3 posts tagged ‘american history’
Watch Nikki Haley desperately avoid saying the Civil War was about slavery
Boing Boing,
Last night Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said the U.S. Civil War was not about slavery but about other things–and got short when challenged on it: "What do you want me to say about slavery? Next question." Voter: "What was the cause of the United States Civil War?" — Read the rest The post Watch Nikki Haley desperately avoid saying the Civil War was about slavery appeared first on Boing Boing.
The Intimate Reality of the J.F.K. Assassination
The New Yorker,
A visit to Dealey Plaza, after years of thinking and reading about the Kennedy assassination, came as a shock.
Speaker Mike Johnson is flying a Christian nationalist flag outside his office
Newly elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA), recently started flying a Christian nationalist flag outside his office. Known as the Pine Tree Flag, Appeal to Heaven Flag, or the Washington Cruiser Flag, it has been around since the Revolutionary War. — Read the rest