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In the spotlight is award-winning political fiction writer Michael Fedor. He is the author of three published novels: “Tree of Liberty,” “What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose” and “The Senate Deception.” With more than 20 years of political organizing experience, Fedor is known for writing fast-paced and dramatic copy, underpinned by meticulous research into his subject matter. A former candidate and elected official himself, Fedor retired from political life in 2020. Like Bull Moose, his main character, Fedor is an avid outdoorsman, a voracious reader, and a student of history.  We discuss:   >> Writing for volume >> The Bull Moose Party >> The connection between fishing and writing resilience >> The voices in one's head >> Working within a writing group >> The isolation and loneliness of writing >> Searching for a new agent >> The streaming binge list >> Etc.  Learn more about Michael Fedor here: https://michaelfedorbooks.com/   Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no     Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com 

Send us a textFormer political strategist Michael Fedor joins us for a captivating discussion on the crossroads of politics and storytelling. Having transitioned from teaching to a multifaceted political career, Michael shares his disillusionment with the political landscape and how it fueled his return to writing. His "Bull Moose" series offers readers an authentic glimpse into the machinations of political life, inspired by his own experiences navigating roles from elected official to campaign worker. Together, we examine the current political scene, touching on the dynamics involving figures like Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and exploring how these dynamics influence national discourse.Fast forward to 2044, where Michael's narrative envisions a fractured two-party system plagued by collusion, giving rise to the reform-focused Bull Moose Party. With protagonist Jackson Piper at the helm, we explore ambitious proposals such as a new Bill of Rights, campaign finance reforms, and national referendums, all set against a backdrop of political intrigue and high-stakes drama. This episode also tackles historical and contemporary issues like term limits and the hurdles faced by third parties in a predominantly two-party system, offering a thought-provoking exploration of potential political reforms and the role of AI in shaping future governance.Support the showif you enjoyed the show be sure to check out my info:https://app.wingcard.io/ROB3SA64

2024 International Firebird Book Award Winner (2x) - Political Thriller & Speculative Fiction2024 Storytrade Award Finalist - Suspense / Thriller2024 Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention - Political ThrillerWith the soul of American democracy in the balance, one man will defy all odds.Former Senator Jackson Piper stands at the podium, about to accept the 2044 nomination for President of the United States. The Pittsburgh stadium vibrates with thunderous applause, and the passionate cheers of 70,000 citizens create a thunderous roar. His calls for New Optimism, New Freedoms, and New Vitality for America electrify them. They are poised to rewrite the political rulebook while reforming the nation by resurrecting Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party.As the crowd's excitement reaches a fever pitch, Jackson Piper takes a deep breath and begins his speech. The setting is tense, with the fate of the nation hanging in the balance. However, Jackson is determined to bring a new era of hope and progress to America. His passion and charisma captivate the audience, and they are ready to follow him to the ends of the earth.But there are darker forces at play. What stands in their way is the corrupt President Warner. With unlimited resources and a ruthless agenda, he is determined to win a second term and maybe more. Piper and his allies must navigate a treacherous landscape of espionage, fake news, and assassination attempts to come out on top.Accompany Jackson and his team on a pulse-pounding quest to rescue the Republic. Guided by the strategic mind of Ron Bender and the assistance of his sentient A.I. companion Ziggy, they must outsmart their adversaries and battle for the destiny of their nation. Will they triumph over the corrupt forces arrayed against them, or will they succumb to the Curse of Tippecanoe?This enthralling political thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page. Drawing from his own experiences as a former political operative, the author crafts a chillingly believable narrative of power and corruption in American politics. Don't miss the inaugural installment in the compelling Bull Moose Series.This book is a must-read for fans of political thrillers like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "All the President's Men." Buy now before the price changes and get ready for a heart-pumping adventure through the cutthroat world of presidential elections.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's Wednesday, July 17th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Pakistan raises age Christian girls can legally marry from 13 to 18 Pakistan's National Assembly passed the Christian Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2024 recently.  Now, the earliest a young Christian man or woman can get married is 18. Before it was 16 for boys and 13 for girls.  Naveed Amir Jeeva, a Christian lawmaker, introduced the amendment.  Christians welcomed the change. Girls from Christian families in Pakistan have faced forced marriages to Muslims.  Bishop Azad Marshall with the Anglican Church of Pakistan said, “The church fully supports the amendment. … It will help in preventing forced marriages of underage Christian girls as well as ensuring that their health, education, and overall well-being does not suffer.”  Poland's parliament does not allow the decriminalization of abortion The Parliament of Poland voted 218-215 against an abortion measure last Friday. The bill would have ended criminal penalties for people who help women get illegal abortions. Poland currently bans elective abortions. However, in certain cases, women can get abortions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy Rafał Bochenek is a Polish lawmaker. He criticized Prime Minister Donald Tusk and others who supported the pro-abortion bill: “They promised and wanted to decriminalize criminal activities, but fortunately there is still a spirit in the nation. … Abortion is always evil!” Nikki Haley endorsed Trump last night In the United States, the Republican Party officially nominated Donald Trump for president on Monday. As The Worldview reported yesterday, Trump's running mate is Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.  The nomination comes just days after an assassination attempt on Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.  And last night, Nikki Haley, Trump's U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and the woman who challenged him for the GOP presidential nomination, endorsed the former president at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Listen: HALEY: “President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity. (cheers) It was a gracious invitation, and I was happy to accept. (cheers) “I'll start by making one thing perfectly clear. Donald Trump has my strong endorsement period.” (cheers) Elon Musk endorses Trump, commits $135 million to his re-election Following the assassination attempt, tech billionaire Elon Musk put his support behind the former president, saying, “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery. … Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.”  Leading up to the election, Musk plans to give about $45 million per month to a super PAC backing Trump.  Teddy Roosevelt  gave speech after being shot in 1912 assassination attempt Speaking of President Teddy Roosevelt, as he was running for a third presidential term under the Progressive or Bull Moose Party banner, he was shot on October 14, 1912 while arriving at a campaign event in, ironically enough, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A delusional saloonkeeper named John Schrank, who believed the ghost of assassinated President William McKinley had directed him to kill Roosevelt, shot him in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel. The bullet lodged in his chest after penetrating his steel eyeglass case and passing through a 50-page single-folded copy of his speech. As an experienced hunter, Roosevelt correctly concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not reached his lung. He declined suggestions to go to hospital immediately and instead delivered a 90-minute speech with blood seeping into his shirt. In fact, he said, "Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." An excellent reference by Elon Musk indeed. An x-ray showed the bullet had lodged in Roosevelt's chest muscle. Doctors concluded it would be less dangerous to leave it in his body than attempt to remove it. So, Roosevelt carried that would-be assassin's bullet in him for the rest of his life. FCA “allowed” to believe in heterosexual marriage A federal judge ruled in favor of a Christian student group at a Washington, D.C. high school last Thursday. Jackson-Reed High School denied official recognition to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for requiring leaders to sign a statement of faith. The statement included the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. The ruling noted, “As a condition for reinstatement, the District forced the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to choose between official school recognition and its religious principles.” Court affirms Tennessee law that prohibits people from changing sex Last Friday, a federal court ruled in favor of a Tennessee law that prohibits people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates.  Four plaintiffs challenged the law after pretending to be the opposite sex. Judge Jeffrey Sutton stated, “There is no fundamental right to a birth certificate recording gender identity instead of biological sex.”  And Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said, “While other states have taken different approaches, for decades Tennessee has consistently recognized that a birth certificate records a biological fact of a child being male or female and has never addressed gender identity.”  Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created Him; male and female He created them.”  North Dakota woman celebrated 106th birthday And finally, a North Dakota woman celebrated her 106th birthday this month. Hulda Erdman was born on July 6, 1918. She has always loved music and can still play the piano. While Erdman said she didn't have a secret to her long life, music, piano, and singing in the choir might have played a role. She said, “Well, there is no secret. My Lord has just made me that old.”  Psalm 90:12, 14 says, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. … Satisfy us in the morning with Your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Wednesday, July 17th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Join me Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th. Go to ColoradoFatherSon.com. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

DB COMEDY PRESENTS – THE ELECTABLES!This BONUS episode was Produced, Written, and Performed by:Gina BuccolaSandy BykowskiJoseph FedorkoSylvia MannPaul MoultonPatrick J. ReillyAnd Tommy SpearsThis Episode's Historians: Dr. Chelsea Denault, and James McRaeOriginal Music written and performed by Throop McClergAudio production by Joseph FedorkoSound effects procured at Freesound.orgDB Comedy Logo Designed by Adam L. BarnettELECTABLES logo and Episodic Thumbnails Caricatures by Dan PolitoTHE ELECTABLES concept was created by Patrick J. Reilly.Contributions to DB Comedy are graciously accepted by going to the DB COMEDY donation page at https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/db-comedy, who is the nonprofit fiscal sponsor of DB COMEDY. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.CAST LISTTHIRD PARY PART TWO COLD OPEN – Written by Paul Moulton            DR. NAIR - Tommy            PAIGE - RamonaOZ - Written by Tommy Spears            WARDEN - Patrick            TRUMP – Joe            DEBS - TommyWALLACE AND BOMB-IT - Written by Paul Moulton             JEB - Patrick            GRANNY – Sandy            MR. DRYSDALE - Paul            WALLACE - Joe            MRS. HATHAWAY- Sylvia            LEMAY- TommyTHE THIRD PARTY SCHOOL OF IMMEDIATE LEADERSHIP – Written by Joseph Fedorko            TEEN - Tommy            BOXER - Paul            POLITICIAN - Patrick            JILL STEIN - Sandy            ANNOUNCER - SylviaNON-BINARY - Written by Sandy Bykowski            MOM - Sylvia            SON - Tommy

On October 14, 1912, Teddy Roosevelt — then running for an unprecedented third term under the banner of the Bull Moose Party — set out to give a speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Wisconsin. En route, he crossed paths with a mentally ill saloon owner named John Schrank. For some reason, Schrank had become convinced that Roosevelt had assassinated President William McKinley in 1901. And so Schrank waited with the crowd, then fired at Roosevelt with a Colt revolver. https://allthatsinteresting.com/teddy-roosevelt-cheating-death Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hour 3 of A&G features... The need for a serious conversation about Biden's health... The Biden impeachment... Trans Youth Equality Foundation... and...stolen bikes!   Stupid Should Hurt: https://www.armstrongandgetty.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Hour 3 of A&G features... The need for a serious conversation about Biden's health... The Biden impeachment... Trans Youth Equality Foundation... and...stolen bikes!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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When we last left Teddy he found himself with the keys to the kingdom. William McKinley's untimely assassination thrust Teddy into the Presidency and he didn't waste time using those powers to start fighting for the common man, taking on corporations to ensure a fair shake for employees, designating areas of the country as protected land for future generations to enjoy. His time in office ended due to a weird series of events caused by T-man himself. Once he left office he travelled the world, before the itch to lead the country and deal with unfinished business became to much for him handle and he through his hat back into the political arena. Beyond politics he went on another adventure that sounds like the plot of an Indiana Jones movie, a journey that would change the remaining years of his life. Mind Mend: Go to mindmendmushrooms.com and use our promo code "HIGH" for 15% off everything in their store. 

