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In 1966, Barry Goldwater told William F. Buckley Jr. that his greatest fear as a conservative was a president who would use the powers of the office to destroy everyone who disagreed with him.

Happy 200th birthday to Ulysses Grant, born #OTD 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Ulysses Grant 🇺🇸 is the first of seven Presidents born in Ohio: US Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James Garfield Benjamin Harrison William McKinley William Howard Taft Warren G. Harding #POTUS 🎂🎈

134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.

The SAVE Act is effectively dead in the Senate. Thune admitted the votes were never there and moved on to "more pressing stuff." Here's the principle: women shouldn't have to do one extra thing more than a man to vote. Want voter ID? Fine. Issue it to every citizen for free. The burden of proving citizenship should never fall on the voter when the government can verify it at zero cost. Voting is a right. Not a privilege you earn by having the right paperwork.

For years, Ticketmaster/Live Nation has abused its power against musicians, fans, and venues, dominating the live music industry while worsening it for everyone else. This jury verdict holding that the company violated state and federal antitrust laws is a key first step towards ending Live Nation’s monopolistic control and securing real relief for those it harmed. Congratulations to the state attorneys general who kept litigating the case after the Trump DOJ settled cheaply and bailed.

For years, Live Nation and Ticketmaster: - Overcharged fans - Piled on junk fees - Provided horrible service - Monopolized the live event industry Today, a jury called it what it is: ILLEGAL.

On this day in 1977: Apple II unveiled

My boomer dad paid $11,000 for his college degree. Total. Four years. He told me my $90,000 in student loans is because I “picked the wrong school.” I went to a state school. He went to a private university. His cost less.

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3 billion tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated WARREN: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

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Actual conversation between Eleanor Roosevelt & Harry Truman 🇺🇸: Eleanor Roosevelt: "Harry, the President is dead” Harry Truman: “Is there anything I can do for you?” Eleanor Roosevelt: "Is there anything we can do for you, Harry? For you are the one in trouble now” #POTUS ❤️

😕🇺🇸 “the richest country in the history of the world” The truth hurts

For generations, March 4 was America’s Inauguration Day. From 1793 to 1933, presidents took the oath of office on this date. In fact, more presidents were inaugurated in March than in January. • 36 inaugurations took place in March • 23 have taken place in January since the date changed. From George Washington’s delayed swearing-in, to Andrew Jackson’s legendary open-house crowd that forced him out a window, to Lincoln’s stirring appeal for unity on the eve of the Civil War, each ceremony added a chapter to the American story. The 20th Amendment later moved Inauguration Day to January 20, shortening the long gap between election and inauguration. One president holds a strange place in history: Franklin D. Roosevelt was both the last inaugurated in March and the first in January.

A nation that can fund a war instantly but debates funding healthcare has a values problem not a budget problem...

16 years ago, the Citizens United ruling allowed billionaires to take over our government. In 2024, billionaires spent around $2.6 billion, which is 162 times more than what billionaires spent before the decision in the 2008 cycle.

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