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Are the Democrats headed for extinction? With growing support for Trump, especially among young voters, the Democrats' position in the 80/20 loop is becoming increasingly unsustainable. From the collapse of woke culture to the mass defection of younger voters, learn why the Democrats' future is in serious jeopardy and how they could be on the path of political extinction, much like the Whig Party before them.--Visit http://TurleyTalksCrypto.com today to learn more.*The content presented by sponsors may contain affiliate links. When you click and shop the links, Turley Talks may receive a small commission.*Go Beyond the Video—Get Exclusive Show Notes Delivered Straight to Your Inbox https://turley.pub/turleyrecapHighlights:“What the Democrats are doing here, in doubling down on wokeness, is they are planting their flag firmly on the side of what we call the 20%. They are actively and publicly opposing what 80% of the voters want, which is akin to political suicide!”“Mark Mitchell of Rasmussen is corroborating the findings of the Daily Mail poll: it's young voters, voters under the age of 40, that are giving Trump his highest support. - upwards of 60% approval.”Timestamps: [00:21] What it means to be going the way of the Whig Party [01:23] Democrat representative's latest meltdown over misgendering his colleague[04:13] The Democrat's position in the 80/20 loop [07:01] The most devastating factor of the future of the Democratic Party--Join my new Courageous Conservative Club and get equipped to fight back and restore foundational values. Learn more at http://fight.turleytalks.com/joinThank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.FOLLOW me on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalksSign up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts to get lots of articles on conservative trends: https://turleytalks.com/subscribe-to-our-newsletter**The use of any copyrighted material in this podcast is done so for educational and informational purposes only including parody, commentary, and criticism. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). It is believed that this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
G.K. and Dave talk about the Lunatic Left and how over the years they've rapidly become unhinged, to the point they may go the way of the Whig Party (look it up!). G.K. does introduce some wonderful news about "An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment started in the womb." However, Dave points out that the Left with its broad base of abortion worshippers will not be able to rejoice with the rest of civilization over this amazing medical development. If they did, they would have to acknowledge that the unborn child is actually a human being. Please be sure to visit our website at www.miningthemedia.com and share it with your friends, relatives, associates, and neighbors.
Heartland's Tim Benson is joined by Harold Holzer, director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, to discuss his latest book, Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration. They chat about the immigration situation in the United States in the 30 years leading up the Civil War, how immigrants forever altered the country's demographics, culture, and voting patterns, how tensions over immigration broke apart the Whig Party and lead to the formation of the Republican Party, and how Lincoln evolved into a champion for immigration. Get the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558372/brought-forth-on-this-continent-by-harold-holzer/
Heartland's Tim Benson is joined by Harold Holzer, director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, to discuss his latest book, Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration. They chat about the immigration situation in the United States in the 30 years leading up the Civil War, how immigrants forever altered the country's demographics, culture, and voting patterns, how tensions over immigration broke apart the Whig Party and lead to the formation of the Republican Party, and how Lincoln evolved into a champion for immigration. Get the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558372/brought-forth-on-this-continent-by-harold-holzer/
History is our greatest teacher. In this episode Rick speaks with historian David Brown, author of A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War. They explore the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, a pivotal moment that led to the collapse of the Whig Party and fueled tensions that made the Civil War inevitable. Together, they discuss the cultural and political shifts of the time, drawing connections to today's political divisions and the rapid pace of change in American politics. David's book, A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War, available now. Timestamps: (00:02:06) A Hell of a Storm (00:07:51) The signals of a party collapsing (00:10:37) The culture of the civil war Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
South Florida drummer LAURA SIMPSON LINDAUER opens up about her journey for the first time!From her early days attending concerts at the iconic Hollywood Sportatorium to her rise as a musician, Laura takes us on a fascinating ride. She shares stories of her time with the all-girl band Leather Teaze, her brief stint with Whig Party, and her eventual landing with Jack Off Jill. With Jack Off Jill, Laura recounts several experiences of playing local shows, touring, and more. She also reflects on the vibrant 90s South Florida music scene, her audition for the band Hole, and her collaboration with Libby Bentley from Morbid Opera in the band Pillmagnet, plus a whole lot more! [Recorded on 07/28/2024]Music:Jack Off Jill - Girl ScoutPillmagnet - So What☞ Follow Florida Sound Archive on Instagram! @floridasoundarchive☞ Please SUBSCRIBE to the channel and give the video a thumbs up if you enjoy the contentFollow Laura Simpson Lindauer on Instagram @lauracet13...Related Episodes:Extended Cut! The untold story of Morbid Opera (Ft. Lauderdale) with Libby Bentley & Carmen Monoxide - https://youtu.be/-2wfpLLd9Xo?si=3LIi2H-pTIXZpSoU.The Story of ROB ELBA (The Holy Terrors, X-Conz, That Record Got Me High Podcast) - https://youtu.be/qSea8-JBWbw?si=ggfeXk8zW2JvdAQe.The Story of PAIGE HARVEY (Livid Kittens, All The V Words) - https://youtu.be/b8ywdzT3aHs?si=KZ18cx21EHrnw76g.The Story of Kreamy 'Lectric Santa (KLS) with Robert Price & Priya Ray - https://youtu.be/Fzo_by24Agc?si=mmVmSdGyq_pv9FDo