Original Recording of Campaign Speech by Theodore Roosevelt of the Bull Moose Party, in 1912.Full Text:Theodore Roosevelt: The difference between Mr. Wilson and myself is fundamental. The other day in a speech at Sioux Falls, Mr. Wilson stated his position when he said that the history of government, the history of liberty, was the history of the limitation of governmental power. This is true as an academic statement of history in the past. It is not true as a statement affecting the present. It is true of the history of medieval Europe. It is not true of the history of twentieth-century America.In the days when all governmental power existed exclusively in the king or in the baronage and when the people had no shred of that power in their own hands, then it undoubtedly was true that the history of liberty was the history of the limitation of the governmental power of the outsiders who possessed that power. But today, the people have, actually or potentially, the entire governmental power. It is theirs to use and to exercise, if they choose to use and to exercise it. It offers the only adequate instrument with which they can work for the betterment, for the uplifting of the masses of our people.The liberty of which Mr. Wilson speaks today means merely the liberty of some great trust magnate to do that which he is not entitled to do. It means merely the liberty of some factory owner to work haggard women over-hours for under-pay and himself to pocket the profits. It means the liberty of the factory owner to close his operatives into some crazy deathtrap on a top floor, where if fire starts, the slaughter is immense. It means the liberty of the big factory owner—who is conscienceless, and unscrupulous—to work his men and women under conditions which [inaudible] their lives like an [inaudible]. It means the liberty of even less conscientious factory owners to make their money out of the toil, the labor, of little children. Men of this stamp are the men whose liberty would be preserved by Mr. Wilson. Men of this stamp are the men whose liberty would be preserved by the limitation of governmental power.We propose, on the contrary, to extend governmental power in order to secure the liberty of the wage workers, of the men and women who toil in industry, to save the liberty of the oppressed from the oppressor. Mr. Wilson stands for the liberty of the oppressor to oppress. We stand for the limitation of his liberty not to oppress those who are weaker than himself.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 74: Countdown With Keith Olbermann A-Block (1:45) Let me tell you what is to come: Trump and DeSantis will both run for the '24 Republican Nomination. When DeSantis wins, Trump will run anyway as an independent, cinching the White House for Biden (or any Democrat) (2:05) The Republican establishment has, overnight, turned on Trump and burned the bridges to him. The front page of Murdoch's New York Post has an illustration of Trump as an egg, atop a wall, and in big block letters: "TRUMPTY DUMPTY" and a column inside nicknames him "Toxic Trump." (7:00) Let's review your doubts: Do you doubt DeSantis will run? You think he made that two-minute miniature Bible Epic movie just to run up the score in Florida? Do you doubt the GOP has bailed? Peter King has just said Trump "should no longer be the face of the Republican Party." (12:10) Now Kevin McCarthy gets to lead an impotent, fractured Republican party in the House with not enough power to crush the crazies but not enough power to impeach Biden, either (11:50) And Trump got them a runoff in Georgia where the 203,000 Georgians who voted for Brian Kemp but did not vote for Herschel Walker are really expected to vote for Walker in the runoff?  B-Block (17:00) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Spaghetti in Staten Island (18:22) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Glenn Youngkin apologizes to the Pelosis but only after the election is over, and competes with Chris Cillizza and Elon Musk screwing twitter into the ground and threatening to turn your non-blue-checked tweets into junk mail, for the honors. ( 23:14) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The story of the anniversary of my late beloved puppy Mishu. C-Block (37:02) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL, CONTINUED: The passing of Mishu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is a mashup of a Quickie and a full fledged Unf*cking. We start by going back in time to tell the origin story of the Progressive Party colloquially known as the Bull Moose Party. We examine the original party platform and draw a straight line between the issues facing the nation in 1912 that still face us today. Then we follow with a Quickie on three progressive members of the House of Representatives that give us hope for the future. Resources Indian Country Today: Theodore Roosevelt: ‘The Only Good Indians Are the Dead Indians' Smithsonian Magazine: Why Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Bully His Way Onto the WWI Battlefield Britannica: Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act The American Presidency Project: Progressive Party Platform of 1912 Problem Solvers Caucus: Problem Solvers Caucus Unveils "Building Bridges" The American Prospect: The Progressive Caucus Wields Power jayapal.house.gov Progressive Punch: Scores khanna.house.gov Pressley.house.gov Al Jazeera: When it comes to Islamophobia, we need to name names Book Love Henry F. Pringle: Theodore Roosevelt Herbert Croly: The Promise of American Life: Updated Edition Pod Love Majority Report with Sam Seder  Unf*cker Love Robert McDermott: Jone$town -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Mad Larry and distributed by bar backs. Podcast art description: Image of the US Congress ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1912 convention was not the Republican Party's finest hour. Tensions were high as one of the party's most beloved and successful leaders was pitted against a certain loser come the fall. Roosevelt's fired-up supporters tried to drown out the proceedings with cheers of “Roosevelt! Roosevelt!” The speaker at the lectern said wearily, “You need not hesitate to cheer Roosevelt in my presence. I cheered him for seven years, and I am just trying to take a day off, that is all.”Screaming matches and fistfights became distressingly normal, each disturbance another harbinger of defeat in November. By the end of the roll call, Taft had 567 delegates to Teddy's 507. Ultimately, he was nominated with 561 votes.Roosevelt's supporters bolted to Orchestra Hall, where Teddy gave a speech that were the birth pains of a new party—the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. President Taft's supporters were mute in their victory. The Republican split essentially guaranteed the Democrats would take the White House in the fall.All that was left to do now was count the votes in November. SourcesMorris, Edmund. “Colonel Roosevelt.” Random House, 2010.Roosevelt, Theodore. “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt.”Wikipedia, “1912 Republican Party Presidential Primaries.” Retrieved September 11, 2021 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries Wikipedia, “William Howard Taft.” Retrieved August 9, 2021 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft Subscribe to History's TrainwrecksSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/historys-trainwrecks. Help keep trainwrecks on the tracks. Become a supporter at https://plus.acast.com/s/historys-trainwrecks. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since the founding of the Republican party in the mid-1850s, politics has been dominated by a two-party system that clearly isn't working too well anymore. Third parties have been tried before, from Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party to Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrats to Ross Perot's Reform party to current incarnations like the Libertarian Party and the Green Party. None have achieved much lasting electoral success. So, given the current state of American politics, the time may now be right for the Rubber Chicken Party. The RCP has one platform: empathy for the citizenry. While many human elected officials seem to only have empathy for corporations, a legislative branch of rubber chickens will definitely have more compassion for the people, and will be better equipped to represent the voters rather than multinational corporations. Never mind a chicken in every pot, it's time for a rubber chicken in every seat in Congress! (As an aside, it was not Huey Long, or Herbert Hoover who first said, “a chicken in every pot”. At his coronation in 1589, French King Henry IV vowed that he would make the peasants of France so prosperous that each would, “have a chicken in his pot on Sunday.”) Our elected leaders could also take an empathy lesson from the search dogs at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South in Surfside, FL. Many have become depressed because after long hours of searching, they are not finding living people. If we can't wait for the advent of the RCP, the least we could do is send our Representatives and Senators (and some Governors too) to Florida to take lessons on how to act with empathy, with reverence for the humanity in all our fellow humans. The alternative is more weeks where the cascade of news brings stories like the Supreme Court celebrating Independence Day by making it harder for people to vote and Bill Cosby getting out of prison. We could take a lesson from the Germans, who, while also pulling their troops out of Afghanistan, have prioritized removing all of their alcohol before a single soldier returns home. This is a move that is both culturally sensitive and eminently practical. If we can learn from other humans, maybe we will get more stories like the fact that the name Karen has plummeted in the baby name rankings. And that's having empathy for your child, which is a good place to start. The pandemic has broken many things about our society and as we emerge from its ravages, we are all acting a little strange. For instance, your host has taken to watching soccer as he needs the distraction and dreams of a European Vacation. And if the rants this week are any indication, the ability to handle interpersonal communications has greatly diminished. As such, we have submissions about working in customer escalations, calling customer support, doctors who don't keep their appointments, and dealing with government bureaucracy. Plus, a rant about how living in Switzerland has made one ex-pat want to simultaneously be a capitalist and kill all the capitalists. It's a great summation of the paradox of our times. Submit rants to Lewis https://www.lewisblack.com/live Lewis' latest special, Thanks For Risking Your Life is available now! https://tlbrecords.lnk.to/LewisWE Subscribe to Lewis Black's Rantcast Apple – https://bit.ly/rantcast Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3oNaPFh Google – https://bit.ly/37Zb35u Amazon – https://amzn.to/37bg8Za Follow Lewis Website – http://www.lewisblack.com Instagram – http://www.instagram.com/thelewisblack Twitter – https://twitter.com/thelewisblack Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/thelewisblack Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/OfficialLewisBlack New episodes arrive every Wednesday via The Laugh Button For advertising opportunities email: advertise@thelaughbutton.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If history is to be our guide, we have to look at the Republican Party as something that has gone through a great deal of transformation.  More so, in many ways, than the Democratic Party.   Rising from the ruins of the Whig Party in the 1850's, the Republican Party has undergone attempts at schisms in the past--most notably the 1912 creation of the Progressive, or Bull Moose Party under Theodore Roosevelt.   The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is not only a  trial about the events of January 6, 2021, but in the weeks that have followed has now become a referendum on the state of the Republican Party.   The slow metastasizing cancer that has arisen in the party has many possible causes.  Marty points out that the most recent symptoms of radical right (Trumpist) apologists seems to have its start in the scorched earth, winner-take-all mentality of Newt Gingrich and his fellow absolutists.  Coupled with an angry "outrage for profit" obfuscation of the airwaves by partisan radio and television shows, this sort of anger at the world and Democrats in particular seems to have become the boil that now is in need of lancing.  Will the conventional stalwarts of the party prevail?  Will the Trumpists coalesce into a full-blown political philosophy of "Christian-Conservative-Nationalism"? We are to witness a more subtle battle play out in the background of the second impeachment trial---the battle for the survival and soul of the Republican Party. 

