#Lincoln

Jennifer Gumbel

jgumbel

Part of what I studied in undergrad was comparative politics and developing democracies. And we're stuck with two parties. True multi-party systems are not winner take all. The political leader

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

I don't think any politician in American history tried so hard to thread so many needles as Stephen Douglas. He really was THE dominant political player in the 1850s and

Chuck Keeney

CBelmontKeeney

Few places in the US know rigged elections like West Virginia. In company towns during the industrial period , mine guards often filled out ballots for miners and their families,

Chaim Redmann

The_Bear_Jew18

Progressive Left defends Louis Farrakhan.Alt-Right Nazis do the same in 2020 America.Both groups are now working overtime to divide American Black & Jewish communities.Don't believe it?Ask yr favorite *Antizionist, not

Steve Bullard

stevebullard

Sleeping on it. Thoughts on OU’s 6th straight Big 12 Championship and 77th win over ISU. 1. Tre Brown. He’s drawn some criticism from yours truly, but man, he steps

Derek Montgomery

MontgomeryDerek

Four years of Trumpism. We reckoned it would be bad and then for a moment in Jan 2017 we hoped it wouldn't be. But it was worse than we ever

Jake Wynn

JayQuinn1993

A thread on a sad moment of historical parallel.In a photograph captured this morning, National Guard soldiers are seen sleeping on and around a bust of President Abraham Lincoln inside

Philosopher Kin vs Big Brother

rogerahicks

United we Stand. Divided we Fall.There is no truer truism than this.The UK is not Kingdom, but a mercenary #PatronState deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself,

Maddy

abhakhazia

I always think it's an interesting thought experiment to tie a historical date to the present one and examine history through that lens, because periodization can often blind us to

Angry Staff Officer

pptsapper

Damn, Phillip Schuyler was the MASTER at politely but completely undercutting peopleNamely, Ira Allen, Ethan's brother, who was trying to set Vermont up as its own thing Philip Schuyler, who

Kaz Weida

kazweida

This #SundayMorning we're asking ourselves...coup or no coup?That is the question.The next 30 days loom before us.Will Trump's attempts to install himself as a dictator succeed?(THREAD)https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

You'll probably fail if you simply fight for the Democratic Party in the South. But if you fight for democracy in the South, which is what @staceyabrams did, you'll change

Satanic Doki Doki Panic

chaitofu

while i am still waiting on SSI reform/the death of the state as we know it, this is gonna save so many people and i'm desperately afraid the legislature will

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

Trump voters are no more evil than Biden voters are noble. They are normal humans, with good and bad traits, exercising their right to vote for their preferred vision of

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the

Bill Connelly

ESPN_BillC

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