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1. Trying to figure out where the “U-S-A” chant comes from. One of the earliest references that pops up is in Czechoslovakia in 1969, where 5,000 students defiantly chanted it at riot police.
2. Ironically, then, it seems to have been popularized in the United States during our hockey team’s miraculous 1980 run, during our match against …. Czechoslovakia.
3. But as this @p_emory thread points out, versions of the chant go back a long, long way:
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1. I’m fascinated by this Bloomberg report that the Trump administration is contemplating “Cost plus 50,” or having countries like Germany pay the salaries of American troops, in return for their being stationed abroad: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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1. Why do the special counsel regulations place the power to release information in the hands of the attorney general? Not to impede Congress’s ability to access the information, write the people who made that recommendation: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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1. A short thread on some interesting findings from @QuinnipiacPoll today. They say Americans support Congress investigating Cohen's claims, 58-35, and oppose impeaching Trump, 59-35. poll.qu.edu/national/relea…
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