In October 1912, Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt mere weeks ahead of the American election where Woodrow Wilson was elected.  If Roosevelt had perished instead of survived, some historians would argue that William Howard Taft would have been reelected.We explore that possibility with "Show Agitator" Chris Copolla returning for the ride.Listeners can get a FREE audiobook with theirFREE 30-Day Trial Membership from Audible CLICK HEREWebsite: www.aforkintimepodcast.comE-Mail: aforkintimepodcast@gmail.comDirect Link to Listener Survey: https://www.aforkintimepodcast.com/listenersurveyIf you enjoy the podcast, you can help by supporting us via Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/aforkintimeYou can follow A Fork In Time on….Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintimeTwitter: @AFITPodcastPinterest: www.pinterest.com/aforkintimeTheme Music: Conquer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comWebsite: www.aforkintimepodcast.comE-Mail: aforkintimepodcast@gmail.comDirect Link to Listener Survey: https://www.aforkintimepodcast.com/listenersurveyIf you enjoy the podcast, you can help by supporting us via Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/aforkintimeYou can follow A Fork In Time on….Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintimeTwitter: @AFITPodcastPinterest: www.pinterest.com/aforkintimeMentioned Link--The "Imagine If" Podcasthttps://sites.google.com/view/imagineifTheme Music: Conquer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/aforkintime)Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

With Trump "downplaying" the coronavirus, the Trumplicans continue to show up to unmasked rallies.Republicans are still streaming into the Biden camp which is becoming more and more "Team America".But can they take back their party from the Trumplicans? Understanding Wealth Inequality in America:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM Republican Platform:https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdf Democrat Platform:https://www.demconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-07-31-Democratic-Party-Platform-For-Distribution.pdf The Economy: Bush vs Obama Vs Trumphttps://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/9-charts-comparing-trump-economy-to-obama-bush-administrations-2019-9-1028833119# Not sure Biden will make a great president? Watch this 13 year old...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZbOiktAh4Some links to do your own research: (Seriously, spend 5 minutes... totally worth it!)Republicans Rallying Against Trump:https://lincolnproject.us/https://rvat.org/https://43alumniforjoebiden.com/ How to check your facts:https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/https://www.factcheck.org/ Political Polls:https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Shane Stranahan discussed a variety of issues, including who progressives should vote for or not vote for, the future of Republicans, and the People's Party Convention.GUESTSChris Smalls - Activist and Organizer | May Day Workers' Strike at Six Major Online RetailersMedea Benjamin - Co-Founder of Human Rights Group Global Exchange and Peace Group 'CODEPINK' | China/Pompeo/Inspector GeneralKim Iversen - Independent Journalist and Host of the Kim Iversen Show on YouTube | Covid-19 ResponseIn Jamarl's monologue, he said that Joe Biden's recent comments that writing and looting are not the same as protesting wasn't a valid position since Biden did not provide enough context about what may be motivating some protesters.Then the hosts were joined by former Amazon manager Chris Smalls, who was a speaker at the recent People's Party Convention. Smalls said it is important for progressives and socialists to stay the course and support Joe Biden, who has the support of Bernie Sanders and members of "The Squad." He said that third-party reform is important, which is why he spoke at the convention, but getting rid of Donald Trump is a priority. Smalls talked about his organizing work when he was at Amazon and how raising concerns about Amazon workers being exposed to COVID-19 had cost him personally. He also discussed his recent post showing that Amazon was looking to hire people with an intelligence community background to research union organizers, especially after a protest where they had a guillotine outside Jeff Bezos's mansion.In the second hour, Shane and Jamarl were joined by Code Pink's Medea Benjamin, who also spoke at the People's Convention, and she said she is "absolutely" voting for Joe Biden, even though she supports a variety of tactics to get the Democratic Party to support a more socialist agenda including third parties, influence campaigns in the Democratic Party, and voting for alternative parties such as the Green Party. Medea pondered whether one should push back on the idea that the Obama administration was worse than the Trump administration, citing the war in Yemen as an example of where the Trump administration escalated what she said is the bloodiest and deadliest conflict in the world today. Medea also said that on domestic policy the Biden administration would not be ideal but would be better than the Trump administration for a second term.In the third hour, Shane and Jamarl were joined by Kim Iverson, who said she had watched the People's Party Convention and was disappointed because she thinks there is a potential for a real third-party movement, but what she saw was going to be at best an alternative to a third party such as the Green Party. She said that the language at the convention was firmly rooted in standard leftist politics and argued that what is needed is a new kind of centrist political policy that also appeals to people on the right, while differentiating dissent from simple establishment rhetoric. She also agrees that while policy is important, it needs to be a more inclusive policy, and she talked about historical examples where new parties have been able to succeed, such as the Bull Moose Party in America. Kim said that she sees the issue of money in politics as a unifying issue that could bring together the Republican and Democrat base; however, she does not see either party touching that issue en masse. Kim said she also sees a possible scenario where Republicans become the party of the workers.

