Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Neil_Irwin: Gideon Rachman is persuasive here. https://t.co/AkNVVow9yg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RyanLizza: Miller is top White House policy adviser and the author of Trump's immigration ban. https://t.co/GDMjpx5PTc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Staheran: I don't think Donald realizes that getting a visa/green card for residents of these 7 countries doesn't take "one week". #Edu… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nktpnd: I was in Tokyo week after election; somewhat common refrain was concern about Trump as reliable diplomatic/alliance counterpart… — PolitiTweet.org

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@nktpnd @DenisonBe cc: @EricaChenoweth who has been thinking in issues along these lines — PolitiTweet.org

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Sorry for all the typos. It’s vexing to apply theories and ideas you’re accustomed to using only for other countries toward your own. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democracy is, by carefully and deliberate design, more than raw majoritarianism. It is also composed of rule of law, institutions and norms. — PolitiTweet.org

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But is is not the case that any policy implemented by a popularly-elected leader, or that has popular support, is therefore democratic. — PolitiTweet.org

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Discussing this is difficult bc early backsliding is typically done thru nominally legal means and with popular mandates. Harder to dispute. — PolitiTweet.org

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People really need to get over the myth that democracy/authoritarianism is a binary. It’s a spectrum, and backsliding can happy quickly. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic institutions are like fiat currency — only work when we all believe in them. Once that system becomes polarized, it’s over. — PolitiTweet.org

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Institutional crisis doesn’t even have to resolve in executive’s favor to trigger democratic backsliding. Polarizing institutions is enough. — PolitiTweet.org

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Forcing institutional crises and breakdown is, sorry to be blunt, a frequent and time-tested tool of authoritariani… https://t.co/ypctPZAlv8 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Popehat: My biggest fear -- a broad and forceful attack on judicial review of government actions -- is becoming significantly more plau… — PolitiTweet.org

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What was considered unthinkable only a year ago is now the law of the land. Norms can collapse just like that, and… https://t.co/EFRrUmQkWX — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: How is President Trump doing after a stormy first full week on the job? His supporters approve. https://t.co/vu4gOIKdR7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SamanthaJPower: We are detaining 5 yr-olds? Imagine his fear&confusion. This is what collectve punishment looks like. It's what Bannon… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @michikokakutani: Bannon in 2013: “Lenin wanted to destroy the state, & that’s my goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down" h… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abrahamjoseph: Giuliani says he and others drafted the EO; specific-countries thing intended as fig leaf for an outright Muslim ban htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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Increasingly concerned about the risk of constitutional crisis due to clash between executive and judicial branches. Dangerous territory. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BCAppelbaum: Umm... "not complying" ... "personally intervening." That's not a civics lesson That's the way it's not supposed to work.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ishaantharoor: Um, you on Amazon Prime? WaPo now free https://t.co/6pWe9NHPSq — PolitiTweet.org

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Why would you target legal permanent residents unless your goal was to change the US ethnic makeup? There is a phra… https://t.co/wRaDSencD6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chrislhayes: America's safety. If you truly believed America's safety was at stake wouldn't you, like, make sure the document was proof… — PolitiTweet.org

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Proud and humbled to recognize a few of these faces https://t.co/HpM18Yb5iN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DKThomp: Trump's cruelty is tied to an unprecedented ploy to silence media criticism while coopting the media's distribution https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Book_Moth: "What kind of country would do this to human beings after everything we know?" -- @Shteyngart https://t.co/syqSM4WVMm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Max_Fisher: ORDERS DELAYED, COULD BE CANCELLED: Trump Administration Holds Off on Issuing U.N. Funding Order https://t.co/Wi584lUKU1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Max_Fisher: Contributed some reporting on this (just the good parts) https://t.co/aa7xxgu2dT — PolitiTweet.org

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@maxjrosenthal @Tmgneff tfw firsthand stories from the Afghan War are a lighthearted reprieve from more upsetting news — PolitiTweet.org