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Seth Cotlar
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I look forward to Mr. Falwell’s “History of America’s Worst Racists” with chapters on MLK, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Benjamin Banneker.
I believe it’s slated for publication during Black History Month, 2020.
It’ll be a key piece of the @gop’s effort to attract more support from black voters by showing how much they revile racism and the racists who insist on talking about it.
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1. The Chicken Little wails of "It's Socialism, those dangerous people are gonna confiscate all of your property!!!" are as old as the United States. Here's a version of that story from 1786.
2. In 1786 a group of Revolutionary War veterans in rural Massachusetts shut down the local courts to prevent the state from unjustly (in their estimation) foreclosing on their farms. We generally call this Shays Rebellion.
3. Those farmers were pissed because in the midst of the economic depression of the 1780s the government was siding with rich creditors over poor debtors. Many of these desperate debtors were rank and file veterans of the war. Most of the creditors were already very wealthy ppl.
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A modest proposal to advance the cause of political civility. I call it the @jimmykimmel Mean Tweet Rule. Before voting for a bill supported by the President, a member of Congress must stand before the C-Span camera and read aloud every mean, Presidential tweet about them.
@jimmykimmel The only downside is that this would add hours to any voting process either house went through.
@jimmykimmel The rule would allow Republican leaders to show just how independently minded they are, that they could read into the record every nasty thing Trump has said about them, and yet still vote each time for his agenda. Profiles in courage, all.
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It’s as if a journalist can tug on any thread in a Trump-related story and a big seedy tale will emerge.
But seriously, a good chunk of the MAGA crew is obsessed with sex trafficking and the supposed role that Democrats, the deep state, and “illegal immigrants” play in it. Pics of the Trumps hanging with the owner of Kraft’s brothel of choice will require some explanation.
To clarify, it’s the “founder,” not the current owner of the brothel who is in these pictures. Regardless, this Trumpland figure definitely deserves to be featured in Episode 37,109 of The Best People.
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It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated c. $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847
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