Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein
The only reason I write about politics is to attract the attention of jazz musicians. Joined February 2009-
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I mean, maybe. Or maybe they helped people grasp how unsustainable the Vietnam War was, strategically, morally, and in terms of domestic cohesion, but HHH refused to listen until he turned against V at the last moment, too late, and ALMOST won.
❝ ‘The Atlantic’ described the scene: “Trump’s Misogyny Is on Trial in New York.” That’s a standout example right there of how mainstream journalism fails to meet our moment. For what is actually on trial in New York? *Trials themselves*. ❞
❝ ‘The Atlantic’ described the scene: “Trump’s Misogyny Is on Trial in New York.” That’s a standout example right there of how mainstream journalism fails to meet our moment. For what is actually on trial in New York? *Trials themselves*. ❞
The Zebra sez it better than me.
A Republic, If We Can Keep It prospect.org/politics/2024-…
Don't bother me for two hours. I'm busy. youtu.be/GUCRH2zYCLw?si…
Welcome to our new robot overlords, who meebbe flagged porn for have my observation that Andreessen's fortune is "PEGGED at an estimated $1.7 billion" and that "I BONE up on what he was up to now," and possibly two uses of the word "deeply" (jeez, Perlstein, buy a dictionary!).
Welcome to our new robot overlords, who meebbe flagged porn for have my observation that Andreessen's fortune is "PEGGED at an estimated $1.7 billion" and that "I BONE up on what he was up to now," and possibly two uses of the word "deeply" (jeez, Perlstein, buy a dictionary!).
Only in America, as Yogi would say. Play those blues, play those blues. youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0UV6…
"The less students are listened to, the louder their shouting must become." chronicle.com/article/why-st…
To reporters: don't ask about parallels to 1968-70. Get off your asses and talk to the people protesting on all sides, cultivate leakers among police/security/admin, find policy documents, follow the money, etc, etc, etc. Figure out what's happening NOW. Later, we can talk.
This Pecker testimony has me reminiscing about 1998 at the LBJ Library ,puzzling out memos that appeared to concern founder of the National Enquirer attempting to donate six figures in exchange for an ambassadorship. (He never became an amassador.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generoso_….
One of my fave pieces, with coauthor Ricky Kreitner, on the political work done by the "outside agitator" trope. nybooks.com/online/2020/07…
If you, like me, feel some dread about what's at the edges of these protests, remember that every protest ever has been garlanded by fools & high emotion, that before social media you'd be seeing only the principle, & the principle is sound.
As partial moral repair for misleading about the extent of police violence pre-9/11, I'll l lift up this excellent, if incomplete Wikipedia page. It was routine to murder strikers before labor organizing became a right. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_w…
Was taken to be naively minimizing pre-9/11 thuggery. My fault for unclarity. I'm talking about decelopments like, as someone just told, realizing his 11-year-old ndidn't even know there was a DIFFERENCE between cops and military.
Was taken to be naively minimizing pre-9/11 thuggery. My fault for unclarity. I'm talking about decelopments like, as someone just told, realizing his 11-year-old ndidn't even know there was a DIFFERENCE between cops and military.
Instructive:
Incredibly disturbing footage out of Texas where authorities appear to be barring any pro-Palestinian protest at all in open outdoor areas of campus — not just disruptive ones. This appears to be a blatant violation not just of the First Amendment but S.B. 18 which requires these…
Incredibly disturbing footage out of Texas where authorities appear to be barring any pro-Palestinian protest at all in open outdoor areas of campus — not just disruptive ones. This appears to be a blatant violation not just of the First Amendment but S.B. 18 which requires these…
Kids probably have no idea, it's practically History Book stuff by now, but riot cops thugging out at the first sign of public disorder is basically (at least when it comes to white people) wasn't a thing before 9/11. In my book, I call it the emergence of Bed-Wetter Nation.
Speaker Johnson about Columbia U: "If this is not contained quickly and if these threats and intimidation do not stop, there is an appropriate time for the National Guard." Barely a dog whistle, from the media elite's new Winston Churchill. May 4, just around the corner...
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Better yet, tell them to read @rickperlstein
When people complain about the left electing Nixon in '68, tell them to go read @rickpearlstein
@ettingermentum i need to finish reading nixonland. this summer will be the summer of nixonland
@rickperlstein @JohnStu60603562 True. This was also the (Freedom) Democratic Party.
@rickperlstein HHH mighta had a chance if he'd been courageous.
@rickperlstein Nixon winning was mainly about white backlash to civil rights, I'm so sick of people pushing Vietnam like that was the reason when the Vietnam war was incredibly popular at the time
@rickperlstein I've heard both sides of this, and neither perspective is as a terrifying as the willful self-harm practiced by protesting "leftists" who continue to say they will withhold their votes from Biden in November.
@rickperlstein There are voters who may hold it against Biden that he is too supportive of Israel, or not supportive enough. But those are cliques of voters. The bigger danger is that he looks beleaguered and unable to stand up to those trying to push him (from either direction)./c
@rickperlstein Hubert Humphrey won 0 states and 2.2% of the vote in the (admittedly less important then) primaries. 60%+ of the votes went to Kennedy or McCarthy. The base had no say in his nomination. Shaky foundation. And Nixon was formidable. More so than anyone running today, for sure.
Also TBF Humphrey probably *would* have won if Nixon didn't sabotage the peace talks and needlessly condemn millions of people to death.
I mean, maybe. Or maybe they helped people grasp how unsustainable the Vietnam War was, strategically, morally, and in terms of domestic cohesion, but HHH refused to listen until he turned against V at the last moment, too late, and ALMOST won.
@AntifaVictim @rickperlstein In terms of opportunity cost, that's 1/2 a vote for Trump. You'll have to live with that.
Love reading Rick and one of these days when I finish off 15 other books I’m gonna read one of his.
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The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice.
@rickperlstein @ddayen I felt i might have come across too harsh. But I'm getting frustrated watching a media ecosystem diverting AMERICAN people from learning about the new horror of Israel's campaign in Rafah. An airstrike killed 5 women, 6 children yet cable news is filled with scumbags like this.
Smash the link. Deeply.
This is the link. What happens when you smash it? (I promise the only nudity involved is Marc Andreessen's unusual dome.) americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?acti…
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@ddayen @rickperlstein I had the misfortune of living on the same dorm floor as him for 2 years. Had I known what he would become I'd have treated him with more open disdain
@rickperlstein Negotiating purchase of an ambassadorship was also a topic of discussion before the Supreme black robed today.