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The Associated Press: ‘Opening of The Senate Watergate Committee (1973)’

“(17 May 1973) Scenes from the United States Senate hearing into the Watergate Affair. Senate Watergate Committee chairman, Sam Ervin makes a statement… From The Associated Press Without the Senate Watergate Committee, President Nixon doesn’t get impeached at least in that … Continue reading

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TIME: Lilly Rothman: ‘See What Happened When Feminists Squared Off With Hugh Hefner in 1970’

Source:TIME– Hugh Hefner vs radical feminists in 1970. “When Susan Brownmiller and Sally Kempton appeared as representatives of the women’s liberation movement alongside Hugh Hefner on The Dick Cavett Show in 1970, Cavett joked, “We really set you up tonight, … Continue reading

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Dandelion Salad: Elizabeth Schulte- ‘Socialism According to Eugene V. Debbs’

Source:Dandelion Salad– Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debbs. “What did the man who Bernie Sanders today claims as his personal hero really stand for? Elizabeth Schulte tells the story of American socialism’s best-known figure. IT’S NOT your typical presidential candidate … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: ‘Your Right to Die Isn’t Enough’

Source: The New Republic Euthanasia, is a tough issue for me. We’re not just talking about suicide here, but someone getting legal help from not just someone else to kill them, but getting that help from someone whose sworn to protect … Continue reading

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Patrick J. Buchanan: The GOP’s Iran Dilemma

Source:Patrick J. Buchanan I actually agree with Pat Buchanan, who seems to be getting more sane and intelligent as he gets older. The way I would put it, is that President Obama and perhaps intentionally, has boxed the Republican Party, … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg: ‘Gary Johnson on Donald Trump, Presidential Election and Life As a Pot Company CEO’

“Is this country of 300 million people only capable of being governed by two families?,” asks Gary Johnson, the former two-term Republican governor from New Mexico, who also ran for president in 2012 on the Libertarian Party (LP) line. “The … Continue reading

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The New Republic: David Dayen: Bernie Sanders & Martin O’Malley Failed Their Black Lives Matter Test

Source:The New Republic First of all, its great to hear a politician go to a political group and event and tell them what they don’t want to hear. Especially when they are right and knowing that it might hurt them … Continue reading

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Radical Films: Let it Burn-Robert F. Williams: The Coming Destruction of The USA? (1968)

“Robert Franklin Williams, advocate of armed self-defense in the Civil Rights Movement, hunted by the FBI since fleeing Monroe, North Carolina in 1961, after years in exile in Cuba and China, is interviewed by Robert Carl Cohen in Dar Es … Continue reading

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The Week: Ryu Spaeth: ‘Is To Kill a Mockingbird Racist?’

“The other day I happened to catch To Kill a Mockingbird on television. It was airing as part of the general enthusiasm that preceded the release of Go Set a Watchman, the controversial follow-up to Mockingbird that now stalks Harper … Continue reading

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Mysteries & Scandals: Bugsy Siegel

Source:IMDB– Mysteries and Scandals. You can also see this post at The FreeState, on Blogger. “Susan Berman (author), Ralph Saierno (NYC mob investigator), Frank Ragano (lawyer), Frank Wright (curator Vegas), W.R. Wilkerson III (author), Rose Marie (entertainer) and Michael Druxman (author) … Continue reading

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