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An error I noticed in the first 30 minutes is when they said that only Boston, New York, & Philadelphia had populations of 10K or more but Charleston was at 12K in 1775. So the Northern tilt begins.

Holton not Hilton

Dr Woody Hilton’s books are in the bibliography but I don’t think he utilized him or Dr Walter Edgar either. Own goal on his part.

Only made it to 8:30, I have to get to sleep early but will finish today. Be a day behind all week. From the book & interviews it seems that there is a continuing focus on the Northern campaign & hearing from those voices. Hoping there is more from my native SC & the brutal civil war that emerged.

Not so fast there, they grow tea on Wadmalaw Island

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When I’m Sick of Doomscrolling, I Turn to This Poem (Gift Article) “Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you why he loves it.

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You can be certain that the current occupant of The White House didn’t read it or any of the others either.

A Tale of Two American Cemeteries Bound Together by the Long History of American Racism Arlington, Virginia

A Tale of Two American Cemeteries Bound Together by the Long History of American Racism 🗃️
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When Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sneered at EU support for Ukraine and told students who defended it to “go fight there”, they simply stood up and walked out. In one quiet, powerful gesture, these young people showed more moral courage than the man leading their country.💙💛

On a slow train across Mongolia With the Trans-Siberian route off-limits, Jamie Lafferty joins a guided group for a ‘Trans-Mongolian railway adventure’

With the Trans-Siberian route off-limits, Jamie Lafferty joins a guided group for a ‘Trans-Mongolian railway adventure’
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Two years after being fired as President of Baylor University for gross mishandling of sexual assaults.

Also the person who made the Fifth Avenue suggestion was Trump himself.

Defeat at St Mary’s but great to see Harry Amass off the mark with his first professional goal ⚽️

Cut loose a sitting President that they currently do not dare to oppose?
Have you gone plumb loco?
They are riding the Trump Train to the end.

Beer is delivered by brewers' dray to the Old Shambles, Manchester, October 1951. (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk)

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends.

I ask because that seems to be their constant story.

Did they have debt that needed paying?

Two-minute silence in Eccles.

He Died to Save Civilization? The World War I letters of Arthur Woolston to his wife and family before his death on the front in France in 1918.

At the end of the war, the British government sent Arthur’s wife a large bronze medal inscribed with the words, “He died to save civilization.” But his letters, written in simple, local dialect, show no such grandiose delusions.

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Nov. 8, 2025 Can you sort 8 historical events?

Flashback for November 8, 2025

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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

I don’t think any cabinet member of a different President has ever had to try to sell them as a hard worker.

We have had a President who cared about others but not now.

Which one is more English?

The George Costanza of the current Administration. Watch out there is a fire 🔥.

1 in 8 people rely on SNAP.

You know something's wrong when in the richest, most powerful country in the world, the President is refusing to fund SNAP and instead, actively weaponizing people's hunger.
 
It's immoral. It's cruel. And it must come to an end.

An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

Ohtani got out

He faded because he stayed with a poorly run club. Ohtani for out of there and is better for it.