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97 years of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
97 years of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
Elvis Presley and David Bowie day!
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Elvis Presley and David Bowie day!
"America will never be destroyed from an external source. If Americans falter and lose their freedoms, it will be due to self-destruction." - Attributed to Abraham Lincoln
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"America will never be destroyed from an external source. If Americans falter and lose their freedoms, it will be due to self-destruction." - Attributed to Abraham Lincoln
January 6th 1811 Charles Sumner is born. January 6th 1882 Sam Rayburn is born. January 6th 2021 The United States Capitol is attacked. Pro slavery Representative Preston Brooks brutally beat anti slavery Senator Charles Sumner
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
January 6th 1811 Charles Sumner is born. January 6th 1882 Sam Rayburn is born. January 6th 2021 The United States Capitol is attacked. Pro slavery Representative Preston Brooks brutally beat anti slavery Senator Charles Sumner
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#OtD 1 Jan 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, not for anti-racism but simply to undermine Confederacy: "I am not, nor ever have been, in favour of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white & Black races" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8064...
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#OtD 1 Jan 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, not for anti-racism but simply to undermine Confederacy: "I am not, nor ever have been, in favour of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white & Black races" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8064...
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#OtD 1 Jan 1804 Haiti became an independent republic, the culmination of the Haitian revolution abolishing slavery and freeing itself from French rule. It began as a rebellion of the enslaved in 1791. Learn more about this and other Black revolts here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-h...
January 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 1 Jan 1804 Haiti became an independent republic, the culmination of the Haitian revolution abolishing slavery and freeing itself from French rule. It began as a rebellion of the enslaved in 1791. Learn more about this and other Black revolts here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-h...
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Seymour Hersh’s reporting only got attention because there was a public willing to care. If atrocities are reported and nobody is shocked, what then? We don’t just need new Hershes, but a public that appreciates the kind of work that Hersh has done.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
We Need More Seymour Hershes
The new documentary Cover-Up shows what independent journalism looks like and why it matters.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Seymour Hersh’s reporting only got attention because there was a public willing to care. If atrocities are reported and nobody is shocked, what then? We don’t just need new Hershes, but a public that appreciates the kind of work that Hersh has done.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
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The lack of paths for working-class people to become journalists today is not only unfair, but skews coverage away from the concerns of the working class and toward the concerns of elites.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
We Need More Seymour Hershes
The new documentary Cover-Up shows what independent journalism looks like and why it matters.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The lack of paths for working-class people to become journalists today is not only unfair, but skews coverage away from the concerns of the working class and toward the concerns of elites.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
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The new documentary Cover-Up shows what independent journalism looks like and why it matters.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
We Need More Seymour Hershes
The new documentary Cover-Up shows what independent journalism looks like and why it matters.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The new documentary Cover-Up shows what independent journalism looks like and why it matters.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-need...
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Even BILL CLINTON is saying he doesn’t care if the full release of the files implicates Bill Clinton. Amazing.
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Even BILL CLINTON is saying he doesn’t care if the full release of the files implicates Bill Clinton. Amazing.
W. E. B. Du Bois and Frederick Douglass on General Lee
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
W. E. B. Du Bois and Frederick Douglass on General Lee
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Christ, what an asshole.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Christ, what an asshole.
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NEW: Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us that Trump is a schmuck. (He was also a friend, and I'll miss our very long lunches.)
Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us Trump’s a schmuck.
The president's remarks about the murder of the filmmaker and his wife cast him as petty and callous.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NEW: Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us that Trump is a schmuck. (He was also a friend, and I'll miss our very long lunches.)
Godspeed Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Godspeed Rob Reiner.
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What a difference twenty years makes. In 2006, the digital age was about YOU. In 2025, it’s about Big Tech billionaires. In the digital age, AI must stand for All Included—and I’ll keep fighting to make sure it does.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What a difference twenty years makes. In 2006, the digital age was about YOU. In 2025, it’s about Big Tech billionaires. In the digital age, AI must stand for All Included—and I’ll keep fighting to make sure it does.
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Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them- Lemony Snicket
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Alan is a great friend from England who focuses on the history from the 1960s primarily on President John F. Kennedy and the tragic assassination that permanently
Book collection from alangreen796
Alan is a great friend from England who focuses on the history from the 1960s primarily on President John F. Kennedy and the tragic assassination that permanently
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them- Lemony Snicket
Book collection from alangreen796
Alan is a great friend from England who focuses on the history from the 1960s primarily on President John F. Kennedy and the tragic assassination that permanently
Book collection from alangreen796
Alan is a great friend from England who focuses on the history from the 1960s primarily on President John F. Kennedy and the tragic assassination that permanently
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Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed on this day in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed on this day in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
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#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
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On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.