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Architectural historian living in the Philadelphia suburbs; Presidential Elector in 1988; scholar of US Presidential elections.
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Just wrote a short history of John A. Johnson's 1908 presidential candidacy. He was the Democratic governor of Minnesota and lost the nomination to William Jennings Bryan. Link is in the first comment.

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

Wouldn't it be fun if the news chose to ignore the first felon for a week or two? Just don't report on him for a bit.

Eggs up 37%. You can thank Bird flu in the streets and Bird brain in the White House. www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🫤🇺🇸

Is the Air & Space Museum just an empty building?

Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House.

Kinda funny, but not.

So true.

Hurray for Karen Pence!

100% right. We need both sides to show more respect (I know this is currently a problem primarily on the Republican side).

Straight GOAT of trolling👏🏼👏🏼🔥

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NEVER FORGET!

I'm so tired of them.

Have you ever noticed that if you take something Trump says and add in the word NOT appropriately, it becomes true?

"When America sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. And some, I assume, are good people." --Greenland

... like the emoluments clause, the insurrection clause, ...

Fk Insurers

Say what you want about Biden, he’s not out there claiming he actually won the election and sending a mob to the US Capitol to “fight like Hell” or they won’t have a country anymore. Republicans rightly condemned Trump on this day in 2021. He was unfit then. He is unfit now.