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Present in History
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American historian helping to contextualize the Trump admin and its stupidity, rapaciousness, and evil through absurdity. Un-President-ed and unprecedented.
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I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
A National History Day display: "Alice Paul: How She Rocked the Vote," from the 2020 contest. A National History Day display: "D-Day: How the Allies Broke Hitler's Atlantic Barrier, from March 2020, SW Michigan regional competition.
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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“President Reagan revokes security detail for Jimmy Carter, declares ‘not my problem if people hurt him for stagflation,’” c. 1981

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Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him
President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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“A. Mitchell Palmer admits his raids accidentally deported innocent men to a Soviet gulag because of an ‘administrative error,’ says nothing can be done,” c. 1919

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Trump administration admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison by mistake
This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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“Einstein again feels the need to move—this time to Canada—as America First and German American Bund support grows to dangerous levels,” c. 1938

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Why this Yale professor is fleeing America
NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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"Several top doctors resign after President Wilson shares conspiracy theories about the spread of the Spanish Flu, contributes to its spread and death toll," c. 1920

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5 high-level CDC officials leaving in latest turmoil for public health agency in Trump administration
The latest departures from the CDC mean close to a third of the agency's top management is leaving or left recently.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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"McKinley VP Garret Hobart to visit Cuba in a 'cultural visit,'" c. 1897

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Vice President Vance is going to Greenland this week. The itinerary has shifted
Second lady Usha Vance announced on Sunday that she would visit Greenland and watch the territory's famed dogsled race. But now the vice president is joining, and they'll go to a U.S. base instead.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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"Adams calls for Massachusetts Regulators from Shays' Rebellion to be sent to Russian gulags under Alien & Sedition laws," c. 1798

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'Nazis got better treatment,' appeals court judge says of deportees in Alien Enemies Act case
U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett repeatedly pressed the Trump administration about the lack of due process protections for alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.
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March 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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"Whoopsie-daisy! McNamara accidentally includes Walter Cronkite on phone call discussion of Operation Rolling Thunder," c. 1964

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The inside story of how a journalist was sent White House war plans
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.
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March 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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“Truman announces 83% reduction in Marshall Plan funding, citing short-term thinking and lack of comprehension of ‘soft power,’” c. 1948

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Rubio announces that 83% of USAID contracts will be canceled
In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week review.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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“FDR shares animated video calling for giant idolatrous statues of himself & the ethnic cleansing of Japanese home islands to make room for more hot springs resorts,” c. 1941

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Trump's social media video garners pushback from Arabs and Muslims in U.S. and Gaza
In a seemingly AI-generated video that the president posted on social media, images of destruction due to the war in Gaza are transformed into a glitzy resort called "TRUMP GAZA."
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March 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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“US cancels meeting to discuss approval of new Salk polio vaccine,” c. 1955

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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The meeting was canceled just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
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March 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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“Truman brings Manhattan Project documents back to his house in Missouri,” c. 1953

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FBI returns records from Mar-a-Lago search to Trump, White House says
White House staffers were seen Friday loading roughly 15 boxes, the contents of which are unknown, onto the rear of Air Force One.
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March 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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For no real reason, here’s Charles Lindbergh in 1941 saying US shouldn’t assist the UK’s war with Germany because country should 1) prioritize America First interests, 2) avoid European entanglements, 3) push for peace, and 4) recognize it’s an unfair deal for us.

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Lindbergh ' Speech - 1941 | Movietone Moment | 11 September 2020
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March 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“Nixon begins move to dismantle civil rights enforcement in government, as part of KKK’s secret plan,” c. 1971

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Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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“President Grant’s attempt to blatantly ignore 14th Amendment to deny citizenship to Irish Catholic immigrants slapped down by federal judge: ‘Can you read, sir?!?’” c. 1870

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Federal judge issues injunction on birthright citizenship, putting it further on hold
The preliminary injunction is the second temporary hold against Trump’s executive order and puts efforts to end birthright citizenship on indefinite pause.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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“President Cleveland moves to undo Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, resume Jacksonian Spoils System, and end Executive Branch work outside of his parlor,” c. 1882

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Trump seeks to end telework for federal workers
President Trump has signed an executive action ordering federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office full time. Roughly 1.1 million federal employees are telework-eligible.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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“Documents show President Harding’s plan to waste taxpayer money buy armored Model T cars to curry favor with Henry Ford,” c. 1921

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A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal
The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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“‘Rockefeller definitely not staging an illegal coup of the ICC and seizing power over his own regulation,’ says President Harrison, c. 1889.

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White House says Elon Musk is not in charge at DOGE, but is advising the president
The White House says billionaire Elon Musk is not the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency team sweeping through federal agencies, but rather a senior adviser to President Donald T...
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March 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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“US votes with USSR and North Korea at UN; condemns South Korea for getting invaded,” c. 1950

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US joins Russia, North Korea and Belarus to vote against UN resolution on Ukraine war
Two motions were passed by the UN today as the world marks the third anniversary of Russia's invasion - with the US voting against one and abstaining on another.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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“Truman admin, McCarthy, and HUAC launch new website to report suspected radicals,” c. 1952

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'DEI needs to go': Education Department launches 'END DEI' website
The Department of Education launched a first-of-its-kind website, "EndDEI.Ed.Gov," hours before a deadline warning institutions to end illegal discrimination.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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“FDR berates Churchill and UK for not being grateful enough for Lend-Lease aid in fight with Nazis,” c. 1940

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Tempers flare before Zelensky abruptly departs the White House without signing a minerals deal.
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance castigated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for not being grateful enough for U.S. aid. “You’re gambling with World War III,” Trump told Zelensky.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM