What Happens When a Megalomaniac Begins to Fail

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“Authoritarians… overestimate their own abilities,” Ben-Ghiat says. “They start to believe their own propaganda.”

This week’s reading:

“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country,” by Susan B.glasser

“Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress,” by Ruth Marcus

“Is There a Remedy for Presidential Profiteering?,” by David D. Kirkpatrick

“What Does Xi Jinping want?” by Isaac Chotiner

“Bad Bunny’s All-American Super Bowl Halftime Show,” by Kelefa Sanneh

“Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites,” by john Cassidy

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