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Critical Past: Wendell Willkie- ‘Arrives in His Hometown And Formally Accepts The Republican Presidential Nomination’

Source:The New Democrat  “Historic Stock Footage Archival and Vintage Video Clips in HD. Wendell Willkie arrives in his home town and formally accepts the Republican Presidential nomination before the crowd. Wendell Willkie arrives in his home town after being nominated … Continue reading

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CPH: David Levering Lewis- ‘The Improbable Wendell Willkie’

Source:The New Democrat  “In the wake of one of the most tumultuous Republican conventions ever, the party of Lincoln nominated in 1940 a prominent businessman and former Democrat who could have saved America’s sclerotic political system. Although Wendell Lewis Willkie … Continue reading

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Biographics: Simon Whistler- Jim Jones Biography: ‘Progressive to Predator’

Source:The New Democrat  “Jim Jones Biography: Progressive to Predator” From Biographics Seeing this video and today’s blog post is perfect timing, because Sundance will be showing a documentary about Reverend Jim Jones this weekend which will be a two-night event. If … 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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Reason: Nick Gillespie- ‘Penn Jillette on Indiana RFRA: You’re Not Being Forced to Have Gay Sex’

Source:Reason Magazine– Penn Jillette, on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. “Via Mediaite comes footage from CNN last night in which hardcore libertarian and atheist Penn Jillette weights in on the Indiana RFRA hoohah. Given his libertarian bona fides, many folks … Continue reading

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The Onion: ‘Indiana Governor Insists Religious Freedom Law Has Nothing To Do With Thing it Explicitly Intended To Do’

Source:The Onion– Governor Mike Pence (Republican, Indiana) refusing to answer George Stephanopoulos questions about whether Hoosiers get to discriminate against gay or not. “INDIANAPOLIS—Addressing the controversy surrounding his state’s recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Indiana governor Mike Pence forcefully … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: This Week, Governor Mike Pence- Doesn’t Understand Discrimination

Source: Thom Hartmann: This Week, Governor Mike Pence- Doesn’t Understand Discrimination If a church whatever the church decided not perform gay weddings or inter-racial weddings or inter-ethnic weddings, they would be perfectly within their rights. Remember, Separation of Church and State … Continue reading

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History Comes to Life: Wendell Willkie- A Classical Liberal Democrat

Source:History Comes To Life– Wendell Willkie for President, in 1940. Source:FRS FreeState “Willkie about to board plane in 1940 campaign, Willkie waves and boards, Mrs. Willkie boards plane, Willkie working on plane, plane in flight, Willkie looks out window. 1940: … Continue reading

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GOP Weekly Address: Governor Mike Pence Delivers GOP Weekly Address on ObamaCare

This post was originally posted at FreeState Plus Again with ObamaCare, because that is all Republicans have to talk about. As well as some guy named Barack Obama, whoever the hell he is. I heard he’s the President of some … Continue reading

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