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Archive for July, 2018
Trumpism Under Putin
JULY 4: Russians say Putin, military power & unique spirit make them glorious nation Victory Day celebrations on the Red Square in Moscow © Moskva news agency Almost half of all Russians consider their country a great world power, naming the president, the military forces and the spirit of the [...]
July 4th, 2018 - 1:43 am § in Misc.
Could YOU pass a US citizen test?
Could you pass a US citizenship test? Enlarge New citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) holds a naturalization ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on Sept. 22, 2010. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg/Newsco[...]
July 4th, 2018 - 12:55 am § in Misc.
Arrested for failure to stand during National Anthem.
Three weeks after Donald Trump’s election, twelve people were arrested after they remained seated while the national anthem played at a movie theater last week. The cinemagoers, who were attending an international film festival, were later freed but they face charges of “failure to obey[...]
July 4th, 2018 - 12:24 am § in Misc.
A Black Heroic Fourth
What Frederick Douglass Teaches Us about July 4th and American Exceptionalism Nick Gillespie[...]
Langston Hughes: “Let America be America again.”
Sadly, No Poet Was Invited to Trump’s Inaugural But … Langston Hughes already wrote the ideal poem Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America [[...]