Opinion: The Denial of History Helps No One
“I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not, … Read More
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Tiffany Cross: Tim Scott embarrassingly on the wrong side of history. 2 sides to every token. OUCH!
Senator Tim Scott was willing to allow the Republican Party to make him a sacrificial lamb. Tiffany Cross called out Scott like no other. Tiffany Cross makes minced meat out … Read More
Minerva @ Midnight: oral history of the bin Laden raid demonstrates the smallness of previous guy
Politico constructed an oral history of the bin Laden raid and it’s worth the read to get a sense as one can from on oral history, of the authenticity of … Read More
Heitkamp destroys Gov. Christie’s double taxation lie: Biggest scam in the history of forever!
Gov. Chris Christies thought he would get away with the socialism and double taxation trope. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp would have none of it. Christie did not expect this from Heitkamp … Read More
“brushing history against the grain”… what did happen to a purse made from Nat Turner's skin
A new book suggests now the necessity of reexamining the historical materialist project of Walter Benjamin recognizing those moments of historical contact as acts of recognizing the constructed historical object. “Historicism … Read More
The most viewed death in the history of humankind had its Rodney King moment
“Today, a jury did the right thing. But true justice requires much more.“ x Opinion | Caught on camera Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all … Read More
Was the previous guy's presidency the most successful Russian intelligence operation in history
So much still unresolved from the Trump era installed in 2016, and continued through 2020, a Russian intelligence operation. Hard to tell whether it ranks with Robert Hanssen, Aldrich Ames, … Read More
Possibly the greatest theft in history $45 trillion.
No, not by the US but by that jolly benevolent Empire of the British. Of course, it was started by a corporation. But something changed in 1765, shortly after the … Read More
The Christophe de Margerie makes history in the Arctic; Jet stream collapse leads to mass starvation
The “Arctic is already under such threat from so many angles, and while production there is expensive, it is also very, very high risk. It requires absolutely the strongest levels … Read More
Attempted Republican history rewrite stopped cold, A team instrumental in Georgia Senate win.
Republicans are trying to rewrite history or create false equivalences. The media is having none of it. Here is a team that helped elect the Georgia senators. A team that … Read More
Top 5 Worst Presidents in United States History – Word Search
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Who’s The Worst President in United States History?
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“least racist” Trump says he's “perhaps the most innocent man anywhere in US history” expect a stunt
How many votes remain to be counted? Exit polls show fewer late-deciders than in 2016 Trump-Clinton contest, but Trump seemed to maintain numbers where he needed, numbers that would still defeat … Read More
“A full-blown freak-out”… the weirdest 90 seconds in history
Mussolini moment, no more #GaspingForAir at the Esso station in Milan. Trump declares himself immune. Cray-cray. x Deranged man in grips of deadly disease claims to be “immune” minutes after … Read More
Trump's revisionist history and confirming mini-strokes by projection
Trump denies something that no one has actually reported – that he had a series of mini-strokes. Using Trumpian logic this could mean that he only had one or more mini-strokes, … Read More
GOP tries to rewrite history yet again for Trump's pandemic incompetence and inaction
The GOP keeps trying to rewrite history as a quarter-million deaths lie ahead with a failed policy, as if any death toll could be spun positively. 3 takeaways from the first … Read More
Trumpian history at the Council for National Policy: “Two things don't change: walls and wheels.”
“I’m the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.” Trump at the Council for National Policy Recalling that Mark Burnett wanted once to have … Read More
the last free election in US history… maybe, removing swing-state postal sorting machines?
He’s golfing again this weekend in Bedminster. Will he do more pseudo-pressers and populate the “press corps” with “reporters’ from Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit, and OAN. “The president is back … Read More
The History of Trump's World Part 2
In Mel Brooks’ brilliant cinematic spoof, the ‘History of the World Part 1,’ world history is pilloried,parodied, and pushed to the limits, creating uproarious laughter, but that is a movie. … Read More
GA-Sen B: Warnock (D) Slams Loeffler (R) For Being On The Wrong Side Of History On WNBA BLM Movement
Glad to see this: A Democratic candidate for one of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats is weighing in on his opponent's stance on the Black Lives Matter movement – saying the … Read More
Lincoln Project: “Which Side of History”
This morning the Lincoln Project has put up a new ad, challenging folk to answer a basic question: Which Side Of History?” It contrasts the historic actions of Mississippi with … Read More
MS, SC, KY, GA & TX-Sen: Axios, “Black Senate candidates could make history in 2020”
From Axios: There are five black men running for U.S. Senate in the South as Democrats who could not only make history, but are using this unique moment to have … Read More
A Brief Video History of Donald Trump’s COVID-19 Statements: Enjoy!
