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  • Kintsugi
  • July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Historians just ranked the presidents. Trump wasn’t last.

By Gillian Brockell June 30, 2021 at 2:34 p.m. EDT Read HERE. Despite being impeached twice, former president Donald Trump is not the worst president in U.S. history, according to 14

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

How Many U.S. Presidents Owned Enslaved People?

EVAN ANDREWS @ history.com [A]t least 12 chief executives—over a quarter of all American presidents—enslaved people during their lifetimes. Of these, eight held enslaved people while in of

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

A Comparison I was Thinking About Today

I know this is a script and not real life.

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NY Times

  • Pentagon Names 6 Military Members Killed in Iraq Tanker Crash
  • Synagogue Attack Tests Bonds of Michigan Community
  • For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War
  • Judge Rules Lawmaker Must Be Allowed to Join Kennedy Center Board Meeting
  • Explosion at Jewish School in Amsterdam Is 2nd Antisemitic Attack in 2 Days, Officials Say

NPR

  • Master gardener Jessica Damiano explains seed packet lingo to aid successful gardening
  • In layers of melting glacier ice, scientists find a story of pre-industrial pollution
  • NASA targets Artemis II crewed moon mission for April 1 launch
  • Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
  • 2025 saw relatively fewer natural disasters. Will you get a break on home insurance?

The Progressive

  • Silence Is Surrender
  • Why We Need Leaders Like Frances Perkins
  • The Fight for Palestine in Higher Education Continues, Despite Institutional Backlash
  • Join the Fight to Protect the Ocean
  • Gutting Discrimination Enforcement in Education: What Could Go Wrong?

FactCheck.org

  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.
  • Is the U.S. at ‘War’? Politicians Disagree
  • Trump’s Claim About the Obama Nuclear Deal and Iran’s Nuclear Development
  • Without Providing Evidence, Trump Pins School Bombing on Iran

Snopes.com

  • Watch out for false claim about Stephen Colbert's 'emergency monologue' during 3 a.m. broadcast
  • Did Kamala Harris say, 'Iran is a country, but we don't live there, so it's not our country'?
  • 16 claims we've researched in Iran war's first 2 weeks
  • Lindsey Graham once said Republican Party was 'killing all the right people'
  • Video doesn't show Netanyahu with 6 fingers per hand, isn't AI

Tradeoffs

  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction

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