US Electoral System-Foundational

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History of the US Constitution

The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will

by thomhartmann 31/1/25 DAILY KOS

In Wednesday’s Daily Take  here on Hartmann Report, I mentioned Russell Kirk and the origins of today’s hard right GOP. A few people replied with, “Who’s that?” and similar questions; others were incredulous that Republicans actually believed the middle class created by FDR’s New Deal was a bad thing. So, here’s the backstory to what I mentioned.

A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America

by Terry Gross 3/5/17 npr

In 1933, faced with a housing shortage, the federal government began a program explicitly designed to increase — and segregate — America's housing stock. Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation."

Speeches Form Political Leaders from the Past

Ronald Reagan, Protest, War Protesters, Berkeley, Law and Order, California, Governor, 1960's

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