#Kissinger
#Nixon
#Chile

How many people got tortured, disappeared, killed by the Pinochet regime in Chile? 9/11 was also a date to remember in Chile, as that was the date of the fascist coup and the death of the democratically elected Allende.
And yet, Nixon and Kissinger, who enabled the coup, never got punished for the crimes against democracy and the people who died .. If I remember well, Kissinger even got a Nobel peace price ... my blood boiled then, it boils now

People can be mad at Nixon all they want. But I won’t because he did two things the Democrats would not: he ended the war (and brought my dad home) and ended the draft because it was discriminatory. (Carter re-imposed the draft system when he got in power because he disagreed with #Nixon and stated it was the only “fair” way to staff the military in war time)

From #Hoover to #Nixon to #Obama, Presidential Centers Call to Protect #Democracy

A #rare statement released jointly from groups representing nearly a century of #presidents stresses the importance of the pillars of #democracy & #civility in #politics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/us/politics/presidential-centers-democracy-bush.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@GW

“Nixon official: real reason for the drug war was to criminalize black people and hippies”

by German Lopez in @Vox

“The war on drugs: Is it a genuine public health crusade or an attempt to carry out what author Michelle Alexander characterizes as ‘the New Jim Crow’?

A new report by Dan Baum for Harper's Magazine suggests the latter. Specifically, Baum refers to a quote from John Ehrlichman, who served as domestic policy chief for President Richard Nixon when the administration declared its war on drugs in 1971.

According to Baum, Ehrlichman said in 1994 that the drug war was a ploy to undermine Nixon's political opposition — meaning, black people and critics of the Vietnam War”

#Nixon #WarOnDrugs #Racism #Decriminalize #Regulate #Tax

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/22/11278760/war-on-drugs-racism-nixon

@DrJackBrown The National Lampoon had the best headline ever about the #Nixon resignation: "They've Fired the Shit Heard 'Round the World."

Oh, sure, Lex Luthor is a villain, but #NIXON gets a pass. BOOO #SUPERMAN! BOOOO!!!

08-15-71 Nixon Closed The Gold Window and on 08-24-23 BRICS Closed The Window on the American Dollar

https://www.worldviewreport.com/

#BRICS #Americandollar #Nixon #GoldWindow #MichaelWeiner #brannonhowselive #brannonhowse #WesPeters #SwissAmerica

@Tsun_Tsun @Radical_EgoCom Hasn't #GeorgeLukas basically said as much?

Ah, found it:
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George Lucas has admitted that one of the biggest influences on the series was the Nixon era. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Lucas said Star Wars “was really about the Vietnam War, and that was the period where #Nixon was trying to run for a [second] term, which got me to thinking historically about how do democracies get turned into dictatorships? Because the democracies aren't overthrown; they're given away."

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/star-wars-is-more-political-than-you-think_b_590b663de4b056aa2363d298

#HowDemocracyDies #StarWars

#trumppmugshot
#trump
#nixon

#narcissists have simple scalar qualities like secretiveness, deceptiveness, guilt, self-awareness, cynicism...

And all the lingo of the "science" lends itself to DND: "grandiose narcissist", "communal narcissist", "covert narcissist"...

Party A tries to deceive party B...

Throw in a few "empaths"?

Find equilibria...?

Important: I know almost nothing about gameplay.

#narcissist #dnd #gametheory #nixon

@dangrsmind #Trump #Nixon #GOPCorruption

Lest people forget, Roy Cohn was a mentor who was also a Nixon "dirty trickster." So, the corruption in the GOP generally and w/Trump runs deep.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/roy-cohn-mafia-politics/599320/

If #Nixon were still alive, he'd be dancing a jig seeing #Trump become the most crooked #President in #American #history. #uspoli

TheOnion: Most Shocking Moments From The Roger Stone Tapes https://www.theonion.com/most-shocking-moments-from-the-roger-stone-tapes-1850749459 #donaldtrump2016presidentialcampaign #rightwingpopulismintheunitedstates #unitedstatespresidentialelection #trumpfakeelectorsplot #hedangledmistletoe #rogerstoneturning #watergatescandal #rogerstoneknew #donaldtrump #rogerstone #arimelber #trumpism #fishedit #nixon #biden #qanon

#Giuliani ‘Likely’ to End Up Bankrupt With Court-Appointed Attorney, Warns Former #Nixon Counsel: ‘It’s Sad But True’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/giuliani-likely-to-end-up-bankrupt-with-court-appointed-attorney-warns-former-nixon-counsel-its-sad-but-true/

Giuliani Travelled to #MaraLago to Beg #Trump to Pay His Legal Bills, @cnn Reports
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/giuliani-travelled-to-mar-a-lago-to-beg-trump-to-pay-his-legal-bills-cnn-reports/

'They're laughing now': 'Thrilled' Giuliani-jailed #mobsters celebrate former prosecutor's #RICO #indictment
https://www.alternet.org/giuliani-laughing-stock/

The #LATimes needs a #politicalcartoonist like #PaulConrad. I'm sure he could put @realDonaldTrump in his place like he did #Nixon.

Can’t believe no one invited me to their 49th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation party.
#Nixon

8-8-1974. Unsolicited Dick pic. My grandfather had saved this. I found it in his basement after he died along with some other newspapers he saved. Ford should have NEVER pardoned him. That’s a big reason why we are in the situation we are now with the orange one. #nixon #RepublicansAreTheProblem #1974 #newspapers #watergate

Snap went the wire machines. Snap went the script pages. Snap went the camera shutter.

https://davidguilbault.substack.com/p/snap-nixon-resigns?sd=pf

#nixon #nixonresigns #nixonpresidency #abcnews #howardksmith #richardmnison #deskassistant #copyboy #wireservices #associatedpress #unitedpressinternational #reuters #ap #upi #substack #substacknewsletter #substacknotes

Des dossiers révèlent que #Nixon a tenté d'entraver l'accès d' #Allende à la présidence en 1970.

#Chili

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/08/richard-nixon-plot-allende-chile-presidency

@GottaLaff Actually, it’s hardly a ‘tier’. Apparently only #Republican Presidents and ex-Presidents (#Nixon and #Trump ) are #AboveTheLaw in the USA 🇺🇸. 🤷🏻‍♂️