After Bedtime History Hour
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Coming soon... a podcast from two sleepy parents who like taking about history and want to share
The proliferation of Whig, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay chatter on here today is both vindicating my idea a few months ago to do a podcast about Whigs, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay, and also stressing me out that I don't feel anywhere near ready to record and release! There is always more to read!
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The proliferation of Whig, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay chatter on here today is both vindicating my idea a few months ago to do a podcast about Whigs, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay, and also stressing me out that I don't feel anywhere near ready to record and release! There is always more to read!
Have been working on episodes on exactly this issue. Of course, we're cautious people so it will be a long time before we release any :)
my question for ahmari: the federal reserve is subject to democratic control — congress can, whenever it chooses, alter the terms of fed independence. how and why is the unilateral authority of the president, exercised outside of rule if law, more democratic than congress’s legitimate authority?
Trump Must Lose the Second Bank War
Henry Clay understood what was wrong with the unitary executive theory back in the 1830s.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Have been working on episodes on exactly this issue. Of course, we're cautious people so it will be a long time before we release any :)
Eric Schmitt is exactly the kind of person James Madison dreaded could one day be a Senator.
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Eric Schmitt is exactly the kind of person James Madison dreaded could one day be a Senator.
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“Your Miss Kaitty said that I tried to steal you But I'll let her know that god never intended for man to steal his own flesh and blood.” - Rice in a separate letter to his enslaved daughters
You can read full transcriptions of both amazing letters here, via @fssp.bsky.social
You can read full transcriptions of both amazing letters here, via @fssp.bsky.social
Missouri Black Soldier to His Enslaved Daughters and to the Owner of One of the Daughters, September 3, 1864
www.freedmen.umd.edu
September 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Your Miss Kaitty said that I tried to steal you But I'll let her know that god never intended for man to steal his own flesh and blood.” - Rice in a separate letter to his enslaved daughters
You can read full transcriptions of both amazing letters here, via @fssp.bsky.social
You can read full transcriptions of both amazing letters here, via @fssp.bsky.social
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“…the longor you keep my Child from me the longor you will have to burn in hell and the qwicer youll get their…”
Spotswood Rice, a Black soldier in the US Army, to a Missouri woman who held his daughter in slavery, #otd 1864
Spotswood Rice, a Black soldier in the US Army, to a Missouri woman who held his daughter in slavery, #otd 1864
September 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“…the longor you keep my Child from me the longor you will have to burn in hell and the qwicer youll get their…”
Spotswood Rice, a Black soldier in the US Army, to a Missouri woman who held his daughter in slavery, #otd 1864
Spotswood Rice, a Black soldier in the US Army, to a Missouri woman who held his daughter in slavery, #otd 1864
In 1801 Jefferson refused to authorize offensive naval action (defense only) against Tripoli in the Mediterranean without Congress' support. Tripoli was attacking Americans in the Mediterranean and demanding tributes to stop, and even then the third President didn't think he was empowered to attack.
once again, when pressed on where trump gets the authority to take an action, vance’s argument is, essentially, that trump is sovereign
Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
September 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In 1801 Jefferson refused to authorize offensive naval action (defense only) against Tripoli in the Mediterranean without Congress' support. Tripoli was attacking Americans in the Mediterranean and demanding tributes to stop, and even then the third President didn't think he was empowered to attack.
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so the proposition in question is literally the text of the declaration of independence, apart from the word "proposition" being in Gettysburg. the proposition itself is only incorporated into the constitution in the reconstruction amendments
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
so the proposition in question is literally the text of the declaration of independence, apart from the word "proposition" being in Gettysburg. the proposition itself is only incorporated into the constitution in the reconstruction amendments
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Going after "proposition" is going directly after the Gettysburg Address, pretty grim stuff
September 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Going after "proposition" is going directly after the Gettysburg Address, pretty grim stuff
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"proposition" like, say, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal? that proposition?
man.
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"proposition" like, say, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal? that proposition?
Abraham Lincoln: "our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
man. if Eric Schmitt's speech to NatCon isn't a sign of the times, i don't know what is
!["America is not a 'universal nation.' ... [American] principles are not abstractions. They are living, breathing things — rooted in a people and embodied in a way of life."
Senator Eric Schmitt got a standing ovation at Nat Con DC for saying America as a nation is the property of a distinct ethnic people.
Americans are a mix of “the most adventurous, the most courageous, the most curious and innovative” of the English, Scotch-Irish, and continental Europeans, who came as settlers and have spent hundreds of years building, fighting, and dying for "a homeland for themselves and their descendants."
"We’re a nation of settlers, explorers, and pioneers — born on the ocean waters that carried the first ships to our shores and forged in the crucible of a wild frontier. Our people tamed a continent, built a civilization from the wilderness, and wrote our nation’s name in history.
"Our ancestors were driven here by destiny, possessed by urgent and fiery conviction, by burning belief, devoted to their cause and their God."
"The Continental Army soldiers dying of frostbite at Valley Forge, Pilgrims struggling to survive in the hard winter soil of Plymouth, pioneers striking out from Missouri for the wild and dangerous frontier, [and] outnumbered Kentucky settlers, repelling wave after wave of Indian war band attacks from behind their stockade walls, would be astonished to hear that they were only fighting for a 'proposition.'
