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No Slaves, No Masters: What Democracy Meant to Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln did not merely espouse democracy; he looked like democracy. He was as common-looking and homely as a democratic people were themselves common and homely. Henry Clay Whitney, hearing…

Me to kid today:
“1787 was the First Constitution after a war against the British King. That had slavery in it.
In the 1860s there was Abraham Lincoln, a Civil War and a Second Constitution was written via the Reconstruction Amendments.
And who’s getting rid of those… 1/2

Me to kid today:
“1787 was the First Constitution after a war against the British King. That had slavery in it.
In the 1860s there was Abraham Lincoln, a Civil War and a Second Constitution was written via the Reconstruction Amendments.
And who’s getting rid of those… 1/2

Documents reveal Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden’s great-great-grandfather
[Unpaywalled via my sub]
https://wapo.st/4c2WTk7

Documents reveal Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden’s great-great-grandfather
President Biden’s great-great-grandfather got into a brawl at a Union Army camp during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln pardoned him, newly discovered documents reveal.

Abraham Lincoln pardoned #Biden's great-great-grandfather: report
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240219-abraham…

Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden's great-great-grandfather: report
Abraham Lincoln pardoned Joe Biden's great-great-grandfather after a late-night Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show, linking the two US presidents across the centuries.

This is a fun story (gift link): a historian discovered the Lincoln pardoned Biden's great-great-grandfather in 1864 for an assault he was serving time for.
https://wapo.st/3T7b68o

Little known fact: mafia thugs in Los Angeles in the 90s wore top hats like Abraham Lincoln.
#RichardMoll #AshleyGorrell
Season 6 Episode 9 "Home Is Where The Heat Is"
#RandomBaywatch

“How to explain their willingness to support Trump despite the risk he poses to our system of government? The answer is not rapidly changing technology, widening inequality, unsuccessful foreign policies or unrest on university campuses but something much deeper and more fundamental. It is what the Founders worried about and Abraham Lincoln warned about: a decline in what they called public virtue.”
#GiftArticle

We have a radical democracy. Will Trump voters destroy it?
The Founding Fathers feared that Americans would someday reject their many freedoms. That’s what the 2024 election is really about.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Agree, disagree — be inspired or not.
QOTD is fuel for conversation, and food for thought.
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We have a radical democracy.
Will Trump voters destroy it?
How to explain their willingness to support Trump despite the risk he poses to our system of government?
It is what the Founders worried about and Abraham Lincoln warned about:
a decline in what they called public virtue.
They feared it would be hard to sustain popular support for the revolutionary liberal principles of the Declaration of Independence,
and they worried that the virtuous love of…

We have a radical democracy. Will Trump voters destroy it?
The Founding Fathers feared that Americans would someday reject their many freedoms. That’s what the 2024 election is really about.

Baby Yoda is old hat. "Sasquatch Summer" has a baby Abraham Lincoln.

Cat Presidents!
Throughout history, the shadow Cat Government has been hard at work protecting federal subsidies for cat treats and legalizing catnip for all living beings!
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Perplexity.ai
Presidents' Day is a U.S. federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. Originally established to honor George Washington, the first president of the United States, the holiday has evolved to also honor Abraham Lincoln and all past presidents.
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#MastodonPoll: You are given the power to prevent one of the following assassinations or groups of assassinations. Which do you choose to save?
(Choosing one of the grouped options means saving all members listed in that group)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Yitzhak Rabin
1960s US leaders (JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Medgar Evers)
Abraham Lincoln
India's Gandhis (Mahatma, Indira, Rajiv)
Leon Trotsky
Benazir Bhutto

Baby Yoda is old hat. "Sasquatch Summer" has a baby Abraham Lincoln.

Had he not been cut down by an assassin, Abraham Lincoln would have been 215 today. #lincoln

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Agree, disagree — be inspired or not.
QOTD is fuel for conversation, and food for thought.
#QOTD
#QuoteOfTheDay

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#OTD #20240212date
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