#Nixon

(thread) How California Turned Blue Alternate title: California shows the wayCalifornia used to be Republican. We gave the nation Nixon and Reagan.Republican candidates won CA in every presidential election between
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THREAD: Trump as Aberration? Why Lewis Lukens is wrong. The view of Trump as a “mistake” or an “aberration” is mistaken. There is a great focus on the man –
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This is the culmination of a decades-long trend in the Republican party, of never-ending purges by conservative hardliners. It can be dated back several decades, to the draft Goldwater movement
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1/25 @Eddie_At_Skaro asked me to expand on how the 13th Doctor moved away from white savior tropes of previous eras. First:1. I'll mostly focus on New Who as it's been
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It's trendy to suggest that Trump's attempt at stealing the election has finished off what was left of our democracy. But after everything we've been through in the past four
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Why do we have an econ indicator such as GDP? Most assume GNP, GDP's predecessor, was invented to measure economic growth.My new paper, Institutionalism in Action, shows it was constructed
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There was a time, when the nights were for sleeping.And then came the war, a war for truth. And there would be no more sleep. The first time I slept
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Fox: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court warrants under Obama "bigger than Watergate."http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/18/sean-hannity-monologue-memo-fisa-surveillance-shows-abuse-power-bigger-watergate Fox: "Missing&qu
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1 of 40THREADWhy is Nancy Pelosi trying to incite a coup?In one week, she:1. Asked Gen. Milley to remove Trump as commander-in-chief;2. Gave VP Pence 24 hours to oust Trump
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Thread: Debunking Dylan's Video(Aka Educating liberals)(1) I want to clear some things up about Dylan's video. A lot of things in his video don't line up (at all).I don't support
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So I’ve been wanting to do this thread for a while and as usual, I’m hoping people who know more than me, academics especially, chime in. The question: when did
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Mega thread on the history behind @TheAmandaGorman's glorious reading today at Biden's inaugural, bc of some confusion I've seen online about it. Gorman is the 6th Inaugural Poet in US
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One year ago today, I was on the floor of the House of Representatives, staffing Members for the vote on #HR4—then called the "Voting Rights Advancement Act," since re-named the
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Trump exists as a grotesque, a caricature of a president, because of network television. Media networks created and promoted him.If we don’t start concerning ourselves with who owns what and
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Contrary to the widespread belief, Chandrayaan 1 and its impactor Moon Impact Probe was NOT the first mission to carry Indian flag to the lunar surface.For it had already flown
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1/Since Trump's demand for his Wall is in the headlines, I thought it would be a good time for a thread about a history book I just read:"Dividing Lines: The
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