"In a normal world, the “Eastman memo” would be infamous by now, the way “Access Hollywood” became the popular shorthand in 2016 for the damning recording of Donald Trump’s bragging about groping women."
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo
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~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo
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"But it’s a good bet that most people have never even heard of the #EastmanMemo.
That says something troubling about how blasé the mainstream press has become about the attempted coup in the aftermath of the 2020 election — and how easily a coup could succeed next time."
That says something troubling about how blasé the mainstream press has become about the attempted coup in the aftermath of the 2020 election — and how easily a coup could succeed next time."
"In other words, how to run a coup in six easy steps.
Pretty huge stuff, right? You’d think so, but the mainstream press has largely looked the other way."
#EastmanMemo
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Pretty huge stuff, right? You’d think so, but the mainstream press has largely looked the other way."
#EastmanMemo
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"Why wasn’t the Eastman memo treated as what it is:
a flashing red alert, signaling that Trump’s allies were (and almost certainly still are) plotting the end of free and fair elections in America?"
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo
#DemocracyInDanger
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a flashing red alert, signaling that Trump’s allies were (and almost certainly still are) plotting the end of free and fair elections in America?"
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo
#DemocracyInDanger
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"In numbered steps subtitled the “January 6 scenario,” it outlined how Pence, charged by the Constitution with counting electoral ballots from the 2020 election on that day, could have simply ignored results from seven states that tipped the presidency to Biden."
#EastmanMemo
#EastmanMemo
"But the news coverage wasn’t nearly widespread or prominent enough to make “the Eastman memo” a household name or to strike that legitimate fear into the hearts of citizens.
To raise that red alert."
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo
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To raise that red alert."
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo
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"And still, some dismiss Eastman’s plan as not newsworthy. “After all, it didn’t happen.”
Well, no, it didn’t.
But a riot at the Capitol did — on the same day, fueled by the same autocratic lust."
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo #Jan6
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Well, no, it didn’t.
But a riot at the Capitol did — on the same day, fueled by the same autocratic lust."
~@Sulliview
#EastmanMemo #Jan6
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"after last year’s election, John Eastman, a well-connected lawyer advising former president Donald Trump, outlined a six-point plan to overturn the outcome of the election and install Trump as America’s leader."
~@HC_Richardson
#EastmanMemo #Jan6
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~@HC_Richardson
#EastmanMemo #Jan6
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