TRUMP IS PREPARING THE WAY FOR A NEW AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
It wasn't long ago when virtually everyone scoffed when scholars and political commentators suggested that the U.S. is displaying the earmarks of a nation moving toward a violent breakdown and civil...
View ArticleA map of our our divisions
What can I say, I like maps. So I set out to create a map that I was curious to see. This particular map attempts to show the population advantage each of our two bitterly divided sides currently...
View ArticleThe Charlie Kirk Story is far from over.
Most people listen to the GOP’s response to the killing as “We must destroy the Left!” That’s the loud message — there’s a quieter message there as well, if you listen.It is saying “Don’t kill Us, you...
View ArticleOath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes Pledges to Bring The Band Back; Urges Trump to...
Rhodes: Trump Should Invoke the Insurrection ActSince Donald Trump’s election, far-right militias and white-supremacist organizations have been relatively quiet. Why stir...
View ArticleHe Cosplays Firebombing & Blitzing Our Homeland: All This & Civil War...
Be it resolved: not for a nanosecond can an obese orange agent (who gloms onto a lean, mean, cinematic connoisseur of ‘eau de napalm’) be up to any good. (All the more if, in real life, he’s...
View ArticleDo not sane-wash Millennial Mussolini even if JD Vance gives him a Hillbilly...
Apparently Charlie Kirk merits VIP treatment, likely including a ‘fancy’ funeral service, but will they bring his casket forward on a gun carriage? Will there be a flyover?Kirkian martyrdom will remain...
View ArticleHidden History: How a Lincoln Conspirator's Skull Ended Up in Florida
One of the conspirators in the John Wilkes Booth plot to kill President Abraham Lincoln is buried in Florida. Or, at least, part of him is."Hidden History" is a diary series that explores forgotten and...
View ArticleBlue States: Stop funding Trump's Confederacy
Don’t despair as authoritarianism marches around us. There is a thing that comes next. And it may come soon, as the realization spreads that blue states contribute the lion’s share of resources...
View ArticleTrump team promises to 'honor' another notorious Confederate leader
The Trump administration is still on its pro-Confederacy crusade, this time by promising to “honor” Gen. Robert E. Lee by rehanging his portrait in the West Point Library.According to The New York...
View ArticleThe United States of America is becoming the Divided States of America
America, America, God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood? Well, that ideal seems to be mostly gone for a significant number of people in red states in the new DSA (Divided...
View ArticleGaza and Ukraine Are Important! But So Are These Forgotten Wars of the World
WARNING: This diary contains images some may find upsetting and disturbing. If there is an image that crosses the line, DM me and I will try to find a substitute. Second WARNING: This article is...
View ArticleDisney Shouldn’t Build on Bloodshed
The Walt Disney Company likes to present itself as a beacon of imagination, inclusion, and doing what’s right. From beloved films to theme parks that promise “the happiest place on Earth,” Disney...
View ArticleWilliam Quantrill Revisited
On August 21, 2023, I published It’s an Anniversary of Quantrill’s Raid. I would like to add to that record. Charles Robinson.Charles Robinson was elected to the California State Assembly, where he...
View ArticleDomestic Terrorism in the Post-Civil War South
This post is part of a series examining the darker side of United States history as the country prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.The Trump...
View ArticleWYFP: More & Better History
I love history. Is it too much to ask for a President who knows our own? Estimates vary but, Wikipedia has the number of the people who died during the civil war as 698,000.Abraham Lincoln won the...
View ArticleA president declares war on half the country
Temporarily upstaged by war in the middle east, this week’s Senate Armed Services hearings suggested war might be brewing closer to home. Trump seeks an unprecedented $1 trillion defense budget that...
View ArticleVideo: Juneteenth Music
Oh FreedomPost-Emancipation Spiritual. This song was written at or soon after the date of the first Juneteenth.Oh freedom, oh freedom Oh freedom over me! And before I’d be a slave I’ll be buried in my...
View ArticleBreaking - Trump is escalating: ICE deploying to 5 Blue cities…
Nothing in The NY Times yet, but reports are starting to show up.From The Daily MailDonald Trump is set to deploy ICE tactical units to five Democrat-run cities amid the riots in Los Angelesas Gavin...
View ArticleTrump's Roadkill Parade: Are We Game?
Call it a mixed bag. On one hand, Saturday marks Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of the founding of our Army. On the other hand, it marks the 79th birthday of the confounder-in-chief whose bout...
View ArticleCivil War Hymns: Remembering Our History to See the Contradictions of Today
George Orwell said, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” Given that, remembering the songs and examining the meanings within...
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