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28 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I wonder what would happen if, across the nation, people started holding signs in front of Toyota dealerships and handing out leaflets about why money spent on Toyota funds insurrections.

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This would be most effective, of course, in blue or blue-leaning areas where sales could immediately drop off.

Tax cuts from the Trump party are appealing, but without sales, tax cuts do no good.

And ⤵️
What democracy needs right now are community organizers.
I added it to my to-do list of ideas.

terikanefield.com/things-to-do/

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30 Jun
Hi, @GOPLeader

Not this again. Sigh.

Right,⤵️ but today they'd be Republicans.

I think you could use a refresher on the history of the parties. I can recommend a few books, including @HC_Richardson's To Make Men Free (I'll put the covers in the next tweet.)

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How Lincoln’s anti-slavery, strong federal government pro-industry party morphed into the party of the Proud Boys is a little complicated, but I'll break it down.

Unless otherwise indicated, all facts taken from these books ⤵️

Ready, @GOPLeader?

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During the Civil War, the Democratic Party was the pro-slavery party of the Confederacy & rural America.

In other words, these guys⤵️would have been Democrats.

Spoiler: Now they're Republicans.

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27 Jun
I finished reading NYU prof. @ruthbenghiat’s book Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present.

I’m ready with a Twitter Book report, which I combined with this week’s video.

I'll also talk about how to weaken the Trump-Fox-Republican cult.


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[Edited] transcription here: terikanefield.com/how-to-weaken-……

I’ll also do a Twitter summary.

The book is detailed and complete and there’s no way to do it justice in a Twitter thread, but (after I fill my ☕️) I'll try to hit a few main points.
Ben-Ghiat, a historian, tells the stories of an impressive list of strongmen👇 Patterns emerge.

🔹They all use their public office to enrich themselves.
🔹Most come to power with a history of lawbreaking.
🔹They act like gangsters.
🔹They encourage violence.
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25 Jun
As the future looks bleaker for the Republicans as a minority party, they will get crazier and more extreme.

It comes from panic and desperation.
One way to see the evolution of the Republican Party is that what was once the right wing fringe has now taken over the party, and moderates are leaving.

The analysis, though, can do deeper . . .
Another way to see this is what @dziblatt calls the conservative dilemma, which is this:

Conservatives tend to represent the wealth and powerful corporations, therefore the policies they advocate are not appealing to the majority of people.

So how do they win elections?
Read 10 tweets
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24 Jun
Rudy Giuliani's disbarment is an "interim suspension." Here's what that means⤵️

Elsewhere the court notes that the evidence of Guiliani's lies is "uncontroverted."
Also, just because it was interim doesn't mean Giuliani didn't have a chance to present defense and evidence.

He offered two very lame defenses which the court made short work of.

First, he said he had a First Amendment right to say everything he said.
The court said NOPE.

You wanna lie? Give up your license. Lawyers as officers of the court are governed by special rules. Don't like it? Don't be a lawyer.

He also offered the "I didn't know I was lying" defense.

Yeah, riiiiight, said the court . . .
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23 Jun
From elections law prof. @rickhasen

In March he warned that the elections law reform bill was being wrongly portrayed as the only way to save democracy.

What happened is that some people took that literally and felt genuine panic when it failed.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0… Image
Yes.

I had trouble understanding the genuine panic meltdown last night. It seemed clear to me (this is only June 2020) that the vote last night was the start of negotiations.

Not with the Republicans, but within the ranks of the Democratic Party.

The idea that a single vote on a single bill will end democracy is the problem with Twitter, or maybe social media.
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20 Jun
(Thread)

This week I analyzed McConnell’s power grab and offer democracy-saving responses.

Also why these kinds of responses play right into McConnell's hands:
🔹Gloves off!
🔹We have to fight fire with fire!

[Edited] transcription in the next tweet
1/ Edited transcript here: terikanefield.com/blunting-mccon…

Stand by for a Twitter summary.
2/ You see, McConnell and pals want to undermine democratic institutions.

They're having trouble winning national elections. Their policies are unpopular, and their demographics are shrinking. (Duh, right? They cater to white supremacists in a country growing diverse.
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