Timothy Snyder.

[cilla4progress]

Yale History Professor. By now many are becoming familiar with him. You should know him.

Maddow had him on last night.

Link to tweet

?s=19

[MontanaMama]

1. Hear hear!

This is it.

[triron]

2. I am reading his book "On tyranny".

I see ominous signs in Portland. Professor Snyder says when police are complicit with the
illegal actions of paramilitary, the end is near.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. explains why Pence is having a pro-police rally soon? They know who they need to dupe.

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. Not quite - he was specifically referring to the blurring of roles of Police and active duty troops

He said on Rachel last night “we’re not quite there yet”, as active duty armed forces aren’t yet acting in a law enforcement role.

[triron]

21. I hope you are right.

[2naSalit]

3. I hope somenone unravels this thread

so we can read it. Looks really important.

[bobbieinok]

4. Yea verily!

[triron]

5. Just google the professor.

[2naSalit]

6. Is his long 20 tweet message there?

[volstork]

11. Click on his name

and follow the link to Twitter. You can read without having an account.

On the 0/20 Tweet, there is a hyperlink that says "Show this thread." Click on that, and you can read the entire thing.

You are correct-- it IS important.

[2naSalit]

24. Thanks, I'll try that!

[bobbieinok]

23. Yes!

[Blecht]

7. #6 in that thread: The end has come

Link to tweet

The Portland police have been seen working together with the mercenaries.

[triron]

10. Yes the police have. Someone needs to change that. I realize the mayor in the police

commissioner but that is usually the case. The chief is a man named Lovell. Either he needs to step
up and change the police behavior or needs to be removed (by the mayor). Perhaps the mayor needs
to be warned about this?

[Blecht]

12. Wheeler knows

He may have gotten himself gassed this week, but he's no hero -- his handling of the PPB has sucked.

"Fuck Ted Wheeler" has been some of the loudest chanting lately -- last night it was the most deafening chant I heard in front of the Hatfield bldg.

[triron]

13. Not being familiar with Portland I had no idea. Thanks. Does not sound good.

[cilla4progress]

8. Sorry I don't know how to unravel ...

but I bet someone who does will show up!

[csziggy]

9. Threadreaderapp makes it easier

But since he posted this series as images, that cannot be easily copied here. The link to read it on Threadreaderapp is:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1284545320458887168.html

[rurallib]

14. thank you so much

[2naSalit]

19. Thank you!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. Rather than a cautionary tale, Trump and his minions are using "On Tyranny" as an instruction book.

Here's a presentation by Professor Snyder, for those who wish to know more about the person behind the words:

I just ordered his book.

[triron]

20. Wow. Dr. Snyder knows his shit!

[crickets]

16. Excellent. Thanks for posting this. K&R for visibility.

[triron]

22. knr