Take a trip and enjoy the many incorrect or flat out wrong statements on COVID-19 by Donald Trump from Jan – May 2020.
291 Trump lies: “We had probably the best economy in the history of the world…bigger than anybody”
WaPo made an adjustment and Trump has now lied 18,000 times. The comparison is staggering on Trump’s economic claims. APR 03 2020 “Again, we had the strongest economy in the … Read More
Do winners write the history of death and taxes “…it largely depends on who's writing the history”
So much historical revisionism, so little time, as George Conway reminds us that Trump trying to keep his taxes private may finally be resolved. Conway ultimately argues precedent in the … Read More
“They were just telling me inside, and it's fact, that I built the greatest economy in history”
“There has been so much unnecessary death in this country. It could have been stopped and it could have been stopped short, but somebody a long time ago, it seems, … Read More
Mitch McConnell is actually proposing the most massive tax increases in U.S. history
In “Why Mitch McConnell’s State Bankruptcy Idea Is So Stupid,” Josh Barro makes a very important and elemental point about Mitch McConnell’s proposal to let states go bankrupt. Bankruptcy is only available … Read More
Behold! The worst-aging tweet in the history of tweets!
This was Donald Trump on Saturday, pumping up a stock market that’s dropping faster than Americans’ jaws every time his poor man’s Mayor McCheese head shows up on their teevee screens: BIGGEST … Read More
Talk to Grandma and Granddad for Real Black History
It was either three years prior to her birth, or when my great-grandmother (GG) was three years old, that the Wright Brothers flew for 12 seconds in a field just … Read More
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Getting Trump out the WH – The End of History and splitting Whig-hats
If electoral victory is a mouse to be caught, the color of the cat deployed doesn’t really matter. Matthew 21:12 He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of … Read More
“History Will Not Be Kind.”
Winston Churchill once said, “history will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” Now, Churchill was a pretty good (amateur) historian, and he did write a lot … Read More
Impeachment Is Coming. Will You Make History With Us?
Archives In solidarity, Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. “We Have No Choice”. Trump Worse Than Nixon. Join … Read More
Impeachment: We Have No Choice. Will You Be Part Of History?
Archives In solidarity, Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. “We Have No Choice”. Trump Worse Than Nixon. … Read More
A Somali refugee makes history in Maine while Facebook protects hate speech against her
Beginning in the 1970s, the city of Lewiston, Maine, suffered a massive population drain from all the closed mills. Thousands of Somali war refugees settled in the state’s second-largest city since the turn of the … Read More
For the first time in recorded history, Anchorage enters “extreme drought”.
Alaska's temperate rainforest is in a historic drought. The climate crisis is known to alter the Globe's rainfall patterns. The city of Anchorage was carved out of the rainforest known … Read More
The deceptive corporatist rewriting of the history of the #FlintWaterCrisis is in full swing
Cross-posted from Eclectablog.com During the time when the Flint water crisis was unfolding, right wing conservatives spent a lot of time trying to convince the country and the world that … Read More
A comparison from history, just because
Candidate A served 8 years in his state legislature Candidate B served 6 years on his city council. Candidate A served one term in the US House of Representatives, choosing … Read More
The Kurdistan situation, part I: History
While I’ve spent the last couple days writing about events in Spain, it’s important to remember the other major separatist/independence news story: Kurdistan. So, while Catalonia engages in am organized … Read More
GOP Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-07) makes public “men-only” appearance during Women’s History Month
Cross-posted from Eclectablog.com For weeks and weeks now the Indivisible group in Dexter, Michigan (“Indivisible Dexter”) and other residents of Michigan's 7th Congressional District have been asking Republican Congressman Tim … Read More
