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Michael Beschloss Profile picture
@BeschlossDC
Aug 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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President Nixon enjoys sudden, unscheduled hug from Sammy Davis, Jr., at "Young Voters for the President" rally, Marine Stadium, Miami, fifty years ago tonight:
Sammy's public hug obviously has not been cleared in advance with Nixon chief of staff Bob Haldeman.
Sammy had also suddenly kissed Archie Bunker on "All in the Family" in 1972, same year as his spontaneous hug for Nixon:
Neglected Marine Stadium, Miami, as it looked recently: #Smetana
Sammy Davis had endorsed RFK in 1968:
Sammy Davis and RFK, 1968:

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Happy Birthday tomorrow to an important American who changed our country. . .
. . .Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), abolitionist author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852). Image
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Jun 9, 2023
Ex-President evidently no longer considers Jim to be Trusty.
When Trusty and Rowley quit, did Todd Blanche?
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Jun 6, 2023
Meadows sings: Image
Ex-President’s lawyers photographed while leaving Justice Department: Image
In Palm Beach, ex-President shown after being briefed on Meadows testimony to grand jury:
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Jun 5, 2023
Look, there's an accidental flood in the resort club room where we kept the surveillance logs! Image
Resort club members watching secret classified documents as they float by: Image
Flood in the documents room! Doesn't look like an accident to me! Image
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Jun 4, 2023
Now why would anyone possibly think that a sudden, loud, unexplained boom in Washington DC on a Sunday afternoon might alarm anyone?
We take you now to the Ellipse, near the White House in Washington DC, where a flying saucer has landed. U.S. military tanks have rolled up, and a nervous crowd has gathered. . . Image
Someone has just stepped out of the flying saucer that landed near the White House after we heard that boom. He's shouting, "Take us to your leader -- Truman!" Image
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