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue their a five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this fourth episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned from Roosevelt’s years after the end of his second term up through his run for President at the head of the Bull Moose Party in 1912. Highlights of this podcast include: Roosevelt goes big game hunting and holds meetings with political leaders across all of  Europe. What led to the schism in the GOP and Roosevelt’s defeat at the GOP 1912 Convention? The formation of the Bull Moose Party and his survival of an assassination attempt. The election of 1912, his loss to Wilson but his overwhelming defeat of his former protegeé, William Taft. We conclude this episode with three key leadership lessons, including: 1. Change when the facts change; 2. Don't be afraid of making unpopular decisions; and 3. Leaders are Learners. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue their a five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this third episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt in his ascension to the Presidency and his first and second terms as 26th President. Highlights of this podcast include: Roosevelt’s ascension to the Presidency after the assassination of President McKinley; his domestic policies including: trust busting, issues with railroads, starting the American conservation movement and regulation of food and drugs. We then turn to foreign policy and his arbitration of the Russo-Japanese War which won him the Nobel Prize, the Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine and construction of the Panama Canal. We look at the clection of 1904 and his second term. We conclude with three key leadership lessons: 1. Surround yourself with other leaders; 2. Maintain an Open Channel with Adversaries; and 3. Be able to take criticism. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue their five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this second episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt in the second phase of his political career, which took him from Police Commissioner of NYC to the Vice Presidency. Highlights of this podcast include: What led to appointment to New York Civil Service Commission and then to the NYC Police Commissioner? His move to the National Stage as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. This led to his work in the War with Spain and Admiral Dewey in Manilla Bay. He founded the Rough Riders, his leadership in Cuba and ride up San Juan Hill. He becomes Governor of New York. This leads to joining the McKinley ticket in the election of 1896 and becoming Vice President. We conclude with three key leadership lessons, including: 1. Pick yourself up when you fall; 2. Find a cause; and 3. Communicate Simply and Directly Through Stories. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this first episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt from his parents, his sickly childhood, initial forays into public life, widowhood and cowboying in Montana. Highlights of this podcast include: Roosevelt’s parents, his upbringing, education and early book publishing. Roosevelt’s widowhood in his early 20s and his election to the New York State Assembly. From the Presidential election of 1884, up to his cowboying in Dakota. We conclude with three key leadership lessons, including 1. The beginning of his lifelong learning; 2. How he came to view merit, not privilege as the key to advancement, and 3. How hard work is required to be a great leader. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sandwich Weekly Podcast Episode 5. Activities and events from Friday May 31 through Thursday June 13. Hello again and welcome to the Sandwich Weekly Podcast. This is Episode 5, covering activities and events in and around Sandwich for the period Friday May 31 through Thursday June 13. Before I begin, I would like to thank all the listeners who have taken the time to visit and like the podcasts Facebook page and those who have sent some wonderful comments. Remember that this podcast is for you and if you have any suggestions for improvement, please send them to me at feedback@sandwichweekly.com. A special thanks to Geoff Penman who corrected the historical tidbit from last weeks episode. If you remember, I said that Davis Lake extended from Veterans Memorial Park to, what is now, Gletty Road. I didn’t believe that was possible since the buildings on Main Street existed prior to Davis lake being drained. I mistakenly thought that the Park referred to Veterans Park which is across from City Hall. Actually the lake extended from Sandwich Memorial Park to Gletty Road. Sandwich Memorial Park lies west of the YMCA and has an entrance on Water Street. This weeks tidbit of Sandwich history is about what once was an old train car and is now the Bull Moose Bar and Grille. The train car is a former Pullman Palace car that was built in 1893, at a cost of $25,000, and initially shown at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago later that year. It was placed into service by the Burlington (now the Burlington Northern Sante Fe) railroad and was part of their special “Pride of Burlington” train. In 1904, the train car was given to President Teddy Roosevelt to use during his presidential campaign and returned to the Burlington railway after Roosevelt was elected. The train car was put back into use for another presidential election in 1908 as William Howard Taft’s official transportation carriage. Taft won the election. During the next election, Roosevelt ran on his own Progressive Party (or “Bull Moose” Party) ticket Figuring the train car was good luck since it was used by the last two winners of Presidential elections, he got the car from the Burlington railway and used it to criss-cross the country during his campaign. Well, Teddy Roosevelt lost that election to Woodrow Wilson and the train car was returned to the railroad. The train car continued on the Burlington line until it was retired in the early 1930’s. In 1934, Sandwich resident Henry Tattersal bought the train car for $75 dollars and moved it from California to Sandwich, placing it on the southwest corner of Main and Church Streets. He redesigned the train car as a diner and opened it later that year and called it “The Diner”. In 1935, a man by the name of Wright bought the diner and moved it across the street to its present day location next to a house and renamed it “Wright’s Diner”. The train car diner has gone through a number of owners and name changes over the years, eventually incorporating the house into part of the restaurant It has been known as Paul’s Diner, Cucina Plata, Kelly’s Pub and the American Grill. The diner closed in 2008 and sat vacant for a couple years. That’s when Ron and Sue came into the picture. Ron and Sue bought the train car and house and painstakingly restored the inside building and car, as well as spruced up the outside that had deteriorated over time. Having had an antique business for over 25 years, Sue Saballus used her antique connections to find lighting fixtures and decorations to restore the train car to its original splendor when Teddy Roosevelt used it a century before. They even restored the original leaded glass windows along the top of the railcar. The family opened their restaurant in 2010 choosing the Bull Moose Bar and Grille name as a nod to the historical significance of the rail car. Friday May 31 American Legion Fish Fry - 5 to 7:30 pm at the Sheridan American Legion Post 729. The fish fry includes a choice of catfish or cod, fried or poached, with fries, hush puppies, and a complete salad bar for $9. Carry-outs are available by calling ahead. Saturday June 1 Gentle Yoga 9–10am at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Plano Heritage Fest Begins at 11am on W John Street. Admission is $5, At 9 a.m., there will be a ruck march with Veterans Outreach of Kendall County. Summer Reading Kick-Off 12–2pm at the Sandwich Public Library. On Saturday we’ll kick off our Summer Reading Program with our annual celebration. There’ll be inflatables, water games, food, a book sale, and so much more! We can’t wait to kick off the reading season with the community. Sign up today to join in on the fun! Swing Dance - 4 to 6pm at the Sandwich Community Center, 1406 Suydam Rd. Music will be provided by, Talk of the Town Swing Band. The band will play swing, cha-cha, rumba, jitterbug, and tango. Admission is $10 and a cash bar is available. For information call 815–570–9004. Monday June 3 Summer Reading Registration Begins at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. This year’s theme is “Showtime at Your Library”. The Summer Reading Program runs for 6 weeks: Monday, June 10 through Saturday, July 20. Gentle Yoga 9–10am at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. UFO – Unfinished Objects 10am to noon at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Do you have an unfinished craft object? Come join our group for coffee and conversation while working on your project. Musical Movie Matinee- My Fair Lady - 1:00–3pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Light refreshments will be provided. No Registration is required. Adult Cookies and Coloring2–4pm at the Somonauk Public Library. Features cookies and soft music. Writers’ Group- 3:30pm at the Somonauk Public Library. Register at the Patron Services desk or by calling 815–498–2440. Salta A La Hora De Cuento Bilingue- Bilingual Story Time - 4pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Los niños que hablan espanol e ingles estan invitados a la biblioteca para leer libros, aprender, y divertirese en ambos idiomas! Ages 3+, No Registration is required. Tech Wreck - 6pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Ever wonder what the inside of a DVD player looks like? Why not break it open then craft something new out of the pieces. Come to our third annual Tech Wreck to break things and make things. This is a teen program and No Registration required. Indian Valley Community Band 6–7:20pm in the Sandwich Middle School band room. This community band is made up of anyone who has ever played an instrument. Stop in to see what rehearsal is like. For information call 815–786–6752. Father’s Day paper Craft - 6:30–7:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Show your dad some extra love this Father’s Day! Create a one of a kind gift by making themed gift bags and matching cards to celebrate your father. Class taught by master paper-crafter Jennifer Boring. Ages 16+. Class costs $5. Program is first come first serve while supplies last! Tuesday June 4 Pre-K Story Time - 10:30–11:15 at the Sandwich Public Library. Chair Yoga for Seniors 10–10:30am at the at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Cornerstone Church Food Pantry- 12:30pm at Cornerstone Church in Sandwich. Cornerstone provides food for families in Sandwich, Somonauk, Plano, and Sheridan. Identification and proof of residency, such as a utility bill, are required. The Reading Pros – Grades 3–5 - 4–5pm at the Sandwich Public Library. We’ll discuss our monthly book, enjoy snacks, and have fun! Johnny K’s 2019 Cruise Night - 5 - 9pm At Johnny K’s in Sandwich. Discounts given to drivers of show cars. Adult Craft Night – DIY Marble Vase 6:30–7:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Ages 16+ Registration is required and there only 10 open spots for each class. Airborne on D-Day - 6:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Presented by Robert Mueller in honor of the 75th anniversary. Come learn about the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. This is an adult program and no Registration required. Wednesday June 5 Walk-In Blood Pressure Clinics - 9–11am at KishHealth Systems Physician Group, 12700 Rt 34 in Plano. A KishHealth System professional will monitor your blood pressure weekly. No appointment is necessary. For information call 815–786–3962 or visit www.kishprograms.org Bingo - 12:30pm at the Somonauk Public Library – Entry is free and there are prizes. Every Wednesday but no Bingo on the last Wednesday of the month. Gentle Yoga 12–1pm at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Pre-K Story Time - 1–1:45pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Big Kids Story Time – Grades K–2 4–4:45pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Come to the library for stories, enjoy snacks, and have fun! Registration is required. Wellness Wednesday – DIY Yoga 6:30–7:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Please bring your own mats. No Registration is required. Intro to Beekeeping - 6:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Learn the basics of beekeeping with local beekeeper Joe Roberts. This is an adult program and no Registration required. Music in the Park 5–7pm in the Gazebo in downtown Sandwich. Bring your family and a lawn chair every Wednesday from May 29th through August 28th for the returning Music in the Park Summer Concert Series. Tonight you’ll listen to the Jack Mack. Thursday June 6 Chair Yoga for Seniors 10–10:30am at the at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. STEM Activity 4pm at the Somonauk Public Library. Open to children grades K–5. Registration is required. Take Off Pounds Sensibly – TOPS – 5–7pm at the Federated Church in Sandwich. Weigh-in is from 5–6pm and the meeting is from 6–7pm. Get support in reaching you weight loss goals. Movin’ On Cancer Support Group - 5–6pm at the Somonauk Public Library. Pre-K Story Time - 6–6:45pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Glow Party - 6pm at the Sandwich Public Library. We’ll have glow-in-the-dark games, fun, and crafts. Open to ages 6 and up. Registration required. An Evening with Local Author Bambi Harris - 6:30pm at the Somonauk Public Library. Bambi will answer questions, sign books and have goodies to share. Books will be available for purchase. Friday June 7 Computer Class – File Management Basics - 10:30-noon at the Sandwich Public Library. Registration is required and there’s a $10 fee. American Legion Fish Fry - 5 to 7:30 pm at the Sheridan American Legion Post 729. The fish fry includes a choice of catfish or cod, fried or poached, with fries, hush puppies, and a complete salad bar for $9. Carry-outs are available by calling ahead. Saturday June 8 12th Annual Kid’s Fishing Day - 9am to noon at the Sandwich Sportsman’s Club. Free to the public. Free lunch and prizes. Open to kids 16 and under. All children must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Bring your own pole and tackle. Bait will be donated by the Lake Holiday Marina. Sign up at the Sandwich Park District. The Sandwich Sportsman’s Club is located at 1011 Hartman Trail in Sandwich, one quarter mile west of the Sandwich Fairgrounds on Center Street. Gentle Yoga 9–10am at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Sunday June 9 Sunday at Sandwich - Antique Flea Market is 8am–4pm at the Sandwich Fairgrounds. Admission is $5, children 12 and under are free. Parking is free and an ATM is available. No pets please. For more information visit the website, www.sundayatsandwichantiques.com Monday June 10 Gentle Yoga 9–10am at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. UFO – Unfinished Objects 10am to noon at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Do you have an unfinished craft object? Come join our group for coffee and conversation while working on your project. Musical Movie Matinee West Side Story – 1–3pm at the Sandwich Public Library. “It’s Showtime!” Come to the library to experience classic and new musicals as a part of our Summer Reading Theme! Light refreshments will be provided. No Registration is required. Salta A La Hora De Cuento Bilingue- Bilingual Story Time - 4pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Los niños que hablan espanol e ingles estan invitados a la biblioteca para leer libros, aprender, y divertirese en ambos idiomas! Ages 3+, No Registration is required. Messy Science - 5pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Let’s get messy and learn with some amazing science experiments. Open to ages 8 and up. Registration required. Monday Supper - 5–6:45pm at the Sheridan United Methodist Church, 219 S. Bushnell. Dinner is fried chicken, vegetables, dessert, and beverage. All are welcome. Carry-outs are available. Donations are appreciated. Tuesday June 11 Pre-K Story Time - 10:30–11:15 at the Sandwich Public Library. Chair Yoga for Seniors 10–10:30am at the at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Readers’ Haven Book Club - 6:30–7:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Come enjoy a lively book discussion! Copies of the club books are available in regular, large print, and audio formats to everyone. Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today! Registration is encouraged, but not required. Wednesday June 12 Walk-In Blood Pressure Clinics - 9–11am at KishHealth Systems Physician Group, 12700 Rt 34 in Plano. A KishHealth System professional will monitor your blood pressure weekly. No appointment is necessary. For information call 815–786–3962 or visit www.kishprograms.org Help for Seniors and People with Disabilities - 10:00am to 3pm at the Fox Valley Older Adults Center. A representative from Mendota Area Senior Services will help anyone older than 60, or younger than 60 with a disability, to obtain access to services, apply to programs, or gather information. No appointment is necessary. Cake and Crime Mystery Group - 12pm at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. This month the reading selection is “Kingdom of the Blind” by Louise Penny. Gentle Yoga 12–1pm at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Bingo - 12:30pm at the Somonauk Public Library – Entry is free and there are prizes. Every Wednesday but no Bingo on the last Wednesday of the month. Pre-K Story Time - 1–1:45pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Big Kids Story Time – Grades K–2 4–4:45pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Come to the library for stories, enjoy snacks, and have fun! Registration is required. Chess Club 6–7pm at the Sandwich Public Library. Chess boards will be provided or bring your own. Genealogy Club - 6:30–7:30pm at the Sandwich Public Library. This month Amy Vidlak-Girmsheid will explain how to use the Ancestry database accessible through the library. No Registration is required. Wellness Wednesday – Ageless Grace with professional Cecilia Carruthers 6:30–7:30 at the Sandwich Public Library. Ageless Grace is a Brain Health Fitness program. There’s an $8 fee and Registration is required. Music in the Park 5–7pm in the Gazebo in downtown Sandwich. Bring your family and a lawn chair every Wednesday from May 29th through August 28th for the returning Music in the Park Summer Concert Series. Tonight you’ll listen to Barbara and the Boys. Thursday June 13 Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS)- 9:30 to 11:30am at the Plano Bible Church. Find support and encouragement from other moms. Child care and breakfast are provided. Chair Yoga for Seniors 10–10:30am at the at the Robert W. Rowe Library in Sheridan. Join us for this gentle Yoga exercise. Pre-K Story Time - 3–3:45pm at the Sandwich Public Library. So You Want to be a YouTuber? - 5pm at the Sandwich Public Library. This 3 hour class is led by Phil Sheppard. Come learn the basics of starting a YouTube channel, filming your videos, and more! This class also includes a one year subscription to an on-line video editor. Bring your own laptop. This is a teen program, Registration required and there is a $12 fee. Family Lego Night - 5pm at the Sandwich Public Library. All ages, No Registration is required. Take Off Pounds Sensibly – TOPS – 5–7pm at the Federated Church in Sandwich. Weigh-in is from 5–6pm and the meeting is from 6–7pm. Get support in reaching you weight loss goals.   Helpful Links City of Sandwich Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce Sandwich Public Library District Sandwich Park District Sandwich Opera House Fox Valley Older Adults Sandwich Police Department Sandwich Fire District   Event Sponsor Contact Information American Legion Post 729 300 West Si Johnson Drive Sheridan,815–496–2380 City of Sandwich Tourism 144 E. Railroad Street  Sandwich 815–786–9321 https://tourismcityofsandwich.com/ Cornerstone Church 17437 Pratt Road in Sandwich 815–786–6300 Federated Church 403 N. Main St., Sandwich 815–498–4592 Help for Seniors and People with Disabilities 815–539–9673, 815–539–7700, or 800–535–5970 Johnny K’s 125 Duvick Ave, Sandwich 815–786–3088 Millbrook United Methodist Church 8360 Fox River Rd. Millbrook 815–786–4106 Plano Bible Church 1111 West South Street, Plano 630–552–8877 www.PlanoBibleChurch.org Plano Community Library District 15 W. North Street, Plano 630–552–2009 www.planolibrary.info Robert W. Rowe Public Library 120 East Si Johnson Ave., Sheridan 815–496–2031 www.rwrlibrary.org Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce 128 E. Railroad St P.O. Box 214, Sandwich, IL 60548 815–786–9075 https://sandwich-il.org Sandwich Public Library 925 South Main Street, Sandwich 815–786–8308 www.sandwichpld.org Somonauk Baptist Church 315 East North St., Somonauk 815–498–2312 Somonauk Public Library 700 East LaSalle Street, Somonauk 815–498–2440 https://www.somonauklibrary.org/ St. John’s Lutheran Church 235 Green St., Somonauk 815–498–1001

