FDR

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• 4/28/19
  

  Why FDR Wouldn't Condemn Hitler

  by Rafael Medoff

  A few words from the White House directly taking issue with Hitler’s aggressive actions and persecution of the Jews could have helped alert the public to the Nazi danger. 

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• 3/24/19
  

  Political Leadership and the Need for a New American Story

  by Walter G. Moss

  Both Lincoln and FDR understood that to reach people, to motivate them, to win them over, a president had to appeal to their emotions, and storytelling was one way of doing so.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/12/19
  

  FDR’s court-packing scheme was a ‘humiliating’ defeat

  Yet the idea has been revived by some of the liberals seeking the presidency.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/12/19
  

  How presidential empathy can improve politics

  by Jeremi Suri

  The legacy of FDR and his fireside chats. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/6/19
  

  The New Deal Wasn’t What You Think

  by Louis Hyman

  If we are going to fund a Green New Deal, we need to acknowledge how the original actually worked.

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  2/24/19
  

  The Lost History of FDR's Court Packing Scandal

  Some Democrats are talking about adding justices to the bench. But the revelations show almost no one understands what really happened back in the 1930s. 

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• 1/30/19
  

  Bold Experimenter FDR Was Born 137 Years Ago

  by Joseph A. Esposito

  Unquestionably, Roosevelt is the most consequential American president since Abraham Lincoln.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-26-2018
  

  The remarkable — and secret — first presidential visit to troops fighting overseas

  Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first commander in chief to fly in an airplane during his 1943 trip to North Africa.

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• 11/25/18
  

  What Do the Democrats Need in 2020?

  by Walter G. Moss

  A Progressive unifier like FDR.

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• 11/4/18
  

  FDR Gets Credit for His Response to Kristallnacht. He Shouldn’t.

  by Rafael Medoff

  80 years after the horrific events of Kristallnacht it’s time to acknowledge his inadequate response.

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• 9/15/18
  

  Are We at a 1932-Like Juncture?

  by Walter G. Moss

  Voters are crying out for a leader who can unify the country.

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• 9/15/18
  

  How the U.S. Holocaust Museum's New Calendar Distorts the Holocaust

  by Rafael Medoff

  It whitewashes FDR's response to the Holocaust.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  8-1-18
  

  Private world of Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled in newly found film footage

  The films were donated last year by the family of Marguerite A. “Missy” LeHand, a largely forgotten figure who was FDR’s longtime aide, rumored lover and the woman behind the camera in many of the shots.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  7-16-18
  

  The Supreme Court Doesn't Need 9 Justices

  by Jacob Hale Russell

  It needs 27.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7-11-18
  

  Robert Dallek's FDR Book Invites Comparisons To Trump's Presidency

  In an interview Dallek says that FDR always worked hard to win over large majorities for social change, unlike Trump, who plays to his base.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6-30-18
  

  After the Supreme Court blow, unions should look to a new model: the NRA

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  Historic battles between business and ordinary people have played out in America’s top court before. Now, it is happening again.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  6-28-18
  

  Here's How Donald Trump's Influence on the Supreme Court Compares to Other Presidents

  GW appointed the most number of justices (of course). FDR’s nominees served the most years.

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• SOURCE: History channel
  7-1-18 (accessed)
  

  This Is How FDR Tried to Pack the Supreme Court

  The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, commonly referred to as the “court-packing plan,” was Roosevelt’s attempt to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court for every justice older than 70 years, 6 months, who had served 10 years or more.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  6-27-18
  

  A newly discovered film shows Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had polio, walking

  The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum unveiled the newly acquired Hill footage, which it says offers a fresh, remarkably clear glimpse into one of the great secrets of FDR’s public life.

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• SOURCE: Raw Story
  6-21-18
  

  Seth Meyers mocks Trump for comparing himself to the president who served 16-years

  Of course, no president serviced 16 years.  No one in his circle has corrected him.