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1/6 President Trump has chosen to relaunch his re-election campaign at a time and place that are heavy with racial symbolism – much like Ronald Reagan did in 1980.
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2/6 Reagan began his campaign with a speech on “state’s rights” outside Philadelphia, MS. It was there, in 1964, that three men registering black voters were murdered by white supremacists. 41 years later, a former KKK member was convicted of manslaughter in the case. Image
3/6 Amid tensions over the killings of black men, Trump plans a rally June 19 in Tulsa, OK where, in 1921, there were days of riots as white mobs attacked black citizens, burning their businesses and churches. Image
4/6 It’s estimated that between 100 and 300 black people were killed over two days. The incident was not fully investigated until 2001. #TulsaMassacre Image
5/6 The date of the upcoming Trump rally, June 19, is also laden with history. It is known as #Juneteenth, a celebration of the freeing of the last of the slaves in the 1860s.
6/6 Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked by NBC News what Juneteenth meant to the president, and whether it was an appropriate date for a rally. She responded that the African American community was "near and dear" to Trump's heart. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

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1/ As pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol Wednesday, Senate staffers carried the electoral ballots to safety. It’s not the first time an item of historical significance has been rescued.
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1/8 How is it that the highest office in the land - the US presidency - is one where the person who gets the most votes can still lose the election? 50 years ago, Congress came close to changing that. Why did the effort fail?
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2/8 Twice in the last 20 years (2016 Trump, 2000 Bush), and 3 other times, presidents took office by winning enough electoral college votes (270 or more) but losing the popular vote. This arcane, some say undemocratic, system dates back to the nation’s founding.
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In October 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked which #SupremeCourt cases during her tenure had done the most harm. She cited three. #SCOTUS
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First was Shelby County v. Holder.

In 2013, #RBG issued a blistering dissent in the case: “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
Ginsburg’s dissent referred to the protections in the 1965 Voting Rights Act which she believed were being rolled back.

Here we look at how the ruling in that case is playing out today:
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