In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden welcome guest and co-host of By the Book Podcast, Jolenta Greenberg. Join them as them deep dive into the parties of the founding fathers, talk about the short-lived Bull Moose Party, and dissect how we’ve arrived at the Republican and Democratic Parties that we have today. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt Jr. recorded a speech titled "The Right of the People to Rule" for the Edison Recording Company. Roosevelt had recently lost the Republican nomination for President to William Howard Taft, and founded the Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party to run as its nominee. He ultimately split the Republican vote and caused the election of Woodrow Wilson.In his speech, Roosevelt extols the virtues of democracy and objects to reactionary conservatives. Among other things, he argues that the failure to listen to the voice of the people led to the failure of the French revolution.This recording is part of the Library of Congress, "Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film" collection. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fox News' politics editor Chris Stirewalt discusses the history of American populism, how economic resentment fuels populism even in times of huge prosperity, and why the will of the people doesn’t always make for great policy.  He discusses why populist leaders are so prone to hucksterism and easy answers including one politician who literally started out as snake oil salesman, and why it’s a good thing that most populist leaders never actually get to govern.  He talks about how the least likely populist President Teddy Roosevelt's progressive Bull Moose Party impacted the GOP for over a century and how George Wallace shifted the focus from economic populism to cultural populism.  He explains why Pat Buchanan is the grandfather of Trumpism and how Ross Perot invented the trope of the businessman who can fix Washington.  Plus we talk about the time America flirted with electing a self-professed socialist and radical, why the election of 1864 still gives Chris hope, and why modern aspiring populists would do well to study Andrew Jackson's appeal to immigrants. Order Chris Stirewalt's book Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populist on Amazon, subscribe to his podcast Perino and Stirewalt: I’ll Tell You What wherever you like to listen, and follow him on twitter at @Chris Stirewalt.  Today’s episode was sponsored by Heineken, Emma Email Marketing, NFL Podcasts, and Espresso Monster.

Teddy Roosevelt vs. Franklin Pierce. Stats of Fighters: Name: Theodore Roosevelt Height: 5’10 Weight: 220 Military experience: Colonel, U.S. Army.New York National Guard, 1882 to 1886, captain and company commander. Spanish–American War service as second in command and then commander of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders). Special abilities: Being the world’s most interesting man. Roosevelt was a champion intramural boxer in college, practiced judo while president, worked as a rancher in the Dakota territories and got in fist-fights with cowboys, arrested outlaws, gave a ninety-minute speech after being shot in the chest by a would-be assassin, and explored an uncharted river in the Amazon following his failed presidential bid for the Bull Moose Party. Name: Franklin Pierce Height: 5’10 Weight: 145 Military experience: Brigadier General; New Hampshire Militia, 1831–46; Mexican–American War; commanded Infantry Brigade at Battle of Contreras, Battle of Churubusco, and the Assault on Mexico City. Special abilities: Stone-cold ruthlessness. Pierce fought at the end of the Mexican-American War and led a brigade despite being thrown from his horse and injured on the battlefield. He continued to bark orders while completely immobile. While president, Pierce was charged with running over a woman with his horse; the case was thrown out due to a lack of evidence. He was also a chronic alcoholic praised by his opponents as “the victor of many a hard-fought bottle.”

