It didn’t have to be this way… some of us have forever been trying to tell them… see it all at: https://t.co/sMf2LO9aKq

Earlier this week, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis, 'The Counterpart System: How Does the East Wing and the Office of the First Lady Develop within the Executive Staff Between 1961-1976?' Thrilled to take up my new position as a Postdoctoral Fellow at @CPHatSMU in Tx!

This was a good interview, by a good journalist, with a good man. A rare moment indeed.

So looking forward to taking part in the JFK Forum this evening on The East Wing: Expanding First Ladies’ Impact from Jacqueline Kennedy to Jill Biden | JFK Library. 6pm in person and streaming!

The 1936 Election--so much at stake.

Many congratulations to Neil Kinghan, winner of South Carolina Historical Society's George C. Rogers prize for his superb biography, based on his UCL PhD, A Brief Moment in the Sun: Francis Cardozo and Reconstruction in South Carolina (Louisiana State UP, 2023).

Wld love a retweet @IwanMorganUCL @davies_pjd @hanesydd @MaraOlivaPhD @LaneCrothersISU @JKennethWhite @rudalev @eaas_eu

Quick history lesson: Those who wrote the Disqualification Clause into the 14th Amendment all deemed the 7 states that seceded before war erupted in 1861 at Fort Sumter to have engaged in “rebellion against the Constitution of the United States” so Trump’s ineligibility (cont’d)

to serve as president again doesn’t depend on proving his speech was responsible for the violence of January 6 but is established by his indisputable though unsuccessful actions to shred the Constitution’s 4-year limit on any president’s term in office

Yup, my “problem” is that I was born in postwar America - a time of serious trouble, but also lots of hope, promise and progressive change

Democracy has reached a new low - taking us back to the 1920s thereabouts

There were four terrific papers on SCOTUS, Congress, contemporary civil rights, and environmental policy by @RebsFE, @pkandelic, @IwanMorganUCL, @AMER_UoM plus sharp questions from students - @WilliamHulmes @BradfordGrammar @OSFC_Info @CanonSlade @bthcc_college and others!

#FDR "I have always believed that, and I frequently have stated, that my own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism” = #socialdemocracy

@IwanMorganUCL @POTUS @NixonLibrary @PSA_APG @OfficialBAAS @HistoryToday I learned from The Best 🤓

Crisis that it was, #Watergate proved ‘the system worked.’ Back then, at least 👀 @POTUS @NixonLibrary @PSA_APG @OfficialBAAS Thanks @HistoryToday 🤓 #Nixon

A Biden-Trump race in 2024 would be the first between a president and ex-prez since Cleveland v Harrison in 1892. Back then partisan competition was v tight until voter realignment created new majority in 1896. US politics still a bit away from that denouement today.

It’s here! Our #podcast with guest ⁦@IwanMorganUCL⁩ talking to ⁦@AlexWaddan & me on⁩ ⁦@POTUS⁩ ⁦@RonaldReagan⁩ ⁦@FDRLibrary⁩ and what they’d make of their pol parties today 🇺🇸 🤓 ⬇️ ⁦@PSA_APG⁩ ⁦

Love prepping for this week’s #podcast with ⁦@IwanMorganUCL⁩ talking to ⁦@AlexWaddan⁩ & me re his new FDR book & ⁦@RonaldReagan⁩ & direction of 🇺🇸 pol parties 🤓⁦@BloomsburyBooks⁩ ⁦@PSA_APG⁩ Out Friday 🥳

My favourite Nancy moment- in her second hand clothes (famously) at the 1982 Gridiron Club!

What better way for two historians of the US to spend July 4th than getting married?! ❤️💒