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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.
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