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Apr 11, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Very grateful to @theeuropedesk for making my lecture on “The Age of Pandemics. The Threat of Infectious Disease and the Politics of Global Health in the 20th Century” at Georgetown University's @EuropaSaxa publicly available in podcast form.

#coronavirussyllabus #histmed
The less-than-stellar sound quality is entirely my fault: It was a Zoom lecture that I had to give from the closet-turned-“office” in our apartment... Still worth a listen if you’re interested in a historical perspective on pandemics from Cholera in the 19th century to #COVID19
(Oh, and the actual Zoom lecture had PowerPoint slides that you won’t be able to see in the podcast version, of course. It should still be easy enough to follow the lecture though)

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Jul 24
Kamala Harris May Force a Reckoning

Harris emerged as VP in the summer of 2020 when it seemed the country might finally deal with its defining demons. But as the reactionary counter-mobilization triumphed, she was sidelined. Until now.

My new piece (link in bio):

🧵1/ Screenshot of my latest “Democracy Americana” newsletter: “Kamala Harris May Force a Reckoning: Harris emerged as VP in the summer of 2020 when it seemed the country might finally deal with its defining demons. But as the reactionary counter-mobilization triumphed, she was sidelined. Until now.”
I wrote about the meaning of Kamala Harris in this particular moment in American history: Her story as VP reflects the post-George Floyd racial reckoning that never came as well as the racial and social retrenchment since 2020. 2/
The Right will go all in on racist and sexist attacks against the Black woman that now stands between them and a return to power. Already in 2020, the Right tried a little birtherism against Harris - unsurprising from a movement that wants to abolish birthright citizenship. 3/
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Jul 16
I got to talk to @MollyJongFast about “Project 2025.”
 
The radical Right wasn’t ready for Trump’s first presidency. In 2025, they will be.

What should people know about these plans for an authoritarian takeover of government? Some thoughts:
 
🧵1/

thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-makes-p…

Screenshot of the third part of a series about “Project 2025” for my “Democracy Americana” newsletter: “What Makes ‘Project 2025’ So Dangerous: Will the Right be able to implement these radical plans? Is Trump on board? What happened to traditional conservatism? Let’s tackle some of the key questions surrounding ‘Project 2025’”
There has been a ton of attention lately for Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-led planning operation for a more efficient, more ruthless rightwing regime - peaking in reaction to Trump pretending he doesn’t know anything about it, which is an obvious, brazen lie. 2/
Public attention is necessary: In a very real sense, these plans are on the ballot in November. However, it’s also turned “Project 2025” into a bit of a catchall term - when we should be precise about what it tells us about Trump’s role and about the Right more broadly. 3/
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Jul 10
Allies Against Democracy: Trump and Project 2025
 
Trump is not the mastermind behind Project 2025. It’s worse: The rightwing establishment has radicalized to the point where their plans are entirely in line with his vengeful desires.

My new piece (link in bio):

🧵1/ Screenshot of my latest “Democracy Americana” newsletter: “Allies Against Democracy: Trump and Project 2025 - Trump is not the mastermind behind Project 2025. It’s worse: The rightwing establishment has radicalized to the point where their plans are entirely in line with his vengeful desires”
I wrote about the relationship between Trump and Project 2025, between the inner circle of MAGA world on the one hand and the institutional and intellectual elites of American conservatism on the other: A radicalizing alliance against democratic pluralism. 2/
Donald Trump lied when he declared he had nothing to do with Project 2025 and knew no one involved in the operation. Not exactly shocking, I know. But there is something more interesting and revealing going on here than just habitual lying. 3/
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Jul 3
Kevin Roberts believes he’s a noble defender of “real America” against a totalitarian “woke,” “globalist” assault from without and within.

“Project 2025” is his declaration of war on multiracial pluralism.

I wrote about his extremist worldview here:
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 thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/project-2025…

Screenshot of my “Democracy Americana” newsletter: “Project 2025” Promises Revenge, Oppression, and Autocratic Rule: The Right’s plans for a return to power are driven by a radicalizing siege mentality and a desperate desire to restore dominance.
I took a deep dive into the “Promise to America” Heritage president Kevin Roberts has offered in his foreword to the "Project 2025" report: It perfectly captures the siege mentality, self-victimization, and grievance-driven lust for revenge that are fueling the Right's plans. 2/
Kevin Roberts is not a moderate imposter who pretends to be hardcore so that he can blend in with the MAGAs because that is the direction the wind is blowing. He is a reactionary Catholic and part of the Religious Right – a true believer in the reactionary political project. 3/
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Jul 2
An argument I’m trying to make here is that a second Trump term would be worse not only because the radical Right would be better prepared, but also because they would be operating under much more favorable circumstances.

With a much more extreme Supreme Court, for instance.
Back in power, the radical Right could count on a reactionary supermajority on the Supreme Court - something they didn’t have during Trump’s first term.

Today’s disastrous, truly extreme immunity ruling should be an urgent reminder of what an absolute game-changer that is.
Additionally, this would not be the same Right that came to power in 2017. That starts with Trump himself. The idea that he has always been the same, just Trump being Trump, is massively misleading and obscures the rather drastic radicalization of the Right’s undisputed leader.
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Jun 26
ICYMI – I got to discuss “Project 2025” with @chrislhayes:
 
The radical Right wasn’t ready for Trump’s first presidency. In 2025, they will be.

What should people know about these radical plans for an authoritarian takeover of government?
 
🧵1/

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I wrote a three-part series about the worldview of the people behind “Project 2025,” the policy agenda and detailed plans it has produced, and what all this tells us about the radicalization of the American right.

Some key takeaways: 2/

thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-project…
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It is difficult to convey how much establishment conservatism has been taken over by anti-democratic extremism.
 
“Project 2025” is actually helpful in that sense: Rightwing leaders are maximally clear about the reactionary vision they want to impose on the country. 3/
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