This thread starts like something you think you know all about and mushroom clouds into a vast, decades long confederacy of deplorables. A 10/10 deep dive.

Last map: leaders of religious-right organizations with Jan 6 roles (some indirect). Newcomer Kevin Roberts war-gamed out a contested election with John Eastman in Oct. 2020; he's now running Project 2025, which plots a 2nd Trump term. Unsurprisingly, he's born in Louisiana. 16/

Ted Cruz, the Senator most tied to Jan 6, declared his candidacy on a call with Ali Alexander's bloggers. The politicians and the dirty tricksters who made Jan 6 happen are all connected, for decades - and their geographic heart is the old Confederacy. 15/
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Trump didn't act alone, and the Civil War is not over. That map is based on scorecards that track actions of Congressmen & state AGs before Jan 6. Of the early Confederacy, only S Carolina is missing (& just barely - AG Alan Wilson nearly got SC there). 1/
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