Historically speaking, this is the *precise* kind of language that led to the lynching of Black men.
Replying to @atrupar
Trump: "I'm angry about young American girls being raped and sodomized and murdered by savage criminal aliens"
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Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms)
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Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms)
@jbf1755
Award-winning historian,Yale. Early US politics/violence; A.Ham ✏️The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War
- We had an assault weapon ban for 10 years: 1994-2004. The world didn’t end. People kept their (other) guns. They bought new guns. It was hardly an attack on gun ownership. This is the least we can do.
- No, it doesn’t. You’re quoting the Declaration of Independence. #ReadTheConstitutionThe Constitution grants us rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – not abortions.
- I think that a lot of people don’t understand what it means to lose democracy.
- My friend is a doctor. She just told me via text message that tonight she witnessed the death of a husband and wife by COVID. They had hosted 30 people for Thanksgiving. Please, please be careful out there.
- Wow. Yesterday the FEC chair tried to publish their weekly journal & was blocked. She says that’s unprecedented It has a draft rule re: foreign election interference So she tweeted the ENTIRE journal. Just putting that here... @KevinMKruse @HC_Richardson H/T @PoliticusSarahReplying to @EllenLWeintraub and @FEC2/ This week, I published a “Draft Interpretive Rule Concerning Prohibited Activities Involving Foreign Nationals" on the fec.gov web site: fec.gov/documents/1796…
- He…thought he would get paid for it. There it is.Hannity: “I can’t imagine you ever saying, ‘Bring me some boxes we brought back from the White House. I’d like to look at them.’” Trump: “I would do that..I have the right to take stuff! You know they ended up paying Nixon $18 million for what he had.”Readers added contextIn response to the Nixon issue, Congress enacted the Presidential Records Act in 1978 to change legal ownership of Presidential records from the President to the United States Government, which took effect at the beginning of the Reagan administration. archives.gov/press/press-re….
- I adore this photo.Nine years ago, this kid fell asleep during an event at the White House
- A historian speaking as a citizen here: Record everything.
- When a former President, who wants to be a future president, says he wants to terminate constitutional electoral rules, and leaders in his party remain silent, or worse, continue to support him, they have shown themselves for who they are. Believe them.
- I don't have a prime minster. I'm American.Replying to @atruparSpeaking to the American Republican Jewish Coalition, Trump refers to Bibi Netanyahu as "your prime minister"
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- Retweeting this for just this reason. Haven't seen Katie Bouman's name enough today associated with the black hole photo. She created a key algorithm that enabled this to happen -- as a grad student (!) A woman of science who deserves to have her name known.Congratulations to Katie Bouman to whom we owe the first photograph of a black hole ever. Not seeing her name circulate nearly enough in the press. Amazing work. And here’s to more women in science (getting their credit and being remembered in history) 💥🔥☄️
- THERE WERE ALREADY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE ROOM. This isn't a secret Stalinist chamber. It's a BIPARTISAN committee. You're talking absolute nonsense. Blatant lies. Shame on you.This morning, I joined dozens of my colleagues to storm Adam Schiff’s secret, Soviet-style, Stalinist chamber to demand truth, transparency, and due process. We may have received threats for attempting to hear from today’s witness, but we are more resolved than ever to fight.
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