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103·3 days agoFrederick Douglas worked for Lincoln even though Lincoln wasn’t running as an anti-slavery candidate
Douglass was also very involved in national politics, and as the presidential election of 1860 approached, he advocated for candidates with strong antislavery platforms. American voters received a ballot crowded with four candidates: Abraham Lincoln (Republican), John C. Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union). Douglas’s belief in “popular sovereignty,” Breckenridge’s pro-slavery platform, and Bell’s aversion to the issue entirely left Frederick Douglass to endorse Lincoln and the Republicans, whom he believed were more antislavery than the divided Democrats.
Too bad the progressives who had four years to get Bernie on the ballot fell asleep.
I donated to Bernie in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
It wasn’t so long ago people were celebrating the fall of the USSR.
Then came the genocidal wars of the 1990s.
Do you really think the world’s biggest military is just going to fade quietly away?
So, the MAGAs didn’t rig the election in 2020 and let Biden win, and then when they were out of power decided to steal it? You contradict yourself.
Too bad people couldn’t be bothered to vote last year.
6·3 days agoNordic countries are just cock and balls.
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
This is why I go online.
I was going to say ‘if you’re dumb enough’ but went with the bigger word instead.
You can do anything you want to, if you’re willing to accept the consequences.
Putin wants chaos in the West and Donnie is delivering.
And for the folks who want the American Empire to fall, be careful what you wish for.
When the Soviet Union fell, there was a long period of genocidal warfare across the fallen empire.
The USA has a whole bunch of nuclear subs and aircraft carriers that aren’t going to disappear when the civilian government does.
Apparently, the concept of ‘few’ and ‘many, many’ eludes you.
Police love to send out provocateurs to start trouble and give them an excuse to crack down.
Case in point. There are always plenty of people who don’t mind seeing other folks get stomped.
Police love to send out provocateurs to start trouble and give them an excuse to crack down.
That’s what scares me. We had two things; banking and the military. Now all we’ve got is weapons.
For fun, read “The Difference Engine.” Alternate history/science fiction that askes what would have happened if Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had succeeded in creating a workable computer?
“Biden ruined FEMA and now it’s up to Trump to clean it up. The poor man has so much to do after that horrible Biden did so much damage to the whole country. everyhting is Biden’s fault.”
/s because 2025
If you look at the President Luthor comic book, Lex was a better leader than Donnie by far.
You took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution.