presidential history

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• 11/24/19
  

  Democrats Should Welcome Michael Bloomberg Into the Primary Race

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  He could be a promising alternative if Trump looks competitive in 2020.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/19/19
  

  The GOP Appointees Who Defied the President

  by Michael Koncewicz

  Before Watergate became a story that dominated the national media in the spring of 1973, there were individuals within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the IRS that took dramatic steps to block Nixon’s attempts to politicize their work.  

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  11/11/19
  

  History Says Bloomberg 2020 Would Be a Sure Loser

  Almost every four years, there’s a last-minute panic candidate for the presidency. They never win.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/10/19
  

  Don’t Expect Polls to Change Republican Minds

  by Nicole Hemmer

  When it comes to impeachment (and pretty much everything else), the G.O.P. is no longer driven by public opinion.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  11/9/19
  

  From Nixon to Trump, the historical arc of presidential misconduct is deeply troubling

  by James M. Banner Jr.

  Since the early 1970s, the behavior of American presidents has worsened in alarming ways.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  11/3/19
  

  Down the Rabbit Hole With Donald Trump

  by Tom Engelhardt

  Who not in Blunderland could ever have imagined that a bankrupted casino magnate and reality TV host might essentially -- like his lawyer recently -- butt-dial us all into a new form of (un)reality?

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  11/6/19
  

  Plutarch and the Parallel Lives of Donald Trump

  by Lance Morrow

  If Plutarch studied American presidents, to which would he compare and contrast the 45th?

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/4/19
  

  The Wagner Act and Why It's A Liberal President Is Not Sufficient To Create Democratic Change

  by Jamelle Bouie

  And without reform, neither is a Democratic Senate.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  November 3, 2019
  

  Presidential Candidates Crave the Spotlight. 200 Years Ago That Was Taboo.

  by David Botti

  For a century, presidential candidates were discouraged from openly campaigning - lest they appear power hungry like the British king America revolted against. Here's why that all changed. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/3/19
  

  How Richard Nixon captured white rage — and laid the groundwork for Donald Trump

  by Scott Laderman

  Fifty years ago, Nixon gave us the “silent majority.” Today, Trump proudly declares himself its standard-bearer.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/27/19
  

  Washington Post Quotes Historian Ryan Swanson in Article about Teddy Roosevelt and Baseball

  Among Nationals fans, Teddy Roosevelt is a favorite in the ballpark’s Presidents Race. But in real life, he deplored the sport as a ‘mollycoddle game.’

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/28/19
  

  A history of booing the president at MLB games, from ‘we want beer’ to ‘lock him up’

  Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama were all booed at baseball games. 

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• 10/27/19
  

  New Jim Mattis Memoir Avoids Criticizing Trump, Instead Lashes Bush, Obama, and Others

  by Jeffrey J. Matthews

  With consequential elections forthcoming now is the time for Mattis to tell voters the unvarnished truth about Donald Trump.     

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• 10/27/19
  

  These American Political Bachelors Were Known as ‘Siamese Twins’ During the Antebellum Era

  by Erik Moshe

  Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were—and continue to be—an important part of success in American politics by exploring the relationship of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. 

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  10/24/19
  

  Trump’s Increasingly Weird Attempts to Compare Himself to Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  Time and again, Trump has compared himself favorably to the sixteenth President, boasting, for example, that his poll numbers are higher—although, of course, there were no polls in the nineteenth century.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  10/23/19
  

  George Washington was the polar opposite of Donald Trump

  by Jeremi Suri

  Washington served his country with courage, dignity, and great personal sacrifice. He was a statesman, not a businessman. He prioritized his country, not his pocketbook.

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• 10/20/19
  

  What Would You Do If You Met the President?

  by Mike Purdy

  Given a fleeting chance to meet Trump face-to-face, a presidential historian prepared for a tweet-sized talk.

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• 10/20/19
  

  A Democratic GUT-Check: A Grand Unifying Theory of Democratic Victories

  by Jeff Bloodworth

  The preceding century of Democratic presidential politicking reveals that “electability” is not milquetoast, split the difference centrism. Historically, Democrats win when they adhere to a grand unifying theory (GUT).

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• 10/20/19
  

  A History of Influencing Presidential Children to Change Policy

  by Aaron Coy Moulton

  How Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo used the ambassador to the Dominican Republic's son to try to influence American foreign policy.  

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• 10/20/19
  

  Melania Trump Just Restarted a 100-Year-Old Political Controversy: The White House Tennis Court

  by Ryan Swanson

  Presidents, be wary of associating with country club sports during times of political crisis.