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Some took Hanania’s writings as a call for action: "government violence to exorcise the diversity demon." Fascistic calls for violence are a crime against humanity.
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Would any news outlet today dare to use the language of David McCraw’s October 2016 letter in response to a request from Trump’s lawyers? www.nytco.com/press/the-ne...
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Some took Hanania’s writings as a call for action: "government violence to exorcise the diversity demon." Fascistic calls for violence are a crime against humanity.
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In 2016, Hillary Clinton wasn’t joking when she said she was the only thing standing between us and the apocalypse. Bernie Sanders helped destroy her reputation by baseless insinuations of corruption and, in the process, became a millionaire and joined the 1%.
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In 1907, the Russian monarchy allowed Jews in the core Russian regions to avoid deportation to the Pale of Settlement on the condition that they "were not harmful to public order." This led to widespread corruption. Those unable to pay extortion bribes to the local police were labeled "harmful."
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In 2015, Hanania justified Trump’s refusal to apologize for anything he says: "Here’s why Trump might be right not to apologize."
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"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men -- not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes…"
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"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men -- not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes…"
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It’s the Replacement Theory conspiracy. Regardless, Jewish women like Betty Friedan and Bella Abzug played a vital role in second-wave feminism and fighting for women’s rights. The 1971 Comprehensive Child Development Act that Bella Abzug fought for was passed by Congress but vetoed by Nixon.
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Walter Reuther, who led UAW from 1946 to his death in 1970, understood it reuther100.wayne.edu/pdf/NAACP_19...
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As Yalta records show, Stalin’s proposal was supported by Churchill but met skeptically by the American side. Roosevelt expressed his view on "Great Powers" when addressing the nation in 1943: "The doctrine that the strong shall dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies—and we reject it."
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Dictatorships lump people into categories and refuse to recognize the individual dignity of every person.
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Walter Reuther, who led UAW from 1946 to his death in 1970, understood it reuther100.wayne.edu/pdf/NAACP_19...
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It’s the Replacement Theory conspiracy. Regardless, Jewish women like Betty Friedan and Bella Abzug played a vital role in second-wave feminism and fighting for women’s rights. The 1971 Comprehensive Child Development Act that Bella Abzug fought for was passed by Congress but vetoed by Nixon.
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"We are in the midst of the second American Revolution… It’s why, thanks to our members, Heritage remains laser-focused on taking back America by dismantling the deep state..." Kevin Roberts in a message to supporters on the 4th of July, 2024.
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Fact check: true.
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The special privileges of the Security Council members are Stalin’s legacy. In a December 1944 letter to FDR, Stalin insisted on the veto power proposed in Yalta: ”I must insist on our former stand as to the voting in the Security Council. As I see it, this attitude will ensure four-power unity…"
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"We are in the midst of the second American Revolution… It’s why, thanks to our members, Heritage remains laser-focused on taking back America by dismantling the deep state..." Kevin Roberts in a message to supporters on the 4th of July, 2024.
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Dictatorships lump people into categories and refuse to recognize the individual dignity of every person.
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The special privileges of the Security Council members are Stalin’s legacy. In a December 1944 letter to FDR, Stalin insisted on the veto power proposed in Yalta: ”I must insist on our former stand as to the voting in the Security Council. As I see it, this attitude will ensure four-power unity…"
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Paul Robeson revised the lyrics of Kern/Hammerstein’s 1927 “Ol’ Man River” from “Showboat” —reclaiming it in significant ways.
Instead of Joe’s “Ah'm tired of livin' / An skeered of dyin'”
Robeson sang:
“But I keep laughing/
Instead of crying/
must keep fighting.”
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In 1971, Nixon vetoed the Comprehensive Child Development Act on Pat Buchanan's advice to appease conservatives from challenging him in the primaries. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compreh... The lasting legacy of this decision left permanent damage.
