Stephen F. Knott

Thomas & Mabel Guy Professor of American History & Government at Ashland University; Emeritus Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

A slightly revised cover (which I love) and a new endorsement for my next book. All of this is making for a very happy holiday season....
“Conspirator in Chief is a fascinating deep dive into the history of conspiracy theories promulgated by US presidents. In the internet age, we are used to thinking of conspiracy theories as a distinctly modern problem. Knott shows how they have been weaponized by presidents going back to Andrew Jackson, and along the way illuminates just how Donald Trump’s online firehose of conspiracies and misinformation serve his political aims. Excellent reading for US history buffs and those who want to understand our current conspirator-in-chief alike.”—Cailin O’Connor, coauthor of "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread"

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

Making America great again by destroying the lone monument in the nation’s capital to an assassinated predecessor and restoring a monument to those who engaged in insurrection.

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

@Bill_Reddinger It is a beautiful college…

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A new review and a good one:
"Everyone really should read this book. The scope of it is quite extraordinary, it offers a history of the American presidency through a particular lens. . . . It is extraordinarily well written and leaves plenty of connections for the reader to draw."—Peter Josephson, author of 'The Great Art of Government: Locke’s Use of Consent'

[Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata]

Should never have been confirmed, should be removed, new reasons every day

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

Please remind the audience that Washington, Hamilton, and Madison all agreed that demagogues were toxic to republics. Hamilton began and ended the 'Federalist Papers' warning of these cancerous mutations that present a constant threat to republics. They all feared, as Washington put it, "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men” who “subvert the power of the people” and “usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust domination.”

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

There are no words to adequately describe this man’s capacity for serial deceit.

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@JKennethWhite Indeed.

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One of the most egregious legacies of Trumpism.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

How is it going, Marco?

[Univ Press of Kansas @Kansas_Press]

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[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

Leading a Teaching American History seminar this weekend in Quincy, MA, on Washington, Hamilton, and John Adams. They differed on several issues but agreed with Hamilton that “Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.”

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@lorirech50 It gets crazier by the day....

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

Next up for the DOJ: reopening the Aaron Burr conspiracy trial.

[Sadie Gurman @sgurman]

DOJ is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation. W @PhilipWegmann
https://t.co/1AuZ47w9wB

[Stephen F. Knott @publius57]

@marksjo1 😂

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Or Barry Goldwater for that matter….

[Susan Glasser @sbg1]

Howard Baker’s (Republican) ghost would like a word. Pretty sure this guy has never heard of Hugh Scott either.

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My talk at Suffolk University/History Camp.

Presidents can choose to unite or divide; to appeal to our ‘better angels’ or appeal to our hatreds and fears.

https://t.co/951NSlS1iN

[Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata]

Never before has a sitting president attempted to stay in office after losing an election.

It was a disgusting abuse of power...

[David French @DavidAFrench]

Any person who had a modicum of decency would apologize, immediately, and then impose some basic accountability for some remarkably negligent staff work. He was trying to set up a perjury trap with fake information. Pitiful.