Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile
Rick Perlstein

@rickperlstein

The only reason I write about politics is to attract the attention of jazz musicians. I answer every email: [email protected].

ID: 20343694

calendar_today08-02-2009 00:39:56

27,27K Tweet

42,42K Followers

186 Following

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is literally the ONLY proof Abrego Garcia is a gang member: a single criminal cop who covered for a prostitute he was screwing.

This is literally the ONLY proof Abrego Garcia is a gang member: a single criminal cop who covered for a prostitute he was screwing.
Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Binghamtonians! Bada Bing! I'm rolling out your way next week for a lecture from my book-in-progress. bengaged.binghamton.edu/history/rsvp_b…

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amazing the tears and whining in this thread. Yes, when Democrats are back in power there will be accountability for the brazen criminal conduct now taking place. And no that’s not authoritarianism. That’s what the rule of law is. Not a hard concept, Trumpers. They won’t make Joe

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The questions I asked in October have become more urgent to think about. So start thinking about them. prospect.org/politics/2024-…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"gorklon rust, look at this person you killed, doesn't it make you sad?" "No. I'm a Nazi. The first things I destroyed were the agencies that help Black Africa. And the only refugees my boss likes are afrikaners."

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An essay of mine from 10/24 on how mind-numbingly useless elite journalism's rigid genre conventions have been at conveying basic reality. Lots, also, on Trump's "brain rot" as feature, not bug, for his seductive appeal. prospect.org/politics/2024-…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is when the crossroads comes in to view where Trump's poll numbers may not matter, no matter how low they get: where the state's monopoly on violence becomes a vector for terror. jsonline.com/story/news/bre…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The arrest of Judge Dugan In Milwaukee notches with the clear presumption in Project 2025 that cities violate white civil rights with preferential treatment to minorities, thus law enforcement must be federalized. prospect.org/topics/project…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why not, in safe blue seats? I ask every progressive I meet under thirty what they think about the Democratic Party. Almost universally, they hold it in contempt as a sclerotic gerontocracy. So what's the plan to fix that?

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My First Hundred Days on Al Jazeera yack guest-stars two splendid new pots by my partner Judy, to screen left. youtu.be/8Km0vkwdUI8?si…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chicagoans, an excellent doc I'm in called "White With Fear" on how the GOP used racism to build political power in screening in town on May 21. tickettailor.com/events/area23a…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just stumbled upon this masterpiece of historical reconstruction and storytelling. Highly recommended, not least as a prophesy of how it might soon go down again.

I just stumbled upon this masterpiece of historical reconstruction and storytelling. Highly recommended, not least as a prophesy of how it might soon go down again.
Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Watch Sen. Murphy show how every administration official should be grilled, every time. Like you're creating a record for future criminal trials. youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU?si…

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This guy reads like the bad guy in a Grade B political thriller. Like, the president who crowns himself dictator as the Zombies reach the gates.

Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There were millions of American men just waiting for the green light to act like stormtroopers. Like, frothing at the mouth for this moment. A country doesn't get this way overnight.