“… Trump has never tried to be the president of all Americans. That deficiency was on grotesque display as he celebrated the death of someone who devoted his life to the country Trump now leads. …”
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“… Defending the uniqueness of Third Reich atrocities, Habermas believed that ‘Vergangenheitsbewältigung’, or coming to terms with the past, had to be central to the country's identity …”
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“… [John Quincy] Adams, a man who believed in moral law but often deferred action, would have been forced to confront slavery not as a distant policy problem but as a constitutional failure written in human flesh …”
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“… there are still 37 pages of records missing from the public database, including notes from the interviews, a law enforcement report and license records …”
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“… The Fifth Fleet service center was subjected to a missile attack … emergency response teams were deployed …”
#Iran #PastIsNotPast #IRGC #Uncertainty #News #WorldNews #Courage
“… Though the leadership council will govern in the interim, an 88-member panel called the Assembly of Experts ‘must, as soon as possible’ pick a new supreme leader …”
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![A RAILROAD INCIDENT IN WASHINGTON.
A few mornings since, about half past five o'clock, I went to the depot, in this city, to leave my letters tor the North. While standing in the ticket office, a neatly dressed young man, in the blue coat of a sailor, and with a frank, manly countenance entered the office, and laid down his money for a ticket to Baltimore.
‘Have you got your free papers?’ said Mr. Stettinius, the master of the depot, if that be his proper title.
‘Papers! yes to be sure !’ and the tar pulled out his honorable discharge from the naval service of the United States, dated a few days before.
‘That won't do,’ said the ticket seller, in imperious tones, ‘you must have a magistrate's certificate that you are FREE.’
‘Free ! Why, I always was, and it's only a few days, as you may see, since I was discharged from the Navy at New York.’
‘No matter : you must go and get your pass.’
‘But I must be in New York to-night. It's now almost time to start, and what shall I do; I can't find a magistrate?’
‘Why, you can't go to Baltimore, that's all.’
The poor fellow turned away with an indignant countenance, to go a mile to hunt up a sleepy justice to endorse his papers.
What was the matter? does the reader ask. That sailor was not quite so white as the bronzed ticket seller!
‘They are not so careful about those who are going South,’ said a laboring white man, who looked on with a flowing eye.
This is only one little instance of the petty despotism exercised upon free men, free sailors, too, in the Capitol of their own free government.
CHARLES T . TORREY.
May 17, 1842.
Charter Oak, Vol. V, No. 3, September 1842.
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A RAILROAD INCIDENT IN WASHINGTON. A few mornings since, about half past five o'clock, I went to the depot, in this city, to leave my letters tor the North. While standing in the ticket office, a neatly dressed young man, in the blue coat of a sailor, and with a frank, manly countenance entered the office, and laid down his money for a ticket to Baltimore. ‘Have you got your free papers?’ said Mr. Stettinius, the master of the depot, if that be his proper title. ‘Papers! yes to be sure !’ and the tar pulled out his honorable discharge from the naval service of the United States, dated a few days before. ‘That won't do,’ said the ticket seller, in imperious tones, ‘you must have a magistrate's certificate that you are FREE.’ ‘Free ! Why, I always was, and it's only a few days, as you may see, since I was discharged from the Navy at New York.’ ‘No matter : you must go and get your pass.’ ‘But I must be in New York to-night. It's now almost time to start, and what shall I do; I can't find a magistrate?’ ‘Why, you can't go to Baltimore, that's all.’ The poor fellow turned away with an indignant countenance, to go a mile to hunt up a sleepy justice to endorse his papers. What was the matter? does the reader ask. That sailor was not quite so white as the bronzed ticket seller! ‘They are not so careful about those who are going South,’ said a laboring white man, who looked on with a flowing eye. This is only one little instance of the petty despotism exercised upon free men, free sailors, too, in the Capitol of their own free government. CHARLES T . TORREY. May 17, 1842. Charter Oak, Vol. V, No. 3, September 1842. [ tinyurl.com/2mfc4e5a ]
As the born-abroad son of decorated military man, I am a “natural born Citizen” of the US. Yet, for the first time recently, I was asked to present my U.S. Passport to have a surgical procedure.
#PastIsNotPast #EndTheChaos #HonorVeterans #HonorVeteranFamilies
“… The Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and populist vision of a ‘rainbow coalition’ of the poor and forgotten made him the nation’s most influential Black figure … died on Tuesday. He was 84. …” - NY Times Obit.
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“… ‘As if the Ministry of Truth in … Orwell’s 1984 now existed… this Court is … asked … whether the federal government has the power … to dissemble and disassemble historical truths …’ District Judge Rufe wrote ‘It does not’ …”
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“… Epstein’s views are notable given his … influence on … powerful and influential Americans. His conversations … provide clues as to how race science was … reanimated …”
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“… three times as many Union soldiers died at the Confederate camp in Andersonville, Georgia, as at Gettysburg …”
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“… What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism …
Trump is not profound … The question is why so many … have refused to see what he has never bothered to hide …”
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#PastIsNotPast #TruthMatters #TrumpΤύραννος #EndTheCruelty #ProsecuteICE #StopStateTerror #MACA #WhiteSupremacy #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #1stAmendment #4thAmendment #5thAmendment #SayNoToBigotry #Courage
“… Judgment implies nothing less than wisdom … about human nature and society … It takes a sense of paradox, so as not to be surprised when failure teaches us more than victory does or when we slip from triumph to folly …” - Paul Gagnon, November 1988.
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“… Beckwith … belonged to the nation’s most violent [KKK] group … Under Trump’s order, DOI must … replace signs that ‘perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history.’ …”
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“… Speaking … to Fanone … Nehls said ‘I can tell you … the fault does not lie with … Trump’ … As Nehls continued, Fanone slipped [a] ‘go f--- yourself’ … [between two] loud coughs …”
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“… The message the Trump administration is sending is not subtle: ICE is doing the work of God … Leni Riefenstahl would have approved …”
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“… Johnson [will] be tried on child molestation charges … nearly six months after he [was] pardoned by President Trump …”
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“… CENTCOM said that the attack was a part of Operation Hawkeye Strike. That mission, … part of the wider Operation Inherent Resolve, started on Dec. 19, in response to the death of two Iowa National Guard soldiers …”
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A tweet on 6 January 2021 by the then Senator from Florida (who now serves as U.S. Secretary of State) about the MAGA assault on the U.S. Capitol instigated by Donald J. Trump.
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Sen. Van Hollen serving his constituents, and the nation.
Proud to call him my Senator.
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