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(Thread) We Can All Be Social EngineersA thread for Juneteenth.Information from Book 6 in my Making of America seriesThurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore in 1908. His interest in law, and

(Thread)What about all those judges Trump appointed?A little history puts Trump judges in perspective.(In a separate thread, I’ll chart the way forward)Through most of U.S. history, courts have been right

This is too tempting. Here I go. "Law and order" says the guy who won't show anyone his taxes."Law and order" says the guy whose "charity" was a shell company

Professor @HC_Richardson puts out an excellent newsletter summarizing the day's news from the perspective of a political historian. She said this last nightThere are peaceful protesters and there are chaos

Read this threadWe saw this in photos. The violence isn't coming from the people mourning George Floyd's murder.It's coming from white nationalists hoping to turn the U.S. into a battle

(Thread) Get the Fighters FightingTrump’s Executive Order is more of the same: Fire up the base. Get the fighters fighting. Flex his muscles. Show he's "tough."Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily’s

(Thread) The Spirit of Liberty Walker asksSpoiler: A surprising number of people prefer a “strongman” to rule-of-law democracy.Let's start with a definition of democracy.I like Lincoln's: “A majority held in

(Thread) What’s up with all Trump's lawbreaking?Spoiler: When you understand how the Trump family became wealthy, the meaning of MAGA becomes clear.I’ll explain. Sources in links and(well researched books)Friedrich, DJT’s

This wins first place in the silly lawsuit contest. https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1264707779471818757 I'm reading it now. It's here: https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_Complaint_1590362477.pdfThere is no mer

(Thread) The Trump-GOP Corruption [email protected] has a few legal questionsI’ll answer them. For me, though, the real questions are why Trump is trying to cause so much trouble and what

(Thread) GOP Death Cult (Part III)Part I is here: https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1262448831137865728Part II is here: https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1262889242923020289We come now to the part when the Leader decides peo

The GOP Death Cult (Part II)Part I is hereWhere we left off: The hierarchical leaders who want the freedom to lie and steal and cheat have a problem: Persuading people