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Four more.
Eh, four more.
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8 Apr
Kevin Williamson has responded to the criticism of his "we need *less* democracy" column yesterday, and I'm flattered to have made the #1 spot.

The link just goes to my account generally, which lets his distorted "summary" stand on its own, but ... #1!

nationalreview.com/corner/fewer-v…
He won't provide the actual link for some reason, but I believe this tweet yesterday is what he's referring to.

Now, if you (unlike Williamson) actually read that thread, you'd see it wasn't about one article, but a good number of NR pieces.

Williamson denied that segregationists & the architects of modern conservatism made common cause in the 50s & 60s, so I used NR to show how they did.
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24 Mar
This thread doesn't just show that the filibuster does, in fact, have a considerable "racial history" but that the argument of its defenders -- that it somehow promotes compromise -- is completely wrong.
When Southern Democrats filibustered anti-lynching bills in the 1930s, they walked away with a total victory. The bills never became law, and no compromise measures were passed.

The filibusterers won everything they wanted. Their opponents got nothing.
When Southern senators filibustered civil rights bills in the 1960s, they walked away in complete defeat.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn't watered down as a result of their defiance; indeed, it was strengthened.

Liberals got everything they wanted. The filibusterers lost.
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Kevin M. Kruse Profile picture
23 Mar
Filibuster against civil rights bill, 1874

Filibuster against civil rights bill, 1875

Filibuster against a pension for a black official, 1906

Filibuster against confirmation of a black official, 1909 ImageImageImageImage
Filibuster against anti-lynching bill, 1921

Filibuster against anti-lynching bill, 1922

Filibuster against anti-lynching bill, 1925

Filibuster against monument to black WWI veterans, 1926 ImageImageImageImage
Filibuster against anti-lynching bill, 1935

Filibuster against anti-lynching bill, 1938

Filibuster against bill targeting racial discrimination in employment, 1945

Filibuster against Truman's civil rights proposals, 1948 ImageImageImageImage
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25 Feb
1-0! #USWNT
2-0! #USWNT
God, I love Carli Lloyd’s play
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16 Feb
Wait, L. Brent Bozell IV was part of the MAGA Mob?

Feels like there's an interesting history of the devolution of modern conservatism to be written through that family line.
"Devolution" might be too strong a word given some of the activities of the earlier L. Brent Bozells, but then again, none of them were ever indicted for insurrection so ...
And here it is.
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13 Feb
So the Trump camp's argument now is that they'll get the upper hand by calling Muriel Bowser and Nancy Pelosi? What?
First of all, to call any particular witness, I believe they'd need to get 51 votes -- which would mean peeling away a Democrat.

Possible, I guess, but ... then what?
If the point is to show that Bowser or Pelosi didn't do enough to prep for the riot ahead of time -- that's some bizarre blame-shifting, like faulting a homeowner for not having deadbolts after they suffered a home invasion.
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