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KEY #20: Just for that, you're not my friend anymore
Just for that, you’re not my friend anymore Suppose you're Steve Bannon. (Or, if you are Steve Bannon, just relive the memory with the rest of us.) Life…
KEY #19: If everyone's a star-belly sneetch, then no one's a star-belly sneetch
If everyone's a star-belly sneetch, then no one's a star-belly sneetch We've been talking about tribalism. Let's look at some of the ways that scholars…
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KEY #18: Liz Cheney is not the only Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney is not the only Liz Cheney On Friday we talked about how to move Republicans — it's with messages from other Republicans. This fits with our…
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KEY #17: It's coming from inside the house
If you’re enjoying The Key, please share it with friends. If you aren’t already a subscriber, go ahead and subscribe for free! It's coming from inside…
KEY EXTRA: My machine, she's a dud, out stuck in the mud
You get Jersey Points if you got the reference in the headline. "My machine, she's a dud, out stuck in the mud, somewhere in the swamps of Jersey." …
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KEY #2: What does the Democrats’ hat say?
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KEY #3: Love isn't rational
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KEY #1: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Swarthmore
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KEY #12: Today's the day we talk about The Key
KEY #16: Tribalism works against us ... but can it work for us?
If you’re enjoying The Key, please share it with others in the political world or with your best political-junkie friends. If you aren’t already a…
KEY #15: Yes, we clan!
If you’re enjoying The Key, please share it with others in the political world or with your best political-junkie friends. If you aren’t already a…
KEY #14: That time we got it wrong
What's wrong with this family? On Wednesday we talked about The Key: the idea that people can change their minds if they feel they haven't changed their…
KEY #13: If you steal one idea from me this year, let it be ...
On Wednesday we talked about The Key: the idea that people can change their minds — if they feel they haven't changed their identity while doing it…
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KEY #12: Today's the day we talk about The Key
This newsletter originated in research I did for a neuroscience class, on the question: How do people change their minds? And this week we've talked…
KEY #11: The first rule of debate club is . . .
"Individuals who receive unwelcome information may not simply resist challenges to their views. Instead, they may come to support their original opinion…
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KEY #10: Maybe there's hope for people
The last few newsletters were very discouraging! We talked about two of the (many) ways that people defend their brains against information that might…
KEY #9: Lalalalalalalala, I'm not listening!
I started thinking about this newsletter in 2013, when I was taking a class in cognitive neuroscience and I started reading the research on a very…
KEY #8: How your head keeps from exploding
Let's say you're a caveman or cavewoman. It's a very good day — you are an expert spear-thrower, and you throw your spear and your aim is true and you…
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Democrats need to figure out some stuff before the next friggin nightmare comes to pass. The Key is about rethinking what politics is and doing politics differently.

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