers have profoundly nuanced insights on that bigger picture. But in a strict definitional debate like this one, the definitions getting drawn on tend to be rooted in older, more rigid ways of thinking, is my sense. — PolitiTweet.org

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I mention all this because if you're a regular person trying to figure out how to think about yesterday's events — and why the coup experts are insisting it isn't one — it might help to know that there is some history to that odd-seeming classification. — PolitiTweet.org

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Civilian authoritarianization — elected strongmen who topple institutions from within, often by provoking decentralized violence like in DC — has been one of the most impt global trends of the last 30 years. "Tanks in the streets" is outmoded, as are definitions that look for it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Coup studies grew up at a time when the prevailing dynamic was civilian-military breakdowns, true for most of the Cold War. But the nature of authoritarianization has changed and today looks much more like ... well, like the USA this week. — PolitiTweet.org

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My take on the "is it a coup" debate: Respectfully, coup studies are a little trapped in the field's Cold War-era origins. Its definitions no longer fit the world we live in, which is why an event that fits any colloquial understanding of a coup might not technically qualify. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexanderchee: They cheered him. https://t.co/J2ba3TdvyZ https://t.co/pYZjxHKD3e — PolitiTweet.org

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Secretary of State Pompeo’s response to yesterday’s chaos, as many of his colleagues resign, is to provoke a crisis with China — PolitiTweet.org

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The first Georgia senate race was called 24 hours ago — PolitiTweet.org

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An October 2016 column for which I was called hysterical and alarmist. “Take him seriously, not literally.” https://t.co/tph4Rat6dM https://t.co/GgzFRC0Fw1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sarahjeong: Holy shit https://t.co/7cAaKjo0y9 — PolitiTweet.org

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If I’ve got this right, the outgoing president encouraged lawmakers to overturn the election, and then for his supp… https://t.co/bd02PiYuVB — PolitiTweet.org

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As a rule of thumb, the most sensational/shocking clips from protests are the ones that go viral, but they are rarely the most representative and often turn out to be misleadingly framed, give a distorted picture of events, etc. Follow credible reporters who are on the ground. — PolitiTweet.org

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good time to invest in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson futures — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mcopelov: Today in life under competitive authoritarianism https://t.co/Qrvcu0nuiR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattGrossmann: Recommended readings on post-racial rhetoric: https://t.co/hWfE1PDOIt Racial signaling: https://t.co/879FsClwIl & ambigu… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AllezLesBoulez: no that can't be right, search again https://t.co/irAvWW6Pgc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abgutman: Welp. Republican majority of the Pennsylvania State Senate just removed @JohnFetterman from the chamber. President Pro Temp… — PolitiTweet.org