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Anders Åslund on X: "We must not overestimate the primitiveness of Donald Trump and his trade policy. This man grew up in the corrupt New York real estate mafia world and was mentored by Roy Cohn, who was the chief lawyer of Italian mafia families in New York. Cohn taught Trum three principles:" / X
Anders Åslund on X: "We must not overestimate the primitiveness of Donald Trump and his trade policy. This man grew up in the corrupt New York real estate mafia world and was mentored by Roy Cohn, who was the chief lawyer of Italian mafia families in New York. Cohn taught Trum three principles:" / X
We must not overestimate the primitiveness of Donald Trump and his trade policy. This man grew up in the corrupt New York real estate mafia world and was mentored by Roy Cohn, who was the chief lawyer of Italian mafia families in New York. Cohn taught Trum three principles:
#threads#people/Trump#politics#govt/policy#trump-admin-actions#oral history#places/NYC#real-estate#legal#business
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Anders Åslund on X: "We must not overestimate the primitiveness of Donald Trump and his trade policy. This man grew up in the corrupt New York real estate mafia world and was mentored by Roy Cohn, who was the chief lawyer of Italian mafia families in New York. Cohn taught Trum three principles:" / X
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on X: "NEW! The Trump administration ADMITTED last night that many of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison are people with NO CRIMINAL RECORD. Stunningly, they argue that because they DON'T know much about these people, that justifies denying them due process! https://t.co/TTmYcRJYYr" / X
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on X: "NEW! The Trump administration ADMITTED last night that many of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison are people with NO CRIMINAL RECORD. Stunningly, they argue that because they DON'T know much about these people, that justifies denying them due process! https://t.co/TTmYcRJYYr" / X
#discourse/counterclaims#trump-admin-actions#people/Trump#misinfo#threads
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on X: "NEW! The Trump administration ADMITTED last night that many of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison are people with NO CRIMINAL RECORD. Stunningly, they argue that because they DON'T know much about these people, that justifies denying them due process! https://t.co/TTmYcRJYYr" / X
Isaac Saul on X: "One thing a lot of people aren’t ready for is that if this recession comes, a lot of people in the Trump camp are going to celebrate it. Job losses and the stock market, GDP, 401ks etc falling will be celebrated as a way to wash out inflation and cheap labor. Gonna be wild." / X
Isaac Saul on X: "One thing a lot of people aren’t ready for is that if this recession comes, a lot of people in the Trump camp are going to celebrate it. Job losses and the stock market, GDP, 401ks etc falling will be celebrated as a way to wash out inflation and cheap labor. Gonna be wild." / X
documentation of people in the Trump crowd framing recession as a good thing
#threads#politics#people/Trump#economy#inflation#opinion#trends
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Isaac Saul on X: "One thing a lot of people aren’t ready for is that if this recession comes, a lot of people in the Trump camp are going to celebrate it. Job losses and the stock market, GDP, 401ks etc falling will be celebrated as a way to wash out inflation and cheap labor. Gonna be wild." / X
6. In closing, Zelenskyy was set up. There was no good faith effort to support Ukraine or come to a peace agreement because Trump does not care about Ukrainians sovereignty. He care about "making a deal." Any deal he can sell to Americans that he brought peace--even if it doesn't…— Terrell Jermaine Starr (@terrelljstarr) March 1, 2025
6. In closing, Zelenskyy was set up. There was no good faith effort to support Ukraine or come to a peace agreement because Trump does not care about Ukrainians sovereignty. He care about "making a deal." Any deal he can sell to Americans that he brought peace--even if it doesn't…— Terrell Jermaine Starr (@terrelljstarr) March 1, 2025
#international#threads#diplomacy#war#people/Trump
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6. In closing, Zelenskyy was set up. There was no good faith effort to support Ukraine or come to a peace agreement because Trump does not care about Ukrainians sovereignty. He care about "making a deal." Any deal he can sell to Americans that he brought peace--even if it doesn't…— Terrell Jermaine Starr (@terrelljstarr) March 1, 2025
It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8
It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8
— Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD (@Nicole_Lee_Sch)
#threads#history#people/Trump
