David Armitage

@DavidRArmitage

Analogue historian in a digital world. Quondam chair. Author of Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (Knopf/Yale, 2017).

Cambridge, MA
scholar.harvard.edu/armitage/home
Joined May 2012
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  1. 4h

    Prominent computer experts find persuasive evidence of hacking/manipulation of election results in 3 States ~

    13 retweets 6 likes
  2. 7h

    Trump declares the US experiment--the government of laws not men--officially over: a kleptocracy, if he can keep it.

    Like Nixon's infamous "If the President does it, that means it can't be illegal."
    11 retweets 13 likes
  3. 13h

    John Adams (1787) on protests and democracy

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  4. 15h

    Here are the next 10 names of the speakers appearing at 2017! To register, click here:

    , , and 6 others
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  5. 15h

    In a post-truth world, the Oxford Comma is more important than ever.

    2,210 retweets 2,565 likes
  6. Nov 21

    The EU institutions expect the UK to go for a very hard Brexit, cutting trade & investment, i write:

    172 retweets 106 likes
  7. Nov 21

    The president-elect of the United States is confessing on Twitter his intention to prostitute his office for personal financial gain

    7,363 retweets 8,809 likes
  8. Nov 21

    The highest crimes, believe me. You won't believe how high they are.

    High crimes and misdemeanors.
    50 retweets 77 likes
  9. Nov 21

    Hillary Clinton looks likely to hit 65M votes, roughly on par w/ Obama '12, and win popular vote by ~2.5M:

    6,411 retweets 6,993 likes
  10. Nov 21

    Columbia University to provide sanctuary, financial support for undocumented students

    28 retweets 26 likes
  11. Nov 21

    Add extreme vetting questions for high-risk PEOTUS, regarding support for equality of men and women, the United States Constitution, etc.

    Kris Kobach should learn to use folders and cover sheets.
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    • Christopher Albi
      @CPAlbi

      Historian of Latin America, esp. Mexico. BA Manitoba, JD Toronto, PhD Texas. Newberry Library fellow 2016-17. Fan of Winnipeg sports teams.

    • Thinking Minor
      @Thinking_Major

      Thinking Minor & Thinking Major: The dynamics of conflict and social cohesion. Laborare est Orare. A Teilhardian optimist. Ex-Infantry.

  13. Nov 21

    This twitter essay holding up well:

    1) Unlike his analogues in Poland/Hungary/Turkey, I don’t imagine that Donald Trump will immediately set out to build an authoritarian state
    435 retweets 452 likes
  14. Nov 21

    Argentinian reporter Jorge Lanata: when President Macri called w/congratulations, Trump requested construction OK for Buenos Aires building

    1,086 retweets 700 likes
  15. Nov 21

    Donald Trump Is Declaring Bankruptcy on the Post-War World Order by :

    7 retweets 3 likes
  16. Nov 21

    We can't say we weren't warned about the accelerating Trumpian kleptocracy by and others

    6 retweets 5 likes
  17. Nov 21

    Thread: important

    We're about to enter, or may already have entered, an era of corrupt governance unprecedented in U.S. history. What does it mean? 1/
    7 retweets 1 like
  18. Nov 21

    Maybe Trump could pick this design for the new American flag?

    3 retweets 7 likes
  19. Nov 21

    Cashing in BIGLY in Argentina! via

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  20. Nov 21

    Best typo excuse ever - from Codrington's Curtius Rufus, Wing C7697B

    93 retweets 118 likes

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