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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 105 minutes

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In this episode, no big deal, we just tackle about every significant problem we have in our politics today. norm-breaking, free-speech and free-speech limits, threats and violence, double impeachments, pushing envelopes and reverse virtue signaling is all part of this episode. Also, Abigail Adams, a treaty won by a forceful speech, a shadowy organization rising up to oppose a President's agenda, two Founders debate and trade charges of hypocrisy. And a bowling ball. Lee Rosevere -music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Air Wave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.
0:10.0	When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves.
0:14.0	And when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over,
0:18.0	turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.
0:23.0	I'm Tracy.
0:24.0	And I'm Rich.
0:25.0	And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this pivotal era in American history.
0:32.0	Look for the Civil War and Reconstruction wherever you find your podcasts.
0:43.0	I love this cartoon because you see in the front and center it's in the bowling alley
0:49.0	but you're looking at it from the point of view of the ball coming at you.
0:53.0	And it's knocking over these pins each pin at its head has one of a number of democratic congressmen serving in Congress in the 1890s.
1:24.0	And when you look down the alley you can see at the end a very large man with his hand having obviously just cast this big bowling ball at his opponents.
1:37.0	Scattering them with very little resistance.
1:42.0	This is what happened January 29th 1890.
1:47.0	It's a new speaker Thomas B. Reed from Maine.
1:50.0	And the House considers a contested election in West Virginia.
1:54.0	The Republicans want the Republican candidate to be seated.
1:58.0	The Democrats want to block this.
2:01.0	And they have a weapon that they can use.
2:03.0	In the House members if they wanted to deny the other side of Quorum they would simply not be present.
2:09.0	Even though they were sitting right there in the House chamber.
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