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Brendan Nyhan

@brendannyhan.bsky.social

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Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org

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Brendan Nyhan·Oct 6

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social: Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain. Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Brendan Nyhan·Sep 9

No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.

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Brendan Nyhan·Sep 16

WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Brendan Nyhan·Sep 15

The president is intentionally killing non-combatants who pose no direct threat in violation of domestic, international and military law and his VP and chief policy adviser are promising an authoritarian crackdown on his political opponents. Just today. Democracy and the rule of law are on the line

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Starting in 3 minutes - join us! ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Remarkable how negatively Ds feel about their party - the 2028 candidates are going to be running against the party establishment (and amazing Schumer/Jeffries are still holding on) www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

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the "federal agency that coordinates the government’s responses to public health crises and maintains the nation’s medical stockpile" should not be led by an unqualified crank

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Always read @danwphilosophy.bsky.social: On Highbrow Misinformation substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Gene Nichol, a professor of constitutional law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Newby had essentially turned the court into an arm of the Republican Party. “Newby... has become the chief justice who destroyed the North Carolina Supreme Court as an impartial institution.”

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These are not things that people say to the press in normal democracies. Dangerous and illiberal - Trumpian demands for impunity and attempts to silence dissent are spreading.

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Good thread on party position taking from an expert

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Unprecedented corruption

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84% of political science experts said creating such a force poses a threat to democracy, including 65% who said the threat was extraordinary or serious brightlinewatch.org/violence-red... However, it is overwhelmingly popular among Republicans brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...

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the purge continues

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