The Coup Continues /2
In 1934,a colossal claim reached the American news media: There’d been a plot to overthrow Pres Franklin D. Roosevelt, in favor of a fascist government. In the works since 1933, the claims of the conspiracy came from a very conspicuous and reliable source:
The Coup Continues /3
Major General Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated war heroes of his time. Even more unbelievable were his claims of who was involved in the plot – respected names like Robert Sterling Clark, Grayson M.P. Murphy, and Prescott Bush.
The Coup Continues /4
The abandonment of the gold standard was a sticking point for high-ranking officials &bankers in the country during 1933.
..MacGuire believed the only way to save the country..was to create a military state run by former servicemen..
Sen. Prescott Bush
The Coup Continues /5
..MacGuire..believed a fascist state was the only answer for America, and that Smedley was the “ideal leader” because he “could organize one million men overnight.”
Butler appeared before the McCormack-Dickstein congressional committee..
The Coup Continues /6
Those implicated ranged from the DuPont family to Prescott Bush, grandfather of future President George W. Bush..Evidence of the validity of Butler’s testimony was not released until the 21st century..No one was ever prosecuted in connection to the plot.
The Coup Continues /7
Prescott Bush’s business dealings..continued until his comp’s assets were seized in ‘42 under the Trading w/the Enemy Act.60 yrs later a civil action..was brought in Germany vs the Bush family by 2 former slave labourers at Auschwitz. theguardian.com/world/2004/sep…
The Coup Continues /8
These Wall Street millionaires literally plotted to overthrow the president
When FDR messed w/their money,they began engineering a coup
It is impossible to say exactly how close the Business Plot..came to overthrowing the president.
The Coup Continues
Charles Lindbergh had as much or more charisma as Donald Trump and was the front man for “America First” until The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Watch⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Fascism Rose In America /2
Fascism is: "A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."
Fascism Rose In America /3
“Once the American corporate barons own the institutions that are meant to regulate them, it’s game-over for both rational capitalism (including competition) and for democracy.”
Progressives are aware that passage of The $3.5T Human Infrastructure Bill is essential to success of Biden’s Presidency, to keeping control of The House in ‘22, to survival of the planet by fighting the Climate Crisis.
“Moderates” are also aware.
On Saving Democracy 2/6
Progressives are fighting to achieve Biden’s goals.
They call upon “moderates”to keep their word &pass the $3,5T bill together w/the Infrastructure bill.
Moderates are determined to destroy Biden’s plan. They’re a bunch of liars who don’t keep their word.
On Saving Democracy 3/6
Manchin and Sinema both voted FOR the $3.5T budget. Now they renege on reconciliation of the same budget.
Gov Bevin—
“it is a very dangerous precedent to pretend that your history is not your history..It doesn’t mean you agree w/it or even like it. But to pretend it does not exist..&the ability to learn from (it) is a very dangerous proposition.”
Understanding McConnell /3
..Confederate statues..are certainly symbols: they are symbols of an insurrection to overthrow our gov’t, led by men who were traitors &they are symbols of 200-plus years of hate, racism,murder,segregation,disenfranchisement &discriminatory laws..
Slave Owners received compensation for emancipation, not former slaves./1
The fed gov’t compensated the “owners” of enslaved people for their “loss of property.” The Ppl who were freed were not compensated, nor given assistance for transition to freedom.
A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. News of the confrontation spread and a massacre ensued, leaving more than 100 (estimates up to 800) African Americans dead…
Elaine Massacre 1919 /2
67 AfAms ndicted for inciting violence, and 12 Black sharecroppers (the Elaine 12) sentenced to death.
Not only were African Americans massacred, they were also blamed for the event and charged with murder.
cities.
Elaine Massacre defendants
Elaine Massacre 1919 /3
The Elaine Massacre occurred at the end of Red Summer of 1919 — a series of brutal attacks on African Americans in more than three dozen cities including Chicago, Washington, D.C., Norfolk, Knoxville, and more cities.
The brutal massacre of 1921 and Black Wall Street was just one of many. Race massacres were commonplace and are blatantly (and purposefully) ignored in history books.
Here are five race massacres you should be aware of.
Not Just Tulsa /3
COLFAX, LOUISIANA, MASSACRE (1873)
Approximately 150 Black men were murdered by white men w/guns &cannons for trying to freely assemble at a courthouse.
Sadly, the exact number of deaths is unknown because many Black bodies were thrown into the Red River.