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It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8
I'm glad I don't have to write an endorsement piece, because I really wouldn't know how to go about it. Ever since 2015, when Trump descended the escalator, I have had the same feeling, which I've never quite seen articulated, so I will briefly try:
I'm glad I don't have to write an endorsement piece, because I really wouldn't know how to go about it. Ever since 2015, when Trump descended the escalator, I have had the same feeling, which I've never quite seen articulated, so I will briefly try:
— David Roberts (@drvolts)
#opinion#threads#rhetoric#people/Trump
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I'm glad I don't have to write an endorsement piece, because I really wouldn't know how to go about it. Ever since 2015, when Trump descended the escalator, I have had the same feeling, which I've never quite seen articulated, so I will briefly try:
1/ Alright, friends. It’s starting, and I want to get ahead of it. Four years later, can’t believe we are doing this, but… ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD, PART II
1/ Alright, friends. It’s starting, and I want to get ahead of it. Four years later, can’t believe we are doing this, but… ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD, PART II
We’ll have a lot of re-reruns from 2020 (original thread below). Send me any you see. I will investigate… — Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul)
#politics#elections#misinfo#discourse/counterclaims#threads#gop#news#people/Trump
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1/ Alright, friends. It’s starting, and I want to get ahead of it. Four years later, can’t believe we are doing this, but… ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD, PART II
(1) Isaac Saul on X: "1/ ALRIGHT Y'ALL. ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD. I’m following claims of fraud and looking into them. I think I’ve solved most now. Nothing is holding up under any scrutiny so far so I’m making a thread to track in one place. Please RT! #ElectionResults2020 #Election2020" / X
(1) Isaac Saul on X: "1/ ALRIGHT Y'ALL. ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD. I’m following claims of fraud and looking into them. I think I’ve solved most now. Nothing is holding up under any scrutiny so far so I’m making a thread to track in one place. Please RT! #ElectionResults2020 #Election2020" / X
— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul)
#threads#politics#misinfo#news#elections#discourse/counterclaims#people/Trump
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(1) Isaac Saul on X: "1/ ALRIGHT Y'ALL. ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD. I’m following claims of fraud and looking into them. I think I’ve solved most now. Nothing is holding up under any scrutiny so far so I’m making a thread to track in one place. Please RT! #ElectionResults2020 #Election2020" / X
Judd Legum on X: "5. You can legitimately believe you won the election and there are legitimate ways to press that claim forward, like filing a lawsuit. Creating a fake set of electors and then pressuring your VP to declare them valid electors is not one of your legal options." / X
Judd Legum on X: "5. You can legitimately believe you won the election and there are legitimate ways to press that claim forward, like filing a lawsuit. Creating a fake set of electors and then pressuring your VP to declare them valid electors is not one of your legal options." / X
#politics#gop#americanism#legal#threads#people/Trump
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Judd Legum on X: "5. You can legitimately believe you won the election and there are legitimate ways to press that claim forward, like filing a lawsuit. Creating a fake set of electors and then pressuring your VP to declare them valid electors is not one of your legal options." / X
William B. Fuckley on Twitter
William B. Fuckley on Twitter
those are the straightforward, common sense ends of the pro-life position if you take it at face value, but they’re also really unpopular so you’re supposed to have this entire euphemistic superstructure around it that he just ignores— William B. Fuckley (@opinonhaver) May 17, 2023
#gop#language#threads#people/Trump
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William B. Fuckley on Twitter
Mark Jacob on Twitter
Mark Jacob on Twitter
With all the arguments over whether MAGA Republicans are fascists, I reread William Shirer’s “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” to see how much the rise of Hitler and the rise of MAGA smell similar.Conclusion: They do. This thread lists 10 ways. Please take a look. pic.twitter.com/bgTLn4OLgb— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 2, 2022
#trends#politics#culture#threads#people/Trump
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Mark Jacob on Twitter