Today, Let's jump into the fascinating history of the Whig Party, a pivotal force in 19th-century American politics. Discover how the Whigs shaped national policy debates, their presidential legacy, and the internal struggles that led to their decline. Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-whig-party
He'd be the oldest man ever to run for president, even as calls grow louder and louder for him to step aside. Joe Biden? No, William Henry Harrison, the successful 67-year-old Whig Party candidate back in 1840. Tying yesteryear to current events is Ron Shafer's specialty. His contributions to The Washington Post's Retropolis history column form the basis of two of his engaging books, Breaking News All Over Again and the forthcoming A Half-Naked George Washington. Now retired, Ron spent nearly 40 years with The Wall Street Journal as a reporter, columnist, and political features editor, based out of Washington, DC. On this week's program, he makes clear that business owners and entrepreneurs can glean a lot of helpful information about where we're headed if they only take the time to review where we've been. Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart. Photo: Ron Shafer, Author Posted: March 4, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:00 Episode: 12.35 RELATED EPISODES Bestselling Author Joanne Lipman Shares Her Formula for Professional and Personal Reinvention They May Be Gone, But Their Legacies — and Those of Dozens of Other Dead CEOs — Can Inform Today's Business Leaders PR Strategist Robert L. Dilenschneider Looks to History for Decision-Maker Role Models
“If we lose the American Dream, we lose our country.” ~ Mike LindellSHOW NOTES: Website: MyPillow.comTwitter: @realmikelindellFacebook: RealMikeLindellInstagram: @michaeljlindellOrganizations Mentioned: MyPillow, MyStore, FrankSocial, FrankSpeech, Lindell Offense Fund, Election Crime Bureau, Lindell Recovery NetworkVerses Mentioned: Proverbs 13:7, Mark 9:43-48, Romans 10:10, Romans 10:13, Ephesians 2: 8-9, Hebrews 11 REMARKABLE LISTENER SPECIAL OFFER(S):Visit MyPillow.com and enter your email address to receive Mike's eBook, What are the Odds?, for free!Purchase a hard copy of Mike's book and receive $10 off AND Free Shipping with promo code, “REMARKABLE“Best Special Offer Yet!
Abraham Lincoln is often thought of as the president who kept the union together, or who contributed the legal basis for slaves to be freed in states in rebellion, but Harold Holzer, one of America's renowned Lincoln scholars, explains how Lincoln harnessed the power of immigrants to make both achievements possible. Holzer's new book, "Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration," traces Lincoln's life from midwestern storekeeper, to Whig Party stalwart, to President. His view of immigrants shifted from indifferent to embracing, as he realized the source of renewal and strength they provide to America. While Lincoln's views often centered around those of European descent, Lincoln pushed back against anti-immigrant forces in the US to spend national resources on attracting more immigrants and making it possible for them to thrive. He allowed for the full participation in both the political system and in the military force that would become the victorious side in the Civil War. Near the end of his life, he gave a landmark speech on immigration that could well be applied to today's debate over how to respond to immigrants who reach American soil.Harold Holzer's website can be found at http://www.haroldholzer.com/He is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HaroldHolzerInformation on his book, "Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration," can be found at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558372/brought-forth-on-this-continent-by-harold-holzer/Our previous episode with Harold Holzer and his book "Presidents vs. The Press" can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/axelbank-reports-history-and-today/id1521053272?i=1000503758391Support our show at https://patreon.com/axelbankhistory**A portion of every contribution is given to a charity for children's literacy** "Axelbank Reports History and Today" can be found on social media at https://twitter.com/axelbankhistoryhttps://instagram.com/axelbankhistoryhttps://facebook.com/axelbankhistory
It's all lawyers all the time on the cable news networks. So Driftglass dreams of...breath mints and Batman? How are never Trumpers like the Whig Party? And The GOP House is in a State of Fail. More at proleftpod.com.Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeftSupport the show:PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcastPatreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpodSupport the show
