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Aug 22 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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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Aug 23
So now the question is more urgent than ever: why did Trump keep those hundreds of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago (despite official demands to hand them back), and what did he intend to do with them?
Also: did Trump make copies or notes from those classified documents he illicitly kept? Did he convey information from them to foreign governments or non-government actors who should not have them? And if so, what was his motive?
Any chance he was going through more such classified documents when he made a rare visit to Trump Tower earlier this month?
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Aug 17
No, the House January 6 Committee doesn't need to have the Fly testify -- only Pence.
But if Pence testifies before the House January 6 Committee and the Fly returns to its famous landing place on his head, it will not be a good omen.
Perhaps the Fly should now stage a news conference to offer its personal views on whether Pence should testify before January 6 House Committee.
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Aug 15
Eleanor Roosevelt's passport for 1962, her final year:
FDR's diplomatic passport as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1918:
Harry Truman's identity card and photograph while fighting in France, World War I:
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Aug 15
“Lurch’s Theme” and “The Anxiety Tango”:
Blossom Rock, who played Grandmama on ABC’s “The Addams Family,” was, in real life, sister of Jeanette MacDonald, best known for her films with Nelson Eddy in 1930s and 1940s:
Blossom Rock had a bit part in “The Best Man” (1964) before she was Grandmama on “Addams Family.”
Here she greets Cliff Robertson, who, in real life, spent much time at Mar-a-Lago, owned by his mother-in-law.
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Aug 14
Addams Family mansion had its own leatherbound box:
Quiz question: according to closing credits of ABC's "The Addams Family" (1964-1966), who played "The Thing"?
Yes, closing credits claimed that "Thing" was played by itself, but this wasn't true. Several actors lent their hands to play Thing, but who was the main one?
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Aug 13
If documents Trump took home while President were declassified, that means all historians and scholars get to see them immediately?
Just asking for a friend.
If all of those documents Trump read at home while President are already declassified, there may be a long line of historians in sleeping bags tonight outside the National Archives, waiting for it to open.
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