Most American students have been taught in their K-12 American history classes that the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to the Union’s General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. But it would be more than 16 months before President … Read more
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump aka Cadet Bone Spurs, said he opposes any effort by the U.S. military to rename nearly one dozen military bases and installations that bear the names of Confederate military commanders. Trump tweeted (but of course): “These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and … Read more
On Memorial Day weekend, the History Channel aired a 3 part biopic series on Ulysses S. Grant, the winning general in the American Civil War and two-term president during Reconstruction after the war. Who could have known that a Minneapolis Police officer would murder a black man, George Floyd, on Memorial Day, sparking a new … Read more
Update to Trump and Barr borrow Putin’s playbook for occupation: “Washington residents have also been confronted with a number of other heavily armed law enforcement officers who share an unexpected characteristic: Neither their affiliation nor their personal identities are discernible,” The Washington Post reports. * * * The added danger, “It’s not uncommon for civilians to … Read more
David Gordon did a brief post about this on Friday, but I want to expand upon his post further. President Donald Trump tweeted his approval of his personality cult followers staging anti-lockdown protests against social distancing rules to stop the spread of the coronavirus, in dog whistle coded language familiar to his cult followers: As … Read more