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West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)

Jun 14, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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The U.S. Army was founded this day in 1775 - when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year. Happy 245th to the @USArmy #ArmyBirthday

This Day, 1922:
Warren Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio—and the first to install a radio in the White House. It signaled an evolutionary shift in how presidents communicated with Americans /1

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Neither Harding nor his next two successors—Calvin Coolidge or Herbert Hoover—were very effective on radio; it took Franklin Roosevelt to leverage its vast power. This @cspan talk by WWR's Paul Brandus at the FDR Presidential Library explains why: c-span.org/video/?410339-… …

This Day, 1946:
Donald Trump was born. The 45th president, he has served since 2017. Trump was 70 when he was sworn in; Reagan was 69, Harrison (William Henry) was 68. Oldest first-term POTUS America has ever had (more)

Three Presidents were born in the summer of 1946: Trump (June), Bush (W) (July) and Clinton (August). Still time for another baby boomer (born between 1946 and 1964) if voters are so inclined

This Day. 1948:
A 35-year old Navy veteran, WWII hero, Yale law school grad and star on two back-to-back undefeated Michigan NCAA championship football teams said he was running for Congress: Gerald R. Ford (birth name "Leslie Lynch King Jr.")

This Day, 1954:
Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. Critics said it blurred the line between church and state.

Today is Flag Day - long may Old Glory wave

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One of our greatest presidents: Dwight D. (“Ike”) Eisenhower - born this day in 1890. The 34th president, he served 1953-61 (more)

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Eisenhower was a Republican when that meant putting country first. The GOP platform when he won re-election in 1956:
1. Provide aid to low-income communities
2. expand social security
3. asylum for refugees
4. make it easier for workers to join a union
5. raise minimum wage

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A 2021 survey of historians by CSPAN (I was honored to participate) ranked Eisenhower the 5th greatest president. His greatest qualities: "Moral Authority" and "Administrative Skills" (both 4th) worst: "Vision/Setting an Agenda" (16th)

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Oct 14, 2022

Construction began on the White House this day in 1792 - with the laying of its cornerstone. The oldest federal building in Washington, it was first known as the “Presidential Palace,” and later the “Executive Mansion,” until Theodore Roosevelt changed it to “White House” in 1901

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The White House was the first public building to be erected in Washington. In 1790, Commissioners of the District of Columbia offered a $500 prize for the best design. Hundreds of proposals were submitted, including one from Thomas Jefferson, who submitted his anonymously

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But the Commissioners chose instead the blueprint of a young Irish immigrant, James Hoban. Hoban modeled it after one of the grandest buildings in Dublin, the Leinster House - you can still see it today

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Aug 13, 2022

A short thread on the #EspionageAct, now linked to the court-approved search warrant of former President Trump's Florida home:

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The espionage act goes back more than a century to World War One — it’s a sweeping, very broad statute that’s aimed at individuals who, the government claims, undermine the government by disclosing secrets that could harm national security

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The list of those who have been charged with violating the Espionage Act is long. Examples include Julius and Ethel Rosenberg — executed in the 1950s for being atomic spies

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Jun 5, 2022

Mini-Thread: Were it not for two events that are marking major anniversaries this weekend, our world, our place in it, and much that we take for granted, might be quite different:

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It's the 80th anniversary of one of the most momentous naval battles in history - certainly in U.S. history - one that turned the tide of the Pacific War: Midway. In one day, the United States got swift revenge for Pearl Harbor, sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers (more)

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Luckily for the U.S., its aircraft carriers were not at Pearl Harbor six months earlier, when Japan's sneak attack pushed America into the war. They got revenge at Midway. Here: "Famous Four Minutes" by R.G. Smith, showing the U.S. attack on the carriers Akagi and Kaga

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Mar 8, 2022

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There is always confusion about energy prices, so if you'll indulge WWR for a moment, he (Paul) will try and clear up a few common (and understandable) misconceptions:

1) The United States does not import and export energy. Private sector companies do, with prices set by the free market. Producers (drillers and frackers) sell to the highest bidder - and often the highest bidder is overseas (more)

2) but U.S. refiners also import oil, which sometimes is cheaper - the market bounces up and down, as it does for any commodity. Futures prices (what a company will pay at a future date) are one way to lock in price, but futures have been rising for weeks in anticipation...

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Putin has called the fall of the Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. Not World War II, when tens of millions of Soviets citizens were killed. Not the horrors of Soviet totalitarianism (thanks to his hero Stalin) that killed millions more

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Not the Holocaust, which began in force on Soviet territory itself. No, Putin said, the greatest catastrophe was the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet empire, which gave tens of millions their first exposure to true freedom That, he thinks, is the real tragedy

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The mindset of this lifelong KGB man is that the Soviet empire must somehow be restored. Prior to invading Ukraine, he sent, just weeks ago, troops into another former Soviet republic — Kazakhstan — to help thwart “outside interference.” And Georgia in 2008 and Crimea in 2014

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