Welcome back to The Emancipation Podcast Station - the place to hear about history researched and retold through the eyes of Middle school and HS students. Last time on the show…   Today we discuss The age of empire. Let’s dive in. Was he a good president? Why or why not? William McKinley - Presidential Podcast  Gabe - McKinley was the 25th president of the united states he stayed in presidency until assassinated in his second term. He lead america to victory in the spanish american war and was the last president to be in the civil war he also was the only president in the war as an enlisted soldier He raised protective tariffs for the industries. He also maintained the gold standard and we cant even do that today.   Skylar - William mckinley was born January 29th, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. He was apart of the republican party. He became president on march 4th, 1897. While he was president the United States army won a few great wars, like Gabe said. After Mckinley served one term he was elected president again to serve his second and last term. Mckinley was shot on september 6th, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz who shot him in the stomach twice while shaking his hand. -Ethan- McKinley widely supported the Dingley Tariff to guard the manufacturing companies from foreign companies. He also tried to get Spain to give Cuba independence but negotiations went awry and thus began the Spanish-American War in 1898. The US won quickly and got some of Spain’s oversea colonies like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Cuba was planned to have independence but for the time being stayed under control of the US Army. The US had just annexed Hawaii. - Blake - Before William McKinley became President he was not only the Governor of Ohio but he was the last President to serve in the Civil War. Before the end of the Civil War McKinley was able to reach the rank of Brevet Major in which he only referred to himself as his rank as he felt that was the only thing he was sure of. He was also a accomplished lawyer in which he took a case no one would take and he got every defendant off except one. Ben- One of the popular events including Mckinley was the mountain that used to be named after him. They renamed it to the traditional Native American name, “Denali” people thought it was fitting because William Mckinley never saw the mountain or Alaska, the state it was in. Mckinley was very fond of the working class, like farmers and other, he respected their work and their way of doing things.William mckinley was also the reason the secret service was created, he was the third president ot be assasinated. This pushed the US government to create a protection service for people of importance. But something that some people may not know about the secret service is that half of their work is about preventing counterfeit currency and bank fraud. 6.Ricky-william McKinley was assassinated on September 19, 1901 when as Skylar said in the stomach while shaking Leon Czolgosz hand. Leon Czolgosz was born in Alpena Michigan in 1873 to a family of eight and was bullied by his peers when he was a kid. As he grew up he and his brother worked steel for a . But in the crash of 1893 the factory closed for some time. Leon was a anarchist supporter and killed president McKinley with a .32S&W revolver, look it up. 7.Elijah- William McKinley was first Governor of ohio and then President. He was the last President to serve in the Civil War. When he was 18 he served as a private in infantry and was the youngest in his group. AT 50 years of age Mckinley became President and was assassinated in 1901 on his second term.   8. Introduction to the age of empire  Gabe - this started when we stopped isolationism which george washington told us to do and we did for 100 years but from 1898 1901 we grabbed cuba hawaii guam puerto rico and the philippines between 1870 and 1890 all the massive powers were getting colonies for resources so we also started so we didn't get left in the dust we also need those resources such as diamonds gold timber oil rubber and all sorts of more resources So we went for them which started the age of empire 2.-Ethan- Like I said before the US got a lot of places from Spain. But through most of this, the entire world was trying to get as much land as possible. America wasn’t participating at the time but they were like “oh no, we can’t get left behind” so they started competing for land too. - Blake - This time period is when the United States start to become a true super power as shortly after the Spanish-American war the U.S. had gained quite a bit of territory. 4.Ben- A lot of conflicts in the world are because of land. Maybe one side wants land while the other needs to defend it. Or maybe they’re trying to take back land from previous wars.I think it’s called the age of empire because every empire was expanding or shrinking. 5.Ricky-basically a time when we completely ditched the idea of isolationism and developed Allies like Britain. Skylar - The United States seen that other countries were gaining power and the wanted to do so as well. Europe and Asia were gaining more land. Like they said the united states gained Cuba, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. 7.Hunter- this war was kind of a fight for territory and the early americans thought that spain sunk the USS. Maine by sabotaging it and then we declared war on spain. 8..Elijah-At the time United states moved more towards imperialism and less towards isolationism. This was because of the fall of manifest destiny and moving more towards taking other countries. The United States took land such as Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto rico and the Philippines. The age of empire  Gabe - As i stated before the age of empire was when we went and grabbed colonies and land for resources and so did the rest of the major powers. But there was no land to grab so they need to do what this to mahan says he says that they need a way to cross from the pacific to atlantic and vice versa they need ports everywhere and there going to need a powerful navy and in 1914 they put 140 million dollars into their navy - Blake - With the gain of this new land the U.S. needed a use for it and they had the perfect use. By that time the Navy wasn’t very powerful and was described as “Five leaky boats”. Although we had access to both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean’s we still couldn’t make big trips across seas as our ports were along the coastline. 3.-Ethan- Since Cuba was kind of ‘unoccupied’ at the moment, rebels started to mess with the Spanish owners of Cuba. The Cuban even blew up an American warship which caused American retaliation. Thus started the Spanish American War. Ben- Something clicked within the empires to cause them to all kinda take more land, most of the reasons were because of raw materials like things in africa, you could see some places like france claiming land in africa for the materials to bring back to their main country, england did a lot of this too, and some places fought for land in china. 5.Elijah- The age of the empire were the days of imperialism. We have taken over small islands such as Guam and Hawaii. As America expands the American Navy expands. America was looking outward to expansion and getting more resources. Cuba was the point that started the Spanish American War. Skylar - The Age of Empire was basically just trying to grab all the land that wasn’t claimed yet. They wanted this land to find its natural resources to make money. The United states was seeing two of the biggest , most powerful continents, Asia and Europe claiming all this land and using their resources. 7.Hunter- the age of empire for america was to gain land and allies. 8. The Spanish-American War  Gabe - Again as i said in the introduction to the age of empire we wanted to expand so we went to war with the spanish and won because we outnumbered them greatly and we took cuba guam puerto rico and philippines. - Blake - The Spanish-American War started out pretty stupid as the USS Maine had exploded off the coast of Cuba which was under rule from Spain it was most likely from a malfunction but Americans still believed it was from Spain. -Ethan- The War only lasted 6 week and the US of course won. Theodore Roosevelt was part of a troop called the Rough Riders. He helped rally quite a few of the Rough Riders’ troopers. The Rough Riders wouldn’t have stood a chance if the African-American troops didn’t assist.The Spaniards could try, fight, and muster all their troops, but they were no match for the US military’s new ships. The US decimated Spain’s fleet as quickly as you can imagine a ship battle going down. 4.Ben- Like Blake said, it was kinda stupid to immediately think that Spain did it, but i think America just wanted some kind of excuse to fight spain and claim Cuba. Then a bit after when the filipinos realized that America was no better than Spain at controlling their land, the rebeled. 5.Ricky-when ‘merica won the war they said they would not claim Cuba. But in a way they did. 6..Elijah- When the USS Maine blew up America blamed Spain sense the ship was at cuba at the time. This seemed like a act of terrorism sense most americans did not have all of the information. This war only lasted 6 weeks and the US won the war. The Rough Riders were a group that were fighting but most of them actually did not ride horses. Skylar - The United States declared war on Spain on April 11th, 1898. The United States were too much for Spain to handle. The army Roosevelt had put together were “armed and dangerous” and were not going down without a fight. That’s exactly what they did. The war ended only four months and one day later, August 12th, 1898. 8.Hunter- what started this war was the tragedy of the USS. Maine the americans thought that spain had something to do with it so we declared war and gained land and allies on top of it all. The Progressive Era  Gabe - In the progressive era which was around 1890s to 1920s there were im going to say movements cause there were a few on making life for industrial workers better they wanted to eliminate “unfair” business choices the definition of fair is actually playing by the rules and those were the rules so it wasn't necessarily unfair but it was hard for the people. In this era people got better protections women got the right to vote and consumers strengthened. - Blake - The Progressive Era was an era which came with a lot of industry changes and amendments during this time period such as the sixthteenth amendment, the seventeenth, the eighteenth and the nineteenth. -Ethan- The Progressive Era had a dark side, because they also promoted discrimination. The Wilson Administration supported modernity and progress in the world but they tried for segregation of government. Wilson’s presidency had a brief bringback of the Ku Klux Klan(or KKK) which was widely known as mostly racist to black people. 4.Elijah- The Progressive Era was a time that was wanting progress in society and business. In the 1890s to 1920s the Progressive Era was filled with reformers trying to help make public education, make businesses be more regulated and stop monopolies from taking over. The goal was to move forward. This was also the time of prohibition.   Ben- We’ve seen a lot of industrialization throughout the 19th-20th century as different countries develop technology and advance the stuff we already had. The progressive era really pushed the world’s inventors, as factories were made and different machines were created to make farming and other jobs easier, changing the industry and eventually turning it into what we have today. But as business was booming there were many corrupt businessmen, putting profit over morals.   6.Ricky-we changed a lot during this time politically and in the industry. Skylar - Like it says in the name the progressive era was an era between 1890 and 1920 that was full of progress. Women finally got the right to vote which was a pretty big deal. But like Ethan said it did have a dark side. 8.Hunter- this era was in the late 19th century to the early 20th this era aimed toward a better society. During this era protections for workers were strengthened, and women finally got the right to vote.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt - AND THE PRESIDENTIAL PODCAST Skylar - Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His family was very wealthy hence he lived in Manhattan $$$$$. Before he was president he was a writer. He was also known as Teddy, short for Theodore. He was elected president in 1904 after former president William Mckinley was killed. “Teddy” was apart of the republican party. Roosevelt wanted a stronger army and navy and wanted to increase American intervention in Latin America by putting out the "Roosevelt Corollary" and the Monroe Doctrine and constructing the Panama Canal. He was the youngest man to ever be president at 42 years old. - Blake - After Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt's presidency he went on a expedition in the African Savannah. Shortly after he returned he despised how the newest president William Howard Taft had handled things and ultimately reran for office with a new party he created called the Progressive Republican Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party) but the public was split between Taft and Roosevelt and ultimately Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 election. -Ethan- Roosevelt like I said before was a Rough Rider which was one of the Navy’s troops at the time. Roosevelt passed a couple acts as president like any other president. 1 of them was the Emergency Banking Relief, which allowed the US government to study the banks’ finances to see when they should re-open them.  A little something interesting on when he died. Roosevelt died in his sleep and his Vice President, Thomas R. Marshall, said “Death had to take while he was sleeping, because there would have been a fight if he was awake”. 4.Elijah- Theodore Roosevelt also know as “teddy roosevelt” was a man of many talents and ideas. He was a game hunter, a writer and a guy that earned his face on Mount Rushmore. He started his own party known as the Bull Moose Party the Progressive Republican Party. He lost his mother and Wife on the same day. He had someone try to assassinate him in 1912. He was the first president to win a nobel peace prize in 1906. Ben- Theodore was the vice president during William Mckinley’s presidency, but once William tragically died, Theodore Roosevelt became president. Theodore’s story is a sad one, though. His mother and his wife died on the same day that his son was born. Ricky-Theodore Roosevelt was 26th president of the united states of america from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909. Fun fact, he had a son named Kermit. 7.Hunter- Theodore Roosevelt was president from 1901-1909 he was the 26th president after the assassination of William  McKinley. Muckrakers  Gabe - The Muckrakers were the fake news paparazzi of that day not always fake news but the exaggerated a lot to get to the people they were writing to. Sinclair a muckraker was writing about how terrible conditions in the meatpacking industry and how the meat was contaminated and how hard it was even so that they had to make a meat inspection act and a pure food act and a drug Act of 1906 because someone exaggerated in a book yes it was hard but not enough for you to convince them to make a meat inspection act Come on that's the same as saying they were not paid enough so the whole nation is paying millions to some people who pack meat. - Blake - Jacob Riis was a Danish immigrant who had made good friends with then President of the Police of New York City Theodore Roosevelt which he would talk to and get information in their talks which helped publish Muckraker stories.-   -Ethan- The term Muckraker came from Roosevelt’s speech where he said “the men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well being of society; but only if they know to stop raking the muck. In this ‘Raking the muck’ references the work of journalists who, as Gabe said, brought in fake news or Muck. Elijah- Muckrakers was first used as a derogatory term for journalists that were pushing for change but really just not doing much. But when this name came out the journalists used this as a term for themselves because they said that these issues mattered and they are bringing out the muck on these compRanies.     5.Ricky-Muckrakers (like Piper in fallout 4) are basically propaganda spreaders. They go for trying to expose this big government secret, or stuff like that. Ben- During the progressive era, many businessmen were corrupt, so the Muckrakers were people trying to show the world how corrupt they were. This later caused the food and drug act, which inspected foods to make sure they were safe for consumption. Skylar - Muckrakers wanted to expose people who had business that were doing well. They wanted to find the dirt in any company that was successful. Like Ethan said the term came from Theodore Roosevelt.Muckrakers were like everyone said drama queens, ‘’fake news’’, or people who exaggerate the media. They just talked a little ‘’ muck ‘’ as said in their name. Hunter- these guys are drama kings and queens the news was highly exaggerated any business that was successful they tried to get shut down.   That’s all we have time for today. Thanks for joining us in this emancipation from the box, that is learning.