"They believed they were forging a nation — a homeland for themselves and their descendants."
"America, in all its glory, is their gift to us, handed down across the generations.
"It belongs to us. It’s our birthright, our heritage, our destiny.
"If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing and no one at all."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreif3x7re3lubuj7kzurj3ayotcnq2l46kwb2p5hp2zid2dagzth5nu@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Abraham Lincoln: "our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
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oh this is straightforward white nationalist agitprop
man. if Eric Schmitt's speech to NatCon isn't a sign of the times, i don't know what is
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
oh this is straightforward white nationalist agitprop
Looking back it's stunning that the GOP response to the egregious mishandling of Hurricane Katrina was to, two years to the day, select insane and incompetent Sarah Palin to be one heartbeat from the presidency.
August 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Looking back it's stunning that the GOP response to the egregious mishandling of Hurricane Katrina was to, two years to the day, select insane and incompetent Sarah Palin to be one heartbeat from the presidency.
August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, which killed 1,392 people. Corrupt President Bush's disastrous response led to widespread suffering. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrica...
Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, which killed 1,392 people. Corrupt President Bush's disastrous response led to widespread suffering. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrica...
August 29, 2007, John McCain announced the utterly absurd selection of Sarah Palin as his VP. A big step in the enshittification of American politics. www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
Sarah Palin | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Sarah Palin, American politician who served as governor of Alaska (2006–09) and was selected by Sen. John McCain to serve as his vice presidential running mate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. ...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
August 29, 2007, John McCain announced the utterly absurd selection of Sarah Palin as his VP. A big step in the enshittification of American politics. www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
August 29, 1786, the self-proclaimed Regulators prevented the Massachusetts Northampton county court from sitting as part of Shay's Rebellion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays's...
Shays's Rebellion - Wikipedia
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August 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
August 29, 1786, the self-proclaimed Regulators prevented the Massachusetts Northampton county court from sitting as part of Shay's Rebellion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays's...
John Quincy Adams diary, 28 August 1787.
28th: Rode out in the morning with Mrs Cranch. It rain’d hard all the afternoon—chilly north-east wind. The fruits of the earth are at this time extremely backward, on account of the little heat, and the great rains that have prevailed this summer.
28th: Rode out in the morning with Mrs Cranch. It rain’d hard all the afternoon—chilly north-east wind. The fruits of the earth are at this time extremely backward, on account of the little heat, and the great rains that have prevailed this summer.
August 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
John Quincy Adams diary, 28 August 1787.
28th: Rode out in the morning with Mrs Cranch. It rain’d hard all the afternoon—chilly north-east wind. The fruits of the earth are at this time extremely backward, on account of the little heat, and the great rains that have prevailed this summer.
28th: Rode out in the morning with Mrs Cranch. It rain’d hard all the afternoon—chilly north-east wind. The fruits of the earth are at this time extremely backward, on account of the little heat, and the great rains that have prevailed this summer.
August 28, 1822, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Henry Clay for help resolving a probate case in Kentucky in his favor.
Thomas was in debt and saw that "a plank [ ] seems to float within our reach, which, if we can secure it, will save us from the wreck."
founders.archives.gov/documents/Je...
Thomas was in debt and saw that "a plank [ ] seems to float within our reach, which, if we can secure it, will save us from the wreck."
founders.archives.gov/documents/Je...
Founders Online: Thomas Jefferson to Henry Clay, 28 August 1822
Thomas Jefferson to Henry Clay, 28 August 1822
founders.archives.gov
August 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
August 28, 1822, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Henry Clay for help resolving a probate case in Kentucky in his favor.
Thomas was in debt and saw that "a plank [ ] seems to float within our reach, which, if we can secure it, will save us from the wreck."
founders.archives.gov/documents/Je...
Thomas was in debt and saw that "a plank [ ] seems to float within our reach, which, if we can secure it, will save us from the wreck."
founders.archives.gov/documents/Je...
August 27, 1776, the first major battle after the Declaration of Independence (though fighting started in 1775). After midnight on August 27, General Howe and his ~30k British regulars and Hessian mercenaries surprised the ~9k rebels led by General Washington.
www.britannica.com/event/Battle...
www.britannica.com/event/Battle...
Battle of Long Island (1776) | Description & Significance | Britannica
The Battle of Long Island from August 27 to 29, 1776, was a successful British action against American forces in Brooklyn during the American Revolution and the first major battle after the Declaratio...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
August 27, 1776, the first major battle after the Declaration of Independence (though fighting started in 1775). After midnight on August 27, General Howe and his ~30k British regulars and Hessian mercenaries surprised the ~9k rebels led by General Washington.
www.britannica.com/event/Battle...
www.britannica.com/event/Battle...
Introducing After Bedtime History Hour, a podcast in progress from two parents who want to share the history stories they read after getting the little one to bed. Eventually we will release some episodes :)
August 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Introducing After Bedtime History Hour, a podcast in progress from two parents who want to share the history stories they read after getting the little one to bed. Eventually we will release some episodes :)