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Tag: US presidents

  • Prof Patty
  • October 16, 2021

From the White House Historical Association

Q: Which U.S. presidents relied on enslaved labor at the White House? A: According to surviving documentation, at least nine presidents either brought with them or hired out enslaved individuals to

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https://youtu.be/2S2L4e914po?si=YmVt_MwoVlBysYzK

NY Times

  • Iran Found Trump’s Bone Spur
  • Riding High After I.P.O., SpaceX Will Buy A.I. Start-Up for $60 Billion
  • D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s Data Center
  • Claiming an Antifa Plot, U.S. Charges 15 in Minneapolis With Conspiracy
  • Trump Administration Shifts Special Education Programs to Health Department
https://youtu.be/ZALIdsv_3cg?si=FZBaK7cjVEztCJnB

NPR

  • In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort
  • Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it
  • Why a brain research lab is switching from fruit flies to tiny fish
  • In Oregon, a newly discovered species of spider got its own name and naming ceremony
  • COMIC: How excessive heat kills and how to stay safe
https://youtu.be/7aGbj3LAHsI?si=Iso1GGmZlbrOj5nO

The Progressive

  • This July 4, Celebrate Our Interdependence
  • The New Jim Crow
  • Being a Queer Immigrant in a Time of White Christian Nationalism
  • Keeping Us Safe
  • The Anti-Defamation League Was Rotten From the Start
https://youtu.be/oKbsiNd4Q-Y?si=MF6Eq8qv49QiZkTB

FactCheck.org

  • Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
  • Trump’s Inaccurate Anecdote on ‘Right to Repair’ Cars
  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
https://youtu.be/FA8AZSMEOD0?si=uBmpaQx4ZdqASMpy

Snopes.com

  • Did Eric Trump ask UFC commentator Daniel Cormier if any fights were 'rigged'? What we know
  • Pom Wonderful maker uses paraquat, a pesticide banned in 70-plus countries. Is it toxic?
  • Unpacking claim Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was caught on 'hot mic' dismissing data center concerns
  • Double rainbow formed over Kennedy Center on day Trump's name was scheduled to be removed
  • Does image show Texas Costco with all Muslim customers? Don't be fooled
https://youtu.be/OFkeKKszXTw?si=y7SJCxWT57VseByL

Tradeoffs

  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?
https://youtu.be/JbpcNGe1IoY?si=OKq0SBDBFxiyWQAo

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