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Jul 3 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
LBJ’s “King of Barbecue,” Walter Jetton, at work on LBJ Ranch, 1963: #LBJL
Ad for himself by LBJ’s Barbecue King, Walter Jetton:
Lady Bird Johnson’s recipe for barbecue sauce:
After their 1964 landslide, LBJ turned his new VP, Hubert Humphrey, into his Mini-Me at the LBJ Ranch barbecue pit:

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LBJ signed monumental Civil Rights Act, today 1964:
In East Room, LBJ signs Civil Rights Act in presence of RFK and MLK, today 1964:
As LBJ was the first to say, Civil Rights Act, signed today 1964, would have been almost impossible to pass in Senate in the absence of his partnership with Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois [to left of Johnson]:
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Here's the extremely diverse group chosen by Nixon for the July 4, 1970 "Honor America Day" he staged at Lincoln Memorial. (Sound like any other deposed President you can think of?)
Here are some attendees at Nixon's "Honor America Day" at Lincoln Memorial, July 4, 1970.
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Jun 29
Has been reported that when ex-President gets upset, someone has to calm him down by playing him show tunes.
Would any of you like to suggest a particular show tune to play for him?
If you think ex-President should be played a show tune that will alarm and disturb him, it is certainly your right and duty to suggest which one.
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Jun 28
Surprise witness is said to be ready for her closeup.
Fortunately no sign that the surprise witness has a brother from Italy being brought to the hearing:
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Jun 27
Nixon and Brezhnev flying to California on “Spirit of ‘76” (Air Force One) with John Connally (Nixon’s private choice as his 1976 Presidential successor) and Soviet interpreter Viktor Sukhodrev, this week 1973:
Near Nixon’s California house, Brezhnev gives bearhug to one of his favorite Western actors, Chuck Connors, June 1973:
Connors’ “The Rifleman” was said to be Brezhnev’s favorite TV show, and Connors gave him a pair of revolvers, to Brezhnev’s delight:
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Jun 25
Supreme Court issued infamous Dred Scott decision 1857:
Meet Chief Justice Roger Taney, who delivered vile Dred Scott decision 1857:
And here is the 1896 Supreme Court that gave you the evil decision Plessy v. Ferguson, which told you that racial segregation was constitutional and exalted the false and immoral doctrine of “separate but equal”:
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