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It’s interesting how Cordelia Scaife May and Richard Mellon Scaife, whose alcoholic mother was on Fortune’s 1957 list of seven wealthiest Americans, used their inherited fortune to bankroll both the anti-immigrant movement and the Heritage Foundation, thus bringing us to the present state.
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The story of Nixon’s 1971 veto is illuminating. Bill Buckley supported John Ashbrook, an opponent of the Comprehensive Child Development Act, in his primary challenge to Nixon.
youtu.be/3HzMlvpoS4k
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It’s interesting how Cordelia Scaife May and Richard Mellon Scaife, whose alcoholic mother was on Fortune’s 1957 list of seven wealthiest Americans, used their inherited fortune to bankroll both the anti-immigrant movement and the Heritage Foundation, thus bringing us to the present state.
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Bill Lind, who spread the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory, wanted to undo everything, including post-Civil War amendments. "President Trump could dis-establish the Deep State itself. How? By calling a Constitutional Convention with the intent of abolishing most amendments passed since 1860."
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A common ground for world fascism. "Just as Demographic Winter is the result of the Sexual Revolution, the latter is the result of something called Cultural Marxism… We won’t find our way out of the forest of Demographic Winter until the Sexual Revolution is overthrown…" Don Feder in Moscow in 2014.
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In 1971, Nixon vetoed the Comprehensive Child Development Act on Pat Buchanan's advice to appease conservatives from challenging him in the primaries. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compreh... The lasting legacy of this decision left permanent damage.
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From 2023: "Rufo thinks it will be necessary to follow the path of Lenin—to seize the commanding heights of culture, education, and government… the desire that Rufo cannot quite name is the desire to carry out a takeover of bureaucracies from the right—and call it revolution."
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From 2023: "Rufo thinks it will be necessary to follow the path of Lenin—to seize the commanding heights of culture, education, and government… the desire that Rufo cannot quite name is the desire to carry out a takeover of bureaucracies from the right—and call it revolution."
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Do we have to do this again? In 1981, CUNY officially apologized for the dismissal of faculty based on their political beliefs as the result of an investigation by the infamous Rapp-Coudert Committee, a precursor to McCarthyism en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapp-Co...
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The NPS website for Pauli Murray Family Home, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016, keeps the sentence "Murray struggled with her sexual identity and sexual orientation," yet erases TQ from LGBTQ.
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I sometimes think of Shelby's 2001 chastising of the FBI: "Most fundamental to counterintelligence - as true today as ever - is the need to 'think the unthinkable.' Yet this is one of the most difficult attitudes to instill and maintain because it runs contrary to human nature..."
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Poroshenko is a skilled diplomat who stood his ground against Putin during the marathon negotiations in Minsk. His reputation in Ukraine and chances of reelection in 2019 hinged on his promise to deliver the Javelins. He wasn't above using shady, corrupt characters like Igor Furman or Rabbi Azman.
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"My favorite part is when Sam has his gun out in the diner and he tells the guy to tell his girlfriend to shut up: ‘Tell that bitch to be cool,’” Trump told me on his plane, as he munched on potato chips. “‘Say: Bitch be cool!’ I love those lines.”
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The late Kevin Drum on Trump’s interview at the Economic Club of Chicago: "Trump had done nothing but repeat his usual lies and demonstrate that he knows nothing about the economy, his fans at Fox News immediately began marveling at Trump's masterful performance…” jabberwocking.com/notes-on-tru...
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The late Kevin Drum on Trump’s interview at the Economic Club of Chicago: "Trump had done nothing but repeat his usual lies and demonstrate that he knows nothing about the economy, his fans at Fox News immediately began marveling at Trump's masterful performance…” jabberwocking.com/notes-on-tru...
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Every Trump tweet or public statement contains a lie because he asserts his dominance by lying.
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"It's worse than you can imagine. An idiot surrounded by clowns… I am in a constant state of shock and horror.” Gary Cohn, Trump’s first economic advisor. As if to prove his point, Trump replaced him with Larry Kudlow, a clown without an economics education, who played an economist on TV.