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Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
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@Dartmouth political scientist & @BrightLineWatch co-director. Before: @upshotNYT; @UMich; @CJR; Spinsanity bsky.app/profile/brendaโ€ฆ
Hanover, NH
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    May 18
    Extremely relevant today - our new Bright Line Watch report on the state of the rule of law in America Most notably, 91% of legal experts say Trump's DOJ provides favors or benefits to his allies, including 56% of legal conservatives Findings thread below; please read and share
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
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    May 14
    ๐ŸšจNew Bright Line Watch report on the rule of law in the US - joint with @rickhasen's Strengthening Democracy Project at UCLA Law The most comprehensive expert survey to date - 21 federal judges, 113 elite lawyers, and 193 law profs brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-theโ€ฆ ๐Ÿงต on findings below
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Sep 8, 2025
    People who study the downfall of democracy in other countries can tell you how dangerous this is
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Dec 7, 2022
    An all-time banger
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    May 7, 2020
    Axl Rose owning the Treasury Secretary on Twitter was not on my 2020 bingo card
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Mar 16, 2025
    Truly fascist propaganda
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    Rapid Response 47
    The White House
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    Mar 16, 2025
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Dec 10, 2017
    Unbelievably scary. A host on de facto state media is openly calling for the arrest of law enforcement officials who are investigating the president. The rule of law is under threat. Right now.
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    Fox News
    @FoxNews
    Dec 10, 2017
    .@JudgeJeanine: "There have been times in our history where corruption and lawlessness were so pervasive, that examples had to be made. This is one of those times."
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Dec 9, 2018
    The President has made 6000+ false claims and journalists are still writing โ€œTrump said Xโ€ headlines? Really?
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    Reuters
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    Dec 8, 2018
    Trump says prosecutors have found no evidence of Russia collusion reut.rs/2RPrV5G
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    May 8, 2019
    "This is a man who was handed hundreds of millions of dollars, flushed it down the toilet, and was desperate to maintain his image of wealth and success. You couldnโ€™t invent a more inviting target for a foreign intelligence service to manipulate."
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    Jonathan Chait
    @jonathanchait
    May 8, 2019
    Keeping Trump's tax returns secret is a massive national security risk nymag.com/intelligencer/โ€ฆ
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Jan 20, 2020
    Consider the counterfactual: How long would this be permitted if the people who did it were not white men?
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    Ned Oliver
    @nedoliver
    Jan 20, 2020
    Big groups of heavily armed men arriviving in Richmond, many in camo and body armor
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Sep 21, 2025
    Watergate-level high crimes and misdemeanors every day
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    Kyle Cheney
    @kyledcheney
    Sep 20, 2025
    Replying to @kyledcheney
    NEW: Trump vents at AG Bondi in a remarkable public lament over the lack of criminal charges against his most prominent adversaries. politico.com/news/2025/09/2โ€ฆ
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    May 30, 2019
    The President of the United States literally doesn't understand the Constitution that he swore to preserve, protect, and defend
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    Aaron Rupar
    @atrupar
    May 30, 2019
    Replying to @atrupar
    Trump reveals he has absolutely no clue how impeachment works, says, "I can't imagine the courts allowing it." (The courts have nothing to do with impeachment, which is the domain of Congress.)
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Apr 27, 2022
    If growing up in the Silicon Valley taught me anything, it's that very smart tech people can be incredibly naive about politics and have absurdly simplistic views of how it should or does work
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Oct 8, 2020
    I remain staggered that Susan Page asked Pence what he would do if the President refused to leave office, Pence did not directly commit to or endorse the peaceful transfer of power, and her followup question was to ask a kid's question about why people in politics don't get along
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    Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on ๐ŸŸฆโ˜๏ธ)
    @BrendanNyhan
    Oct 27, 2017
    Former WH adviser suggesting the president's political opponent should be executed on television. This is deeply dangerous & not normal.
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    Media Matters
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    Oct 27, 2017
    Sebastian Gorka: Hillary Clinton should be convicted of treason like the Rosenbergs; "Those people got the chair" mm4a.org/Zqb
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