#Backsliders
Cowboy Boots
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September 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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THE BACKSLIDERS

'Last Train'
Last Train
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September 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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THE BACKSLIDERS

'Hey Sheriff'
Hey Sheriff
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April 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Day 16 - Historical figure

“Abe Lincoln” by The Backsliders

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Abe Lincoln
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September 18, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"the city has fallen, and i am still alive" but instead of the turks overrunning constantinople, it's all of us, and it's the democratic backsliders ransacking the republic
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
All backsliders must face life in prison.
August 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Might be a political hard sell but I wouldn't mind changing it into the Union of Democratic States. Change the constitution while at it so that authoritarian backsliders can be ejected easily
April 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
The US has a longer and more robust democratic tradition than other 21st century democratic backsliders. Institutionally and culturally, harder for would-be authoritarians to overcome.

Orban, Erdogan, Modi, Chavez/Maduro, etc. had it easier. Less to defeat than Trump. And many were more competent.
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Day 27 - About a historic event or person

“Abe Lincoln” by The Backsliders

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Abe Lincoln
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July 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's hard to see because the backsliders' ideologies of state and society are a mess, often self-contradictory and superficial. But, at root, they simply do not agree that the law is a mechanism to establish common rights and obligations for all citizens under representative government 2/x
December 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The Bulgarian govt has resigned after massive anti-govt protests. The situation is more complex than "civil society brings down a backsliding government". This is the 3rd time a GERB govt resigns after protests; they're not afraid of losing elections; they're not authoritarian backsliders, but...
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How dare they go against God’s will! If they needed more testosterone He would have given it to them! Heathens! Backsliders! 😼
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Voting in free, fair, and open elections is not merely your right, nor even your patriotic duty - though, it is both of these things - but, in a world of authoritarian strongmen, dictators, and democratic backsliders, voting is an act of resistance…🇬🇧
May 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Hungary and Israel are among the democratic backsliders that have parliamentary systems. America's version of it has some distinctly American elements, but the phenomenon is widespread, with versions occurring in numerous countries, of various political systems.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sorry but why do we owe these people another generation of absolute failure? We’re moving from our baseline police state into total edgelord control faster than any other backsliders to do ever do it and they can’t even point to anywhere on the scoreboard that they tried legitimately to stop it
Carville wants to secede and form the Confederate Consultants of America.
June 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Brussels pushes to block budget payouts to EU's democratic backsliders

Countries like Viktor Orbán's Hungary face losing out on billions of euros under European Commission plans to be unveiled on Wednesday.

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Brussels pushes to block budget payouts to EU’s democratic backsliders
Countries like Viktor Orbán’s Hungary face losing out on billions of euros under European Commission plans to be unveiled on Wednesday.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Now, if the backsliders start legitimately offering something to professionals, that's when I start panicking lol
May 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Comparativists like me need to read more social theory. What sorts of political forces ARE these? The value of elections and laws is derived from some theory of the state and society. The backsliders' theories aren't liberal democratic ones -- but what they represent is the open question 4/4
December 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
backsliders and half steppers together forever
August 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The world's two biggest backsliders on democracy—Russia and Hungary—furnish models for Trump.
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
1 pt Nazis
1 pt KKK
1 pt democratic backsliders (Orban or Modi brand preferred, but Maduro or Erdogan will do)
2 pts reality TV
Pinch of Roy Cohn
Dash of Jeffrey Epstein
Filter through social media
Garnish with Peter Thiel
Serve
November 11, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Why democracy is under assault across the globe by the leaders entrusted to preserve it.

The Backsliders by Susan C. Stokes publishes September 9. Learn more and preorder your copy: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I've had so many requests for Backsliders merchandise over the last few days, that I finally gave in. They might not be the top team in the league, but they're number 2 and they're going to be damn hard to eliminate. electjackkimble.threadless.com
August 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM