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Francesca Langer

@chessielanger

Assistant Professor of Early Modern Atlantic World History at @UCentralMo

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“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” —Thomas Jefferson, 1816

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I’ve often said Trump was a Peronist as well, but unfortunately he lacks even Perón’s dubious virtues— and Melania is no Evita

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"There was this real sense that liberal democracy might not survive in the 1930s." Historian Jill Lepore says there are lessons to be learned from the Great Depression, when democracy was under threat in America and around the world.

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I keep seeing everyone talking about ‘bringing back Blue Book exams,’ and I’m a little confused; When did we stop giving Blue Book exams? What over kinds of exams have people been giving?

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Is the non-alcoholic (actually just very mildly alcoholic) beer now popular technically the same as historical “small beer”? They should call it small beer lol

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even though lots of events happen, Nothing Ever Happens because we are in purgatory, between paradigms; events will only be constituted as Happening after the new paradigm comes further into view

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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.