Waleed Shahid

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"The South's fear of black Republicans, despite its exaggerated rhetoric, was based on the realistic assessment that at the heart of Republican aspirations for the nation's future was the...eradication of slavery." [Eric Foner, Politics and Ideology in The Age of the Civil War] — PolitiTweet.org

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"The notion of a black Republican conspiracy to overthrow slavery and southern society had taken hold in the South...the fact that the nation was every day growing apart and into two societies whose ultimate interests were diametrically opposed." — PolitiTweet.org

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"Once parties began to reorient themselves on sectional lines, a fundamental necessity of democratic politics -- that each party look upon the other as a legitimate alternative government -- was destroyed." [Eric Foner, Politics and Ideology in The Age of the Civil War] — PolitiTweet.org

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"As North and South increasingly took different paths...antagonistic value systems and ideologies could not be defused by the normal processes of political compromise, nor could they be contained." [Eric Foner, Politics and Ideology in The Age of the Civil War] — PolitiTweet.org

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Lots of people say: "American parties haven't been this polarized since the Civil War." What happened then? Eric Foner faults a political system and democratic institutions designed by the Founding Fathers to compromise with slavery over multiracial democracy. https://t.co/oZkn8QDMZv — PolitiTweet.org

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got some stuff dropping tomorrow 😉 — PolitiTweet.org

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I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of Republicans proceeding with business as usual until our country’s… https://t.co/vose2ED7VJ — PolitiTweet.org

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got some big things dropping tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ezraklein: You should read this whole piece by @TimAlberta. One thing it makes clear: It's not just that "the fringe" no longer exists.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @owasow: .@DrGeniece notes an important case: ”In 1898, a group of white vigilantes—angry & fearful at newly elected biracial local gove… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m very grateful this week that @CoriBush and @JamaalBowmanNY decided to run for Congress. https://t.co/UepRLcnhfE — PolitiTweet.org

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“We warned you that the two major parties were becoming increasingly divergent in their commitment to democracy, that Republicans were increasingly comfortable with minority government while appealing to whites who wanted to burn institutions down.” https://t.co/SPHCLUaNJe — PolitiTweet.org

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This sort of thing kills multiracial democracy: "The last 10 years has been more polarized than any decade since the Civil War...One side has one reality and the other side has another...and regard the other as something between evil and ill-conceived." https://t.co/tVPvmh7JFg — PolitiTweet.org

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@saikatc just make sure you have the right supreme court judges and secretaries of state in key swing states? — PolitiTweet.org

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"Some Republicans understand that they benefit more in the long term from “legal anti-democratic institutions” than from dubiously legal “anti-democratic actions,” which are more set-piece theatrical statements than carefully planned strategies." https://t.co/ZgpruqKitj — PolitiTweet.org

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"Some Republicans understand that they benefit more in the long term from “legal anti-democratic institutions” than from dubiously legal “anti-democratic actions,” which are more set-piece theatrical statements than carefully planned strategies. https://t.co/ZgpruqKitj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AOC: These Republicans are not asking for unity. They are requesting capitulation to a deeply unwell and volatile man. That will not h… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @notstevenwhite: It used to be common to worry proportional representation would enable the American far right to gain legislative seats… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @leedrutman: In many western democracies, political leaders have stoked nativism over the last several years. But in multiparty democrac… — PolitiTweet.org

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It would be nice to live in a country where the political coalition that includes Muslims, Jews, Black people, immigrants, and labor unions could advocate for health care for everyone without a political party devoted to causing half the country to routinely lose its mind. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Insanity” is the only thing you get once our institutions and electoral laws allow the Republican Party to maintain power by being fundamentally organized around keeping the multiracial majority of America out of power. https://t.co/PD54xP0d4S — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: Easier said than done. As for why, well, @RepThomasMassie had a take in ‘17: https://t.co/ONfHfB6q0O — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @leedrutman: The leading correlate of all of these anti-democratic attitudes? Ethnic antagonism. https://t.co/NEiP9ssfcg https://t.co/B… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @leedrutman: The threat has been in plain sight for a while. A year ago, 41.3% of Republicans agreed that “A time will come when patriot… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ezraklein: “Politicians can’t rely on political institutions to save the country from the consequences of their playacting, because the… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is insane. https://t.co/GT10OudseW https://t.co/5GSfYe3iLy — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlfredMalfoy Essentially. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trumpism without Trump is the Republican Party’s plan. https://t.co/utJVrmhUwN https://t.co/xPfSs2uQi6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HBoushey: There’s lots of news in Sunday’s ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ but this story is a #mustread: Worker & small biz losing lots while big pl… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Once again you are asking me to remove white nationalists from my political coalition.” — PolitiTweet.org