Welcome back to The Emancipation Podcast Station - the place to hear about history researched and retold through the eyes of Middle school and HS students. Last time on the show…   Today we discuss The age of empire. Let’s dive in. Was he a good president? Why or why not? William McKinley - Presidential Podcast  Gabe - McKinley was the 25th president of the united states he stayed in presidency until assassinated in his second term. He lead america to victory in the spanish american war and was the last president to be in the civil war he also was the only president in the war as an enlisted soldier He raised protective tariffs for the industries. He also maintained the gold standard and we cant even do that today.   Skylar - William mckinley was born January 29th, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. He was apart of the republican party. He became president on march 4th, 1897. While he was president the United States army won a few great wars, like Gabe said. After Mckinley served one term he was elected president again to serve his second and last term. Mckinley was shot on september 6th, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz who shot him in the stomach twice while shaking his hand. -Ethan- McKinley widely supported the Dingley Tariff to guard the manufacturing companies from foreign companies. He also tried to get Spain to give Cuba independence but negotiations went awry and thus began the Spanish-American War in 1898. The US won quickly and got some of Spain’s oversea colonies like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Cuba was planned to have independence but for the time being stayed under control of the US Army. The US had just annexed Hawaii. - Blake - Before William McKinley became President he was not only the Governor of Ohio but he was the last President to serve in the Civil War. Before the end of the Civil War McKinley was able to reach the rank of Brevet Major in which he only referred to himself as his rank as he felt that was the only thing he was sure of. He was also a accomplished lawyer in which he took a case no one would take and he got every defendant off except one. Ben- One of the popular events including Mckinley was the mountain that used to be named after him. They renamed it to the traditional Native American name, “Denali” people thought it was fitting because William Mckinley never saw the mountain or Alaska, the state it was in. Mckinley was very fond of the working class, like farmers and other, he respected their work and their way of doing things.William mckinley was also the reason the secret service was created, he was the third president ot be assasinated. This pushed the US government to create a protection service for people of importance. But something that some people may not know about the secret service is that half of their work is about preventing counterfeit currency and bank fraud. 6.Ricky-william McKinley was assassinated on September 19, 1901 when as Skylar said in the stomach while shaking Leon Czolgosz hand. Leon Czolgosz was born in Alpena Michigan in 1873 to a family of eight and was bullied by his peers when he was a kid. As he grew up he and his brother worked steel for a . But in the crash of 1893 the factory closed for some time. Leon was a anarchist supporter and killed president McKinley with a .32S&W revolver, look it up. 7.Elijah- William McKinley was first Governor of ohio and then President. He was the last President to serve in the Civil War. When he was 18 he served as a private in infantry and was the youngest in his group. AT 50 years of age Mckinley became President and was assassinated in 1901 on his second term.   8. Introduction to the age of empire  Gabe - this started when we stopped isolationism which george washington told us to do and we did for 100 years but from 1898 1901 we grabbed cuba hawaii guam puerto rico and the philippines between 1870 and 1890 all the massive powers were getting colonies for resources so we also started so we didn't get left in the dust we also need those resources such as diamonds gold timber oil rubber and all sorts of more resources So we went for them which started the age of empire 2.-Ethan- Like I said before the US got a lot of places from Spain. But through most of this, the entire world was trying to get as much land as possible. America wasn’t participating at the time but they were like “oh no, we can’t get left behind” so they started competing for land too. - Blake - This time period is when the United States start to become a true super power as shortly after the Spanish-American war the U.S. had gained quite a bit of territory. 4.Ben- A lot of conflicts in the world are because of land. Maybe one side wants land while the other needs to defend it. Or maybe they’re trying to take back land from previous wars.I think it’s called the age of empire because every empire was expanding or shrinking. 5.Ricky-basically a time when we completely ditched the idea of isolationism and developed Allies like Britain. Skylar - The United States seen that other countries were gaining power and the wanted to do so as well. Europe and Asia were gaining more land. Like they said the united states gained Cuba, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. 7.Hunter- this war was kind of a fight for territory and the early americans thought that spain sunk the USS. Maine by sabotaging it and then we declared war on spain. 8..Elijah-At the time United states moved more towards imperialism and less towards isolationism. This was because of the fall of manifest destiny and moving more towards taking other countries. The United States took land such as Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto rico and the Philippines. The age of empire  Gabe - As i stated before the age of empire was when we went and grabbed colonies and land for resources and so did the rest of the major powers. But there was no land to grab so they need to do what this to mahan says he says that they need a way to cross from the pacific to atlantic and vice versa they need ports everywhere and there going to need a powerful navy and in 1914 they put 140 million dollars into their navy - Blake - With the gain of this new land the U.S. needed a use for it and they had the perfect use. By that time the Navy wasn’t very powerful and was described as “Five leaky boats”. Although we had access to both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean’s we still couldn’t make big trips across seas as our ports were along the coastline. 3.-Ethan- Since Cuba was kind of ‘unoccupied’ at the moment, rebels started to mess with the Spanish owners of Cuba. The Cuban even blew up an American warship which caused American retaliation. Thus started the Spanish American War. Ben- Something clicked within the empires to cause them to all kinda take more land, most of the reasons were because of raw materials like things in africa, you could see some places like france claiming land in africa for the materials to bring back to their main country, england did a lot of this too, and some places fought for land in china. 5.Elijah- The age of the empire were the days of imperialism. We have taken over small islands such as Guam and Hawaii. As America expands the American Navy expands. America was looking outward to expansion and getting more resources. Cuba was the point that started the Spanish American War. Skylar - The Age of Empire was basically just trying to grab all the land that wasn’t claimed yet. They wanted this land to find its natural resources to make money. The United states was seeing two of the biggest , most powerful continents, Asia and Europe claiming all this land and using their resources. 7.Hunter- the age of empire for america was to gain land and allies. 8. The Spanish-American War  Gabe - Again as i said in the introduction to the age of empire we wanted to expand so we went to war with the spanish and won because we outnumbered them greatly and we took cuba guam puerto rico and philippines. - Blake - The Spanish-American War started out pretty stupid as the USS Maine had exploded off the coast of Cuba which was under rule from Spain it was most likely from a malfunction but Americans still believed it was from Spain. -Ethan- The War only lasted 6 week and the US of course won. Theodore Roosevelt was part of a troop called the Rough Riders. He helped rally quite a few of the Rough Riders’ troopers. The Rough Riders wouldn’t have stood a chance if the African-American troops didn’t assist.The Spaniards could try, fight, and muster all their troops, but they were no match for the US military’s new ships. The US decimated Spain’s fleet as quickly as you can imagine a ship battle going down. 4.Ben- Like Blake said, it was kinda stupid to immediately think that Spain did it, but i think America just wanted some kind of excuse to fight spain and claim Cuba. Then a bit after when the filipinos realized that America was no better than Spain at controlling their land, the rebeled. 5.Ricky-when ‘merica won the war they said they would not claim Cuba. But in a way they did. 6..Elijah- When the USS Maine blew up America blamed Spain sense the ship was at cuba at the time. This seemed like a act of terrorism sense most americans did not have all of the information. This war only lasted 6 weeks and the US won the war. The Rough Riders were a group that were fighting but most of them actually did not ride horses. Skylar - The United States declared war on Spain on April 11th, 1898. The United States were too much for Spain to handle. The army Roosevelt had put together were “armed and dangerous” and were not going down without a fight. That’s exactly what they did. The war ended only four months and one day later, August 12th, 1898. 8.Hunter- what started this war was the tragedy of the USS. Maine the americans thought that spain had something to do with it so we declared war and gained land and allies on top of it all. The Progressive Era  Gabe - In the progressive era which was around 1890s to 1920s there were im going to say movements cause there were a few on making life for industrial workers better they wanted to eliminate “unfair” business choices the definition of fair is actually playing by the rules and those were the rules so it wasn't necessarily unfair but it was hard for the people. In this era people got better protections women got the right to vote and consumers strengthened. - Blake - The Progressive Era was an era which came with a lot of industry changes and amendments during this time period such as the sixthteenth amendment, the seventeenth, the eighteenth and the nineteenth. -Ethan- The Progressive Era had a dark side, because they also promoted discrimination. The Wilson Administration supported modernity and progress in the world but they tried for segregation of government. Wilson’s presidency had a brief bringback of the Ku Klux Klan(or KKK) which was widely known as mostly racist to black people. 4.Elijah- The Progressive Era was a time that was wanting progress in society and business. In the 1890s to 1920s the Progressive Era was filled with reformers trying to help make public education, make businesses be more regulated and stop monopolies from taking over. The goal was to move forward. This was also the time of prohibition.   Ben- We’ve seen a lot of industrialization throughout the 19th-20th century as different countries develop technology and advance the stuff we already had. The progressive era really pushed the world’s inventors, as factories were made and different machines were created to make farming and other jobs easier, changing the industry and eventually turning it into what we have today. But as business was booming there were many corrupt businessmen, putting profit over morals.   6.Ricky-we changed a lot during this time politically and in the industry. Skylar - Like it says in the name the progressive era was an era between 1890 and 1920 that was full of progress. Women finally got the right to vote which was a pretty big deal. But like Ethan said it did have a dark side. 8.Hunter- this era was in the late 19th century to the early 20th this era aimed toward a better society. During this era protections for workers were strengthened, and women finally got the right to vote.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt - AND THE PRESIDENTIAL PODCAST Skylar - Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His family was very wealthy hence he lived in Manhattan $$$$$. Before he was president he was a writer. He was also known as Teddy, short for Theodore. He was elected president in 1904 after former president William Mckinley was killed. “Teddy” was apart of the republican party. Roosevelt wanted a stronger army and navy and wanted to increase American intervention in Latin America by putting out the "Roosevelt Corollary" and the Monroe Doctrine and constructing the Panama Canal. He was the youngest man to ever be president at 42 years old. - Blake - After Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt's presidency he went on a expedition in the African Savannah. Shortly after he returned he despised how the newest president William Howard Taft had handled things and ultimately reran for office with a new party he created called the Progressive Republican Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party) but the public was split between Taft and Roosevelt and ultimately Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 election. -Ethan- Roosevelt like I said before was a Rough Rider which was one of the Navy’s troops at the time. Roosevelt passed a couple acts as president like any other president. 1 of them was the Emergency Banking Relief, which allowed the US government to study the banks’ finances to see when they should re-open them.  A little something interesting on when he died. Roosevelt died in his sleep and his Vice President, Thomas R. Marshall, said “Death had to take while he was sleeping, because there would have been a fight if he was awake”. 4.Elijah- Theodore Roosevelt also know as “teddy roosevelt” was a man of many talents and ideas. He was a game hunter, a writer and a guy that earned his face on Mount Rushmore. He started his own party known as the Bull Moose Party the Progressive Republican Party. He lost his mother and Wife on the same day. He had someone try to assassinate him in 1912. He was the first president to win a nobel peace prize in 1906. Ben- Theodore was the vice president during William Mckinley’s presidency, but once William tragically died, Theodore Roosevelt became president. Theodore’s story is a sad one, though. His mother and his wife died on the same day that his son was born. Ricky-Theodore Roosevelt was 26th president of the united states of america from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909. Fun fact, he had a son named Kermit. 7.Hunter- Theodore Roosevelt was president from 1901-1909 he was the 26th president after the assassination of William  McKinley. Muckrakers  Gabe - The Muckrakers were the fake news paparazzi of that day not always fake news but the exaggerated a lot to get to the people they were writing to. Sinclair a muckraker was writing about how terrible conditions in the meatpacking industry and how the meat was contaminated and how hard it was even so that they had to make a meat inspection act and a pure food act and a drug Act of 1906 because someone exaggerated in a book yes it was hard but not enough for you to convince them to make a meat inspection act Come on that's the same as saying they were not paid enough so the whole nation is paying millions to some people who pack meat. - Blake - Jacob Riis was a Danish immigrant who had made good friends with then President of the Police of New York City Theodore Roosevelt which he would talk to and get information in their talks which helped publish Muckraker stories.-   -Ethan- The term Muckraker came from Roosevelt’s speech where he said “the men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well being of society; but only if they know to stop raking the muck. In this ‘Raking the muck’ references the work of journalists who, as Gabe said, brought in fake news or Muck. Elijah- Muckrakers was first used as a derogatory term for journalists that were pushing for change but really just not doing much. But when this name came out the journalists used this as a term for themselves because they said that these issues mattered and they are bringing out the muck on these compRanies.     5.Ricky-Muckrakers (like Piper in fallout 4) are basically propaganda spreaders. They go for trying to expose this big government secret, or stuff like that. Ben- During the progressive era, many businessmen were corrupt, so the Muckrakers were people trying to show the world how corrupt they were. This later caused the food and drug act, which inspected foods to make sure they were safe for consumption. Skylar - Muckrakers wanted to expose people who had business that were doing well. They wanted to find the dirt in any company that was successful. Like Ethan said the term came from Theodore Roosevelt.Muckrakers were like everyone said drama queens, ‘’fake news’’, or people who exaggerate the media. They just talked a little ‘’ muck ‘’ as said in their name. Hunter- these guys are drama kings and queens the news was highly exaggerated any business that was successful they tried to get shut down.   That’s all we have time for today. Thanks for joining us in this emancipation from the box, that is learning.

