Musings From A History Nerd

The Anatomy of a Political Freefall: Richard Nixon’s Open Letter to Donald J. Trump

A warning from the only man who knows exactly how this ends — and why Trump’s fall will be worse.

Published on Open Letters by Mersault • Nov 15

October 2025

The East Wing Obscenity

Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House

Published on Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies • Oct 22

When the Law Turns on Itself: The Citizen’s Response Plan

What democracy-defending Americans can lawfully and effectively do if a president invokes the Insurrection Act or declares martial law.

Published on Jack Hopkins Now • Oct 9

September 2025

The First Amendment

Part I: The religion clauses

Published on Winston Smith London Oceania • Sep 28

Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up

Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!

Published on Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance  • Sep 18

About Empathy

aka Walk a Mile in My Shoes

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The Unqualified Leading the Uninformed, Unrepentant and Immoral

He who trades his freedom for a little security will get neither.

Published on Trevor’s Substack • Sep 9

Albert Einstein’s Letter to an America Hell-Bent on Ignorance

When tyrants fear truth, they kill science first. Trump and RFK Jr. are no exception.

Published on Open Letters by Mersault • Sep 5

August 2025

August 28, 2025

On August 29, 1970, journalist Rubén Salazar died instantly when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Thomas Wilson fired an 8-inch bullet-shaped tear…

Published on Letters from an American • Aug 29

Indicting the Party of Predators: The Republican Sex Offender Registry

The People v. The Republican Party: Two Decades of Sex Crimes, Cover-Ups, and the Cult of Moral Projection

Published on Open Letters by Mersault • Aug 17

August 13, 2025

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.

Published on Letters from an American • Aug 14

Trump has Betrayed Us! The Greatest Treason in Our History is Unfolding.

Benedict Arnold has nothing on Trump. This crime is right in our face.

Published on Malcolm Nance: Special Intelligence • Aug 5