The Study of History is the Search for Truths
“The aim of history class isn’t to get students to love or loathe their country. It’s to prepare them to live in it.”
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Donald Trump
The Invasion of the Capitol Building Was A Predictable Event
Anyone that claims to be surprised by Trump supporters invading the Capitol Building is either dishonest or uninformed.
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Hawley and Cruz Lie Because They Think Republicans Are Stupid
Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and other Republicans promote Trump’s lies about the 2020 election because they think their supporters are stupid enough to believe them.
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Josh Hawley Betrayed His Oath To Uphold the United States Constitution
Josh Hawley is more responsible than anyone but Donald Trump for the attack on the Capitol Building. He has betrayed his oath to uphold the United States Constitution.
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History’s Verdict on The Trump Era Will Not Be Kind
Historians will likely debate whether Donald Trump is the worst president in American history or simply one of the worst. Either way, the historical record will reflect poorly on the Trump Era. Future generations will struggle to understand how and why we lost our way.
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“Republicans’ Hedonic Treadmill Problem” by Bonnie Kristian
The calm, normal politics Biden has promised is exactly what they do not want — not merely because of differences of partisanship or policy but because calm and normal no longer appeal. Trumpist Republicans have a serious hedonic treadmill problem.
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Happy Electoral College Day! The 2020 Edition
According to the United States Constitution, the Electoral College has the official responsibility of choosing the President of the United States. In 2020, the Electoral College has voted to elect Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.
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Trump’s Economy Was No Better Than Obama’s
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump set many goals for the economy under his administration, like raising growth to 3% and eliminating the country’s trade deficit. Even before the coronavirus pandemic ended a decade of expansion, the track record was mixed. Unemployment fell to record lows, but growth never hit the promised levels and the trade deficit worsened.
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Right-Wing Militias are Preparing for Civil War
“Some writers popular on the militant right had been warning that wars don’t always start with a clear, decisive event—an attack, a coup, an invasion—and that you might not realize you’re in one until it’s underway.”
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Trump Lost in the Real World, But Not in Trumpland
“The election is over. But pro-Trump media outlets are helping Trump spin the narrative that it isn’t.”
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Tucker Carlson Is Not A Credible Source For News
Tucker Carlson is not a credible source for news. Fox News and a US Federal District Court Judge appointed by Donald Trump agree.
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The Changing Republican Party
This collapse of a major political party as a moral governing force is unlike anything we have seen in modern American politics.
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Identity Politics is Not Going Away
What we know now is that there are two Americas separated by very different visions of both the present and the future. Trump’s America is angry and in a mood to keep tearing down the institutions it feels have turned against it. Biden’s country is aghast that there are people who don’t see the very different future it does.