Let the People Rule tells the story of the four-month campaign that changed American politics forever. In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt (TR) came out of retirement to challenge his close friend and handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, TR seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to “Let the People Rule.”The cheers and jeers of rowdy supporters and detractors echo from Geoffrey Cowan’s pages as he explores TR’s fight-to-the-finish battle to win popular support. After sweeping nine out of thirteen primaries, he felt entitled to the nomination. But the party bosses proved too powerful, leading Roosevelt to walk out of the convention and create a new political party of his own.Using a trove of newly discovered documents, Geoffrey Cowan takes readers inside the colorful, dramatic, and often mean-spirited campaign, describing the political machinations and intrigue and painting indelible portraits of its larger-than-life characters. But Cowan also exposes the more unsavory parts of TR’s campaign: seamy backroom deals, bribes made in TR’s name during the Republican Convention, and then the shocking political calculation that led TR to ban any black delegates from the Deep South from his new “Bull Moose Party.”Geoffrey Cowan, president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership at the University of Southern California, is the best-selling author of The People v. Clarence Darrow. For his role in dramatically increasing the number of presidential primaries in 1968, ABC Television News called him “the man who did more to change Democratic Conventions than anyone since Andrew Jackson started them.”Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.Recorded On: Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Let the People Rule tells the story of the four-month campaign that changed American politics forever. In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt (TR) came out of retirement to challenge his close friend and handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, TR seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to “Let the People Rule.”The cheers and jeers of rowdy supporters and detractors echo from Geoffrey Cowan’s pages as he explores TR’s fight-to-the-finish battle to win popular support. After sweeping nine out of thirteen primaries, he felt entitled to the nomination. But the party bosses proved too powerful, leading Roosevelt to walk out of the convention and create a new political party of his own.Using a trove of newly discovered documents, Geoffrey Cowan takes readers inside the colorful, dramatic, and often mean-spirited campaign, describing the political machinations and intrigue and painting indelible portraits of its larger-than-life characters. But Cowan also exposes the more unsavory parts of TR’s campaign: seamy backroom deals, bribes made in TR’s name during the Republican Convention, and then the shocking political calculation that led TR to ban any black delegates from the Deep South from his new “Bull Moose Party.”Geoffrey Cowan, president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership at the University of Southern California, is the best-selling author of The People v. Clarence Darrow. For his role in dramatically increasing the number of presidential primaries in 1968, ABC Television News called him “the man who did more to change Democratic Conventions than anyone since Andrew Jackson started them.”Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.

1912 was a really important year. For Progressives, it was the year that a century-long agenda was formalized as the party platform of the Bull Moose Party. It served as something of a checklist of legislative achievements that we’re still working through today. And the man that spearheaded this new agenda and a new (albeit short lived) political party? Theodore Roosevelt. What are some of the progressive victories Teddy never lived to see? What has yet to be accomplished? If TR were alive today, what are some new progressive ideas he might champion? In this episode, we discuss anarchists, World War I, an automatic minimum wage, free energy, WEED, paid family leave, and Eddie calls Nick a hippie. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES: Jason Kander’s tweet: https://twitter.com/JasonKander/status/854327448137334785 “2017 isn't about Trump. It's about regular people standing up to Trump. This is the birth of a new progressive era in American history.” Progressive Party Platform of 1912: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/progressive-platform-of-1912/ “Theodore Roosevelt is every boy’s favorite president.” —Dan Carlin. Sick burn. Hardcore History 49 – The American Peril: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-49-the-american-peril/ Vox.com | “The referendum that just brought Turkey closer to one-man rule, explained” http://www.vox.com/world/2017/4/17/15320350/turkey-referendum-vote-erdogan-explained Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Speech http://origin.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/teddy-roosevelts-new-nationalism Alaska Minimum Wage Increase, Ballot Measure 3 (2014) https://ballotpedia.org/Alaska_Minimum_Wage_Increase,_Ballot_Measure_3_(2014) The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2oFKnPp Recency Bias http://www.wikinvest.com/wiki/Recency_bias The beginning of a new progressive platform (aka Teddy Roosevelt: 2020) • Automatic Minimum Wage • Universal Mental Healthcare • Constitutional Right to Vote • Universal Pre-K • One Year of Paid Family Leave • An Era of Welcoming Immigrants • A 35 Hour Work Week • Right to Data, including National Broadband Infrastructure project, and intellectual property ownership of all products of a human person (intellectual and biological) • Right to Free, Clean Energy • Universal Drug Decriminalization • Free College Education • Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

Veteran political observer and world renowned economist Dr. Richard Vedder analyzes Donald J. Trump’s unprecedented attacks on Republican high-ranking officials during a campaign and the intraparty fights led by the GOP’s presidential candidate. Vedder, a long-time Republican and fiscal conservative, said this type of intraparty chaos is unprecedented. “It is unique,” Vedder says. The only election close to this was when former President Theodore Roosevelt bolted from the GOP in 1912 to form the Bull Moose Party and challenge incumbent GOP President William Howard Taft, from Ohio. Both lost to the Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Vedder claims that Trump sees himself more as a “populist” than a Republican. He is going after blue collar white voters regardless of party. His base crosses party lines. He, therefore, doesn’t care about the GOP “elite.” Trump hopes to add to that base with GOP loyalists who also are angry with the Republican power elite, Vedder says. Vedder says that this election is unique, not only because of Trump’s unprecedented campaign style but because both candidates (Republican and Democrat) are “morally despicable” to the average voter. Despite the intraparty wrangling in the GOP, Vedder thinks pundits may have written Trump off too soon. Vedder is less trusting of polls in this election than in others and he feels there is a hidden Trump vote. He thinks people are afraid to admit that they will vote for Trump but they still may do so in the privacy of the voting booth. He does feel, however, that the intraparty fighting could hurt down-ballot U. S. Senate and House of Representative races for the Republicans. Kyle Kondik, a professional campaign and election expert with no political bias, believes, that Trump’s recent slide in the polls puts him too far behind in Electoral College votes to catch up by Election Day. Kondik notes that Trump is falling further behind in most swing states, with the exception of Ohio. Kondik believes, however, that Ohio is still a toss-up state. He reminds us that no Republican has ever won the Presidency without carrying Ohio but Democrats have. He believes Trump must win Ohio to have a chance but Hillary Clinton need not take Ohio to win the Presidency.

  Welcome back all history fans to the Giants of History Podcast!   In our ninth episode of the Theodore Roosevelt series, Roosevelt goes to head to head with Taft for the GOP nomination in pursuit of a third term as president.  But when he fails to get the nod, he heads up the Bull Moose Party, and makes a historic run for the most powerful office in the land once again.    Please visit our website at gohistorypodcast.com for more information and the complete book list used to research this program.   

Hosts: Jim, Jon & EdenGuest: Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye GamesWe create a future Earth in which some of the human population have begun to evolve into beings of light. These new types of humans have made significant gains in equality, but there are always those who refuse to accept them, and some who even seek their destruction!Image courtesy of ImgurEloy's podcast, Rolling 20s, can be found HERE. You can also visit his own site and the site of his company, Third Eye Games.Eden Royce's author site can be found HERE.Also mentioned in this Episode:GatoradeParanoiaDouglas Adams / HooloovooCocoonGreen Lantern / Emotional Spectrum RingsBattlestar GalacticaThe Speed of LightROYGBIVRed Dwarf / Hard LightSuperman vs the Elite / All-Star Superman / Lex LuthorStar TrekSingularityWorld of WarcraftFireflyDr. ManhattanGreen PartyBlack PanthersCloud CityIron Man Nyan CatWhig Party / Bull Moose PartyThesaurus.comTerminator Episode 22 - The Brilliance Download

Oddly, this episode had nothing to do with Jesus or the Flash, but, you will get the reference once you listen in.In fact, we got together for the first backyardcast of the season and talked about Google +. We love the 'circles' idea and figure this might be the thing that puts G+ over the top vs. facebook. We are also all pretty sure both are evil....Politically this reminded us of the quick rise of parties such as Labour in the UK or the Bloc Quebecois here in Canada. The question is, is G+ the next Labour Party or the next Bull Moose Party?Sci Fi wise the idea that some are plugged in and others not, the whole digital divide thing, is a real concern, This can be seen in films like the Matrix and in an episode I remembered of Sliders...Oh yeah Robin and I have blogs, Ken does not, yet.... We hope you like episode 28.