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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Staff writer at @TheAtlantic. Curmudgeon. Cat guy. Democracy enthusiast, defender of experts. Legacy blue check who'd have paid more for a better Twitter.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/author/tom-nichols/ 10-01-2012 04:23:15
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'Trump and his fans have gone from simply damning the 'deep state,' the loose term for anyone in national security or law enforcement who hinders his autocratic aims, to portraying federal agents as assassins,' Juliette Kayyem writes. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Byrd Martin Tom Nichols There's a certain ahistoricity to thinking that strife with public-sector unions began in 1981, as though Calvin Coolidge had never walked the Earth.
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'With his advancement of unhinged and outlandish conspiracy theories, RFK Jr. is in the league of Alex Jones.' Important from my former colleague David Corn.
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I've spent the last 3 years saying Bridge Colby
should be shunned for his support of the 1/6 illegal vote rejection plot, whatever his views or intellect, and if Quincy Institute wants to associate with figures who also supported 1/6, same thing. Disqualified from public life.
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.Jeffrey Goldberg: Can we expect a verdict next week?
Josh Gerstein: 'I think it's very likely. I mean, the jury will probably get two or three days next week to deliberate on the case and I think that will probably be enough for them to come to a decision.'
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