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Historians privately warn Biden that America’s democracy is teetering

President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest ...
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The diversion was, for Biden, part of a regular effort to us...
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Biden, at these tabletop sessions, often spends hours asking...
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Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia under Pre...
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“They get out of their bubble,” McFaul said. &ld...
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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:10 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest stretches of his presidency, for a nearly two-hour private history lesson from a group of academics who raised alarms about the dire condition of democracy at home and abroad.

The conversation during a ferocious lightning storm on Aug. 4 unfolded as a sort of Socratic dialogue between the commander in chief and a select group of scholars, who painted the current moment as among the most perilous in modern history for democratic governance, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private meeting.

Comparisons were made to the years before the 1860 election when Abraham Lincoln warned that a “house divided against itself cannot stand” and the lead-up to the 1940 election, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt battled rising domestic sympathy for European fascism and resistance to the United States joining World War II.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996592)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:11 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

The diversion was, for Biden, part of a regular effort to use outside experts, in private White House meetings, to help him work through his approach to multiple crises facing his presidency. Former president Bill Clinton spoke with Biden in May about how to navigate inflation and the midterm elections. A group of foreign policy experts, including former Republican advisers, came to the White House in January to brief Biden before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

These meetings have come as Biden faces the isolation that is endemic to presidency, a problem that some Democrats say has been worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, which restricted visitors through much of the first year of his presidency, and by the insular quality of Biden’s inner circle, made up of staffers who have worked with him for decades.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996596)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:11 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

Biden, at these tabletop sessions, often spends hours asking questions and testing assumptions, participants say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996600)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 3:44 PM
Author: odious stubborn den

“where am i? who are these people?”

“where’s neilia? somebody go get neilia.”

“well what if i don’t calm down, jack?”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000173)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:11 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996605)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:12 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

“They get out of their bubble,” McFaul said. “I worked at the White House for three years before going to Moscow, and comparatively I think they do that in a much more strategic way than we used to do in the Obama administration. It feels that they are more engaged.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996609)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:12 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

Biden sat at the center of a dining table with the experts gathered at either end to keep the president a covid-safe six feet from the group. As some participants, including McFaul and Stavridis, appeared remotely on a screen, Biden began with brief comments and then spent about two hours asking questions.

“They really wanted outside-the-box thinking of, is there any way that this war, which will be horrible for everyone involved, can be stopped? Can we stop it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996616)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:12 PM
Author: Khaki stag film

"The conversation during a ferocious lightning storm on Aug. 4 unfolded as a sort of Socratic dialogue between the commander in chief and a select group of scholars, who painted the current moment as among the most perilous in modern history for democratic governance, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private meeting."

how can this possibly not be satire

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996617)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:24 PM
Author: Frisky Coldplay Fan

In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996703)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:52 AM
Author: milky adventurous sanctuary round eye



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998406)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 3:52 PM
Author: Bipolar buff half-breed step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000202)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:14 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

At a news conference in January, Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks and other outside experts. “Seeking more input, more information, more constructive criticism about what I should and shouldn’t be doing,” he told reporters.

Some meetings have been more exclusive. At a private lunch with Biden on May 2, Clinton praised his successor’s efforts to build a multinational coalition supporting Ukraine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996630)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 3:47 PM
Author: Ruby Address Idea He Suggested

What are editorial writers experts on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000184)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:43 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

There was only one scholar and it was McFaul

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996860)



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Date: August 10th, 2022 10:47 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks

Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks

Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks

Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks

Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks

Biden said a priority of his second year in office was to get more input from academia, editorial writers, think tanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44996889)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 10:36 AM
Author: Irradiated crusty brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998575)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 1:21 PM
Author: Floppy love of her life



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44999475)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 3:52 PM
Author: bronze very tactful tanning salon toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000204)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:25 AM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998297)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:27 AM
Author: haunting grizzly kitchen tattoo

"Biden furrowed his brow in a vain attempt to understand the situation before nodding off for several minutes."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998303)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:50 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy indian lodge

“Biden came out dressed like a Law School graduate holding a wand with a crown affixed to the top of it. He was presented with a scroll before standing in a block of wood (3’ x 3’). He cleared his throat as he shouted “the prancing scholar! The scholarly noble! The industrial scholar!” As each scholar entered the room upon the calls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998398)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:52 AM
Author: mischievous vigorous university nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998405)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:54 AM
Author: salmon bearded box office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998411)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 9:56 AM
Author: mischievous vigorous university nowag

President Sweet Treat nibbled from a bountiful buffet of scholarly delights.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998421)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 10:45 AM
Author: Frisky Coldplay Fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998609)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 1:27 PM
Author: histrionic garrison police squad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44999505)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 10:34 AM
Author: Big Rigpig Famous Landscape Painting

Well, they’re right. They’re probably wrong about who the “good guys” and “bad guys” are, but they’re right that the US might fall apart and soon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44998566)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 12:58 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

Theory: Ukraine was not discussed on this call. The call was on August 4, the warrant went out on August 5. They are calling McFaul a "historian" because he has an appointment at Brookings. He qualifies as an academic, an op-ed writer, and a think tank. No other names are mentioned but he is mentioned twice. He's an old Russia hand who thought he could borrow a page from from FSB. He's done it a billion times and got away with it so why wouldn't it work this time? He's probably compromised up the ass too after being Obama's top Russia spy at a time when Russia was running train on social media and even traditional US media. This failed piece of shit told Biden to do it and Sullivan didn't push back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44999342)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 1:30 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

You know if they really thought democracy was teetering because of Ukraine they would send in troops to save Ukraine. Instead they are sending amberlamps. They talk a big game and throw weak punches.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44999524)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 1:03 PM
Author: Dark Sexy Personal Credit Line Mexican

Biden defers to the academic experts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44999369)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 1:21 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy

https://i.imgur.com/UoSO5KI.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#44999471)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 4:09 PM
Author: Dashing Smoky Digit Ratio

Biden sat at the center of a dining table with the experts gathered at either end to keep the president a covid-safe six feet from the group.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000279)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 4:18 PM
Author: blue legend

May we see a lost of the other world alerting events these fine scholars have previously predicted in advance? Thank.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000306)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 4:42 PM
Author: Self-absorbed anal quadroon

lol @ "are most esteemed academics" giving msnbc-tier counsel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000454)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 4:46 PM
Author: bronze very tactful tanning salon toaster

They are just telling him about historic oppression of blacks and woken while he naps

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000469)



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Date: August 11th, 2022 4:46 PM
Author: mischievous vigorous university nowag

modest proposal here but what if we just send all "intellectuals" to the gulag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5171231&forum_id=2Reputation#45000473)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 8:04 PM
Author: Provocative carnelian lay really tough guy



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