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"The theme of the day was the palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship as Republicans, administration officials, and administration-adjacent people distanced themselves from the president.

"There was a foreshadowing of that exodus on Wednesday, when Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) let loose about the president in a telephone call with constituents. Sasse was an early critic of Trump but toned down his opposition significantly in the early part of the administration. On Wednesday, he reverted to his earlier position, saying he had “never been on the Trump train.” He complained about the way Trump “kisses dictators’ butts,” and went on: "The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor…. [He] mocks evangelicals behind closed doors...has treated the presidency like a business opportunity" and has "flirted with white supremacists." He said: “What the heck were any of us thinking, that selling a TV-obsessed, narcissistic individual to the American people was a good idea?"

Each newsletter includes links supporting every citation. Not surprising, since she's a professor of history at Boston College. She previously taught at MIT and the University of Massachusetts. Here are the footnotes from today's edition of her newsletter:

Notes:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2020-10-14/william-barr-department-of-justice-doj

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/politics/donald-trump-bill-barr-attorney-general/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/politics/regulatory-rush-federal-agencies-trump.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/10/16/biden-trump-townhall-ratings/

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