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Associate Professor in Global Politics . Washington Post columnist. Author: Corruptible: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Host podcast.

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    Sep 15

    My new book, CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How It Changes Us, is out Nov. 9. It explores the bizarre relationship between humans and power. I found it to be the most fascinating project I've ever worked on - I learned a ton - and you can pre-order it here:

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  2. 1 hour ago

    War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. —Orwell, 1984

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    Trump claims that the Arizona "audit," which affirmed Biden's victory in the state, actually concluded that he won. Shameless lying and his fans eat it up.
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  3. 1 hour ago

    This kind of rhetoric is going to get people killed. Serious political violence in the United States remains likely because of this kind of toxic language, combined with more direct incitement to violence from top Republicans.

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    Newsmax commercials are bonkers
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    8 hours ago

    Just finished recording the audiobook version of my forthcoming book - CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. 246 pages read aloud in two days. So much ginger tea. Pre-order here (or wherever you buy books):

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  5. 8 hours ago

    Just finished recording the audiobook version of my forthcoming book - CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. 246 pages read aloud in two days. So much ginger tea. Pre-order here (or wherever you buy books):

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    Sep 24

    Merkel visited a bird zoo today and the photos are everything. This isn't photoshop, it actually happened

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    Sep 23

    Right out in the open - a white supremacist trope now being mainstreamed by the leading host on America's most important conservative media outlet.

    Fox News is now openly promoting Tucker Carlson’s “great replacement” monologue on its website — complete with the transcript.
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    Sep 23

    Exile used to be safe. Now dictators are hunting down their enemies abroad, writes

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  9. Sep 23

    Trumpian Republicans are a danger to public health. What else is there to say? Some are literally trying to resurrect diseases that have mostly been wiped out due to miraculous, life-saving vaccines.

    Florida Republicans now looking at rescinding measles & mumps vaccine requirements, while continuing to spread disinformation that the Covid vaccine isn't "proven to work"
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    Sep 23

    This is very, very, very bad. Vaccines are one of the great public health achievements in human history. They have saved literally millions of lives.

    Florida Republicans now looking at rescinding measles & mumps vaccine requirements, while continuing to spread disinformation that the Covid vaccine isn't "proven to work"
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  11. Sep 23

    Across the globe, pro-democracy dissidents—who dare to criticize despots and dictators—are being hunted down. Some are kidnapped and detained, others are murdered in cold blood. The US and its democratic allies need to do more to fight back. My column:

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    Sep 23

    What do you even say here? This covers the period when she was the spokesman for Donald Trump, who was president last year.

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  13. Sep 23

    People often ask me what can be done to combat GOP authoritarianism. The answer is simple: Democrats need to recognize the severity of the threat, stop messing around, and wield the political power voters gave them to shore up democratic institutions with key reforms.

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  14. Sep 23

    We have to acknowledge a chilling fact: there was a systematic, organized effort at the highest echelons of power in the United States, to overturn a democratic election and let the loser stay in power. That is authoritarianism. We came close. My take on this morning:

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  15. Sep 23

    Come for the cool snake animation slithering across your screen, stay for the reveal of the UK cover of my forthcoming book, CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. Pre-order (US): or (UK):

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  16. Sep 23

    So long as people like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger become GOP pariahs, while unhinged authoritarian conspiracists like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene become breakout stars, the party will continue to lurch toward the authoritarian, extremist right.

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  17. Sep 23

    Why do these politicians even go on if they’re not going to answer questions? is pressing perfectly, but what kind of answer is “there are a particular set of circumstances that are occurring at this time.” So many words, so little meaning.

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  18. Sep 22

    In case you’re interested in the latest trends in dog fashion, Zorro tells me that one ear up one ear down is this year’s go to look for the autumn.

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  19. Sep 22

    Republicans are, quite literally, having someone who has repeatedly promoted white supremacist, anti-Semitic, conspiracy theories—and even promoted the insane notion that school shootings were staged—wear their uniform to represent the party. They could have easily said no.

    The Congressional Baseball Game rosters are out, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is on the Republican team.
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    Sep 22

    Yes. Yes, they do. 👊🏼

    I knocked on Mary Trump’s door. She opened it. I think they call that journalism.
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    Sep 21

    Excited to share the UK cover design for my new book, CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, which comes out Nov. 9th in the US and Jan. 6th in the UK. You can pre-order it here (US): or here (UK):

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