Jordan Harper

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Edgar-and-steel-dagger-winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA and LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS. A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE: "The Noir Novel of Our Times" -- The New York Times

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We've got a new episode up : We're taking a look at the 1947 war crimes trial of Mittelwerk director Georg Rickhey and how American Operation Paperclip staff lied and destroyed evidence to make sure their charges never faced justice for their crimes.

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I think maybe the best analog to Trump is Sapurmurat Niyazov, president of Turkmenistan from 1985-2006. It's not just the gold statues of himself, but the absolute *mania* of naming things after themselves and renaming everything just to prove their omnipotence

Niyazov became a substitute for the vacuum left by the downfall of the communist system, with his image replacing those of Marx and Lenin. During his rule, Niyazov created a strong cult of personality around himself, which resembled the one around the Kim dynasty in North Korea and the Gaddafi regime in Libya. He renamed the town of Jaňga and city of Krasnovodsk after his nickname Türkmenbaşy, and renamed schools, airports,[72] Ashgabat streets, and even a meteorite after himself and members of his family. The city of Kerki was renamed for his father, and city of Ýylanly for his mother. The doting actions of the official Turkmen media supported his cult of personality. The government renamed the months and most days of the week after symbols Niyazov wrote about. The national anthem of Turkmenistan referred to him. According to the newspaper Neytralny Turkmenistan physicians were ordered to swear an oath to the President, replacing the Hippocratic Oath.[64] Statues and portraits of him were put everywhere throughout the country. In Ashgabat, he erected a rotating, $12 million, golden statue of himself that always faces the sun.[73][74][75] Niyazov gave every citizen a watch with his portrait in its dial.
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I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.

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In a hearing this morning, the state said it couldn't answer questions about whether it would try to execute her again:

Keri Blakinger@keribla.bsky.social

I’ve covered death row cases for nearly a decade and witnessed several executions. What happened to Christa Pike wasn’t an anomaly. It could happen anywhere. With another execution planned for this week in Texas, let me explain why. THREAD 🧵

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