
Brian Klaas
@brianklaas
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Professor in Global Politics @UCL. Researcher at Oxford. Author of “Fluke” / “Corruptible”. Writer @TheAtlantic. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
London, England
Joined May 2009
RT @TVietor08: If you don't want this anti-vaxx, bear corpse stealing, whale head chainsawing clown to be in charge of US health policy, vo….
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RT @TheAtlantic: “Institutions at nearly every level of American society failed during Trump’s first term, which is a big reason a second T….
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They didn’t hold during Trump’s first term. Don’t be fooled into a false sense of security.
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This is very funny.
Republicans are in such a panic that they are literally emailing themselves imaginary polling results and passing them off as legitimate. @RyanAFournier you’re a hack.
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RT @atrupar: Amazing -- moments after denouncing Biden on Meet the press for his "garbage" comment, Doug Burgum completely changes his tune….
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RT @Scaramucci: Women are going to protect the country from Donald Trump, whether he likes it or not.
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Honestly, this election is like a giant social experiment to test human nature, run between someone who routinely taps into the darkest sides of humanity and someone who is running a campaign literally with the central messages of unity, shared values, and lifting each other up.
Trump: "Guys like Adam Schifty Schiff, these are corrupt people. Watermelon head. He's got the smallest neck I've ever seen. I don't know how the hell it can hold up that enlarged watermelon head. What an ugly guy both inside and out."
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Swing state polls are herding, in which nobody wants to release data that deviates from the conventional wisdom. That’s possible, as I explain here, because polls are now based on a wide array of subjective human judgments that may or may not be correct.
www.forkingpaths.co
A lot of very smart people are trying to get polling right. Here's why they might still be wrong. Plus: I offer my foolhardy prediction for the winner of the US presidential election.
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RT @ananavarro: Ask yourself: what would happen if Kamala Harris did this?. Yes. You saw right. This is Trump on stage at a rally, pretendi….
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