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His corrosive effect on norms of ethics, language and, for that matter, conservatism, has been amplified by the eager acquiescence of the Republican Party in the process.

Maintaining direct access is important but it does not guarantee acquiescence when trying to persuade a president whose project is to put America First.

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The harm from Carr’s threat and the network’s acquiescence is enormous.

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But he also took the unusual step of criticizing a ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, to which he nominally reports, for its dangerous acquiescence in the president’s authoritarian agenda.

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The most disturbing thing about it is the silence, the acquiescence, the normalization.

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