#Reagan

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ZeeNTheCity

Do I really want to watch a documentary about crack after cursing out a patient yesterday for selling their phone for a rock. “Nurse Z you mad at me?”(He’s one

Steve Kornacki

SteveKornacki

I'm going to post some old clips here of news coverage from the final hours of recent presidencies.... 1/19/81: Jimmy Carter works through the night seeking the release of the

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roenmaurice

We should start nicknaming US presidents after Yugioh cards.here's a thread. 45 44 - Barack Obama 43 - George W. Bush 42 - Bill Clinton 41 - George H. W.

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alt_localgov

Tonight I’m reading that as Trump tries to light the constitution on fire, and his minions brought napalm to actually light the Capitol on fire, @MaricopaGOP and @AZGOP want to

ChuckModi

ChuckModi1

Joe Biden has praised segregationists & James Eastlands for 40 yrs. But it’s MUCH worse. Joe & Strom Thurmond are co-authors of mass incarceration & Crime/Drug Bills in 82/84/86/88. Joe’s

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TheSydneyA

Reagan Republicans destroyed Unions because Black people started joining them. Reagan Republicans destroyed American industrial industries because Black Americans found jobs in factories after WWII Reagan Republicans gutted social safety

Lawrence H. Summers

LHSummers

I retold the story of Reagan and Gorbachev and their private walk around Lake Geneva in 1985. As the story is told, Reagan asks Gorbachev if he would come to

Jared Rabel

JradRabel

THREAD: Was able to read the article and I thought I’d respond a bit. This article discusses both Reaganism, what the right should look like ideologically, and offers critiques on

Russell

RussellSieg

Great timing with the John Birch Society retrospective by historian Matthew Dallek in the post-Trump era!https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/29/gop-john-birch-society-trump/ Limbaugh shares a heritage with RW media stars Dan Smoo

foone

Foone

fun fact: the 25th amendment has two sections which allow the vice president to take over from the current president: section 3 and section 4.They've only been invoked three times,

Sunanda Vashisht

sunandavashisht

Now that I have had my moments of Schadenfreude followed by sadness at the events that unfolded in Capitol Hill, it is time for some serious reflection. Everyone saw the

Atima Omara

atima_omara

There are some critical inflection points in the GOP that led to today but they def been like this going back to the 1980s, they just never said the quiet

Lawrence H. Summers

LHSummers

I spoke via Zoom last night at the Beijing Forum 2020: COVID-19 Shock to Global Health and Development. I retold the story of Reagan and Gorbachev and their private walk

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyNow

#TodayInHistory Jimmy Carter signs a directive authorizing CIA to spend just over 500,000, on aid to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Titled Operation Cyclone, this act would eventually lead to the

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

THREAD: There is a persistent historical myth that needs to be corrected. It's important.Contrary to popular myth online, Ronald Reagan did not launch his 1980 campaign at the Neshoba County

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

Trump continually boasts about having "built the greatest economy ever" before the pandemic.But even before COVID, when the market was at an all-time high, the gains in the Dow seen

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