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Jul 29 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Miami Beach, March 1939: #Cushman
City of Miami skyline, 1939:
Georgetown DC, 28th Street NW, photographed 1940 by Cushman:
Chicago, 1941: #Cushman
Boston, Massachusetts State House, fall 1941: #Cushman:
Chicago skyline, 1941: #Cushman
Chicago's airport, 1941, now called Midway: #Cushman
Circus and its elephants come to 1941 Chicago: #Cushman
San Francisco, 1952, photographed by Cushman:

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Jul 29
While Alito, as a Princeton undergrad, was earnestly pursuing his future seat on Supreme Court (see 1972 Nassau Herald below), what did his teachers tell him about separation of church and state in America?
To this day Alito is still clearly "thinking great and ineffable thoughts."
"Ineffable" is defined by Oxford as "too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words."
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Jul 29
History shows that some past Supreme Court Justices have had Presidential ambitions.
Among modern historical examples of Supreme Court Justices who have shown Presidential ambition are Hughes (Republican Presidential nominee, 1916), Douglas, Byrnes, Goldberg and Burger. Truman offered in 1952 to support Chief Justice Vinson, who declined because of bad health.
Historically it was always a bad idea for a Justice to even fleetingly think of running for President from the Supreme Court. Today that is more true than ever.
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Jul 29
Yet another astounding “coincidence”:
“Text messages for former President Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are missing for a key period leading up to the Jan. 6 attack,” reports @washingtonpost tonight.
Pity those top Trump officials for that lamentable trouble they have, with all those official secret documents of theirs from early January 2021 disappearing. Some people just have the worst luck!
Fine, devoted public servants who just can’t seem to catch a break.
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Jul 28
Always love to see video of a speech by a Supreme Court Justice who is so obviously modest, kindly and compassionate.
He is clearly carrying his power on the new SCOTUS majority with such attractive grace and self-restraint—just emanates the spirit of democracy.
Are we next required to bow in his presence?
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Jul 28
Remember that historically third parties sometimes have the effect of tipping a close election to an existing party's nominee who is the opposite of what the third party stands for.
Who might have won the 2000 Bush v. Gore Presidential election had Ralph Nader not gone third party?
Possible that if a third party catering to “centrists” decides to run a Presidential candidate in 2024, they could split anti-authoritarian voters and ensure the election of an autocratic President. Careful, folks.
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Jul 27
We now have over twelve thousand Twitter replies suggesting a better title for Pence's forthcoming memoir. Many of these are quite funny. Additional replies welcome.
Several people have asked whether his book will be published with a spine.
Not sure that anyone has asked whether Pence's book jacket will look like the Beatles' "White Album."
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