#AmericanHistory #HistoricalNarrative #PresidentsDay
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Uncommon Knowledge: Americans don't want a war on history
On Presidents Day, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to put back what it had removed in Philadelphia: 34 panels and videos explaining that America's first president lived there with nine enslaved people, and that at least two of them, including Oney Judge, escaped.
#PresidentialHumility #AmericanDemocracy #HistoricalLessons
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George W. Bush Subtly Trashes Trump in Presidents Day Message
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George W. Bush has penned a Presidents Day essay that made some pointed observations about power, humility, and presidents who refuse to step down from office.
#GeorgeWashington #AmericanRevolution #PresidentsDay
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No, George Washington didn't have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston
BOSTON (AP) -- More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution.
#America250 #TrumpAdministration #Privatization
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Video: Opinion | The Pay-to-Play Patriotism of 2026
As the United States prepares to turn 250, the Trump administration is turning the celebration into a pay-to-play spectacle where even a speaking role on the National Mall is up for sale.
#CognitiveDissonance #Olympics #AmericanPride
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There's A Name For The Discomfort You're Feeling Watching The Olympics Right Now
If waving the American flag or chanting "USA. " turns you off right now, you're not alone.
While President Donald Trump's deportation agenda separates families, and federal agents detain 5-year-olds and kill unarmed civilians, American athletes are winning medals on behalf of the nation at the Olympics right now.
#AmericaFirst #EconomicPolicy #PublicSafety
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JAMES CARTER: The State Of The Union Speech President Trump Should -- And Could -- Deliver
Tonight, I come before Congress not to recite grievances. I come to report the results.
For too long, Americans were told that decline was inevitable -- that we had to accept bad trade deals, closed factories, poisoned streets, soaring prices, and a federal government that spent more and delivered less.
#PlasmaDonation #EconomicStruggles #AmericanHealthCare
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Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Inside a suburban Philadelphia strip mall, between the Hair Cuttery and a Citizens Bank, a dozen people lay on black ergonomic beds a few feet apart, hooked up through a needle in the crook of their arms to machines pumping blood out of their veins.
#OnaJudge #AmericanHistory #CivilRights
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Martha Washington's enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom - but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
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On the evening of May 21, 1796, Ona Judge made the daring decision to free herself.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #AmericanDemocracy
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'Proportional representation' could reduce polarization in Congress and help more people feel like their voices are being heard
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In the face of widespread pessimism about the political fate of the United States and growing political polarization, scholars and citizens across the country are reimagining how American democracy could better serve the needs of the whole population.
#Slavery #AmericanHistory #Philadelphia
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As a fight over the legacy of slavery brews in Pa., a historian tells how it shaped the commonwealth
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Exhibits discussing slavery and the Founding Fathers' owning slaves are seen at the President's House on August 9, 2025 in Philadelphia.
#optimism #AmericanDream #polling
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How Americans' optimism about their future has changed, according to new polling
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans' hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.
In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this question almost 20 years ago.
#America250 #Democracy #PoliticalDivisions
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'We hold these truths': Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250
WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world's oldest democracy can be sustained.
#AmericanRevolution #Democracy #PoliticalChange
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America's revolutionaries: We're our own greatest creations, as...
In his new book, "Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution," Professor Turley explores the meaning and future of democracy on the American Revolution's 250th anniversary.
#SuperBowl #Football #AmericanCulture
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The unlikely story of how the Super Bowl came to be
Newsweek Columnist, Vice President of Content at Salem Media Group and host of "Our American Stories"
Football has been America's game for decades, and Super Bowl Sunday is America's biggest gameday.
#SuperBowl #Viewership #AmericanCulture
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How many people watch the Super Bowl? Explaining Super Bowl TV ratings in USA, around the world
Every year, there is no bigger event on television than the Super Bowl. What began in 1967 as a championship game between two leagues has evolved into an unofficial American holiday, consistently shattering viewership records year after year.
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#America #PoliticalEconomy #SocialIssues
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Opinion | Life, liberty and the pursuit of misery
Nicholas Eberstadt is the Wendt chair in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute. This column is adapted from the preface to his November essay collection "America's Human Arithmetic.
#MexicanAmericanWar #AmericanHistory #USForeignPolicy
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Trump accused of distorting history of Mexican-American War to justify heavy hand in Latin America
MEXICO CITY -- Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a "historically inaccurate" version of the Mexican-American war.
