#Goldwater

Stephen Robinson

Yet, Reagan was elected with 66 percent of the white vote. Either he delivered specifically for white people of all income levels or covert racial politics appealed to “Reagan Democrats.”https://twitter.com/agrenadier/status/13903371077

Navid 🧢🇺🇸

GOP's main argument against @kyrstensinema was that she's a radical socialist who pretends to be a moderate. This could work if this was Sinema's first race. But it disgusted AZ

When we remember this important piece of legislation, it's also important to note that, to a significant extent, modern American conservatism drew much of its energy from the *backlash against*

Stephen Schwartz

LBJ’s controversial “Daisy” ad—implying his (unnamed) Republican opponent Sen. Barry Goldwater would start a nuclear war—first aired 56 years ago tonight on NBC. Although broadcast only once as a paid

The John Birch Society, which pioneered the “we’re a republic not a democracy” meme that Mike Lee echoed yesterday, hated Chief Justice Earl Warren with a burning passion because of

William Sturkey

william_sturkey

1/ Thread on black voters and GOP: The GOP narrative about black voters is that we’re stuck on the DNC “plantation,” but black voters are actually rational actors who vote

Cara Zelaya #CancelStudentDebt

While I've got the Vice President here, let's have a little history lesson about the dog-whistle that is the phrase "law and order." When people in positions of power spout

1/ Researchers:Help get background information on all names in these, please. I believe this is a #JohnBirchSociety or #CNP non-profit organization. Looks like they're getting a new #Kremlin member, #MichaelFlynn#Reagan

This is a book by Republicans who bemoaned the right wing takeover of the party. It was written in 1965. A substantial portion of today's Never Trump conservatives were not

First of all, yes, the Democratic Party *was* the party of slavery and segregation for most of the 19th century and the early 20th century. And yes, the Republican Party

Stuart Schrader

I appreciated this @schwartzapfel article on the history of the term "law and order," drawing on the insights of several colleagues. No question: the term is racist & Trump uses

Oh, man, @kilmeade is *so* close to getting it. I'll see if I can help him understand why "that narrative flipped" in the 1960s.https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1144569693044391942 First of all, yes, the Democratic

Fascinating & surprisingly resonant episode of Firing Line from 1966. The topic is extremism, & Buckley is interviewing the head of the ADL, an organization WFB says engages in defamation

Ray Hawkins🌊🏳️‍🌈

Trump & supporters are not conservatives in the traditional sense that Taft, Hoover, Goldwater, Nixon, were. They are better called Regressives. The America of their MAGA slogan is the America

David Carlson II 😉😟

OfficialDavidNC

It's actually pretty easy to explain. When the Midwest was establishment it was the hub of finance, production, organized crime, it had it all. The Midwest was established in every

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

The public has been deceived! I truly believe that, had Jeffrey Lieberman and the APA not intervened, we would have had a serious chance at the 25th Amendment in early