Découvrez l'abonnement "Au Coeur de l'Histoire +" et accédez à des heures de programmes, des archives inédites, des épisodes en avant-première et une sélection d'épisodes sur des grandes thématiques. Profitez de cette offre sur Apple Podcasts dès aujourd'hui ! Partez à la découverte d'Abraham Lincoln, le 16e président des États-Unis, dans un récit inédit en deux parties, raconté par l'historienne Virginie Girod. Abraham Lincoln naît en 1809 dans le Kentucky. Dès l'enfance, il développe une passion pour la lecture. En grandissant, ce qui anime réellement le jeune homme, c'est le droit. Bien qu'il n'ait pas fait d'étude, le jeune Abraham est habilité à exercer le métier de juriste, tant il a appris de ses lectures. C'est au début des années 1830 qu'Abraham Lincoln fait ses premiers pas en politique. Il rejoint alors le Whig parti, un parti politique de droite libérale. S'il perd ses premières élections, il est élu l'année suivante comme représentant à la Chambre de l'Illinois, en 1834. À cette époque, la question de l'esclavage, et de son abolition, devient brulante aux États-Unis. Pourtant, alors qu'il est à la tête du Whig Party, l'important pour Lincoln n'est pas l'abolition de l'esclavage, mais la conquête de l'ouest. Sujets abordés : États-Unis - Esclavage - Conquête de l'Ouest - Président "Au cœur de l'histoire" est un podcast Europe 1 Studio- Présentation : Virginie Girod - Production : Camille Bichler - Réalisation : Clément Ibrahim- Composition de la musique originale : Julien Tharaud et Sébastien Guidis- Rédaction et Diffusion : Nathan Laporte- Communication : Kelly Decroix- Visuel : Sidonie Mangin
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares how the US' anti-polygamy laws were NEVER pro-woman. Mark Henkel runs through a concise history-timeline from the original Republican Party presidents, to the Democrat vs. Whig Party presidents, to the Democrat vs NEW Republican Party presidents. Mark Henkel details the first party plank, passed laws, and Supreme Court decisions that criminalized UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, in the United States. Mark Henkel pulls all these facts of history together that combine to prove the startling yet inescapable conclusion of this podcast episode's title. Listeners may find this Episode #297 as an important resource for refuting a commonly used false claim made by anti-polygamists. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support
The U.S. presidential election of 1836 was anything but normal, especially if one was a member of the Whig Party. Although the Whigs nearly prevailed, unity within the party was a disaster. Nearly 200 years later, can the 1836 election teach candidates now and the future about party unity and disunity? With under a year until the 2024 presidential election, learn about the Whigs' strange campaign strategy and Sherman's thoughts on candidacies.Support the showNEW! Visit georgewashingtoninstitute.org for the one-stop shop of all things Friends & Fellow Citizens and George Washington Institute!JOIN as a Patreon supporter and receive a FREE Friends & Fellow Citizens mug at the $10 membership level or higher!SUBSCRIBE to our e-mail list for the latest news and updates from Friends & Fellow Citizens!NOTE: All views expressed by the host are presented in his personal capacity and do not officially represent the views of any affiliated organizations. All guests on interview episodes are solely those of the interviewees and may or may not reflect the views of the host or Friends & Fellow Citizens.
On this day in legal history, November 2nd 1795, President James Knox Polk was born–but he wasn't born president, he was elected later in life.James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States (1845-1849), was a significant figure in American history known for his expansionist policies and borderline despotic leadership during a period of territorial growth. Before becoming President, Polk served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor of Tennessee. His presidency was marked by a strong stance on manifest destiny, which posited that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.One of the most consequential actions during Polk's presidency was the initiation and prosecution of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). This conflict arose from the annexation of Texas and disputes over the western boundary of the United States. Polk believed that acquiring the territories of California and New Mexico from Mexico was crucial for the nation's growth.The war began in 1846 after Mexican troops attacked American forces near the Rio Grande, a region both countries claimed. Polk swiftly sought a declaration of war from Congress, stating that Mexico had "shed American blood on American soil." The war was controversial and had both staunch supporters and vehement opponents.One notable opponent was Congressman Abraham Lincoln, who was a member of the Whig Party and represented Illinois. In 1847, Lincoln introduced a resolution in Congress known as the "Spot Resolutions," which challenged President Polk to provide the exact spot where American blood was spilled, as Polk had claimed in justifying the war. Lincoln's intent was to press Polk on the justification for the war, questioning the integrity of the claim that the conflict was initiated by Mexico on U.S. soil.The war ended in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which significantly expanded U.S. territory. Under the treaty, Mexico ceded vast territories to the United States including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Oklahoma in exchange for $15 million.Polk's presidency, while relatively short, had a lasting impact on the nation's territorial boundaries and set the stage for future U.S. expansion. However, the manner in which he pursued territorial acquisition, especially the war with Mexico, left a legacy of controversy that resonated in American politics for many years, particularly as it related to the broader issue of slavery's expansion into new territories.Generally speaking folks that had serious disagreements with Abraham Lincoln have not borne up well under the weight of their positions in the fullness of history. Donald Trump Jr., in a trial concerning fraudulent financial documents at the Trump Organization, testified having minimal involvement in preparing these documents. During his 1.5-hour testimony, he mentioned providing cash-flow figures to accountants while overseeing the company with his brother Eric during their father's presidency (2017-2021). However, he denied direct involvement in preparing the statements of financial condition of properties, which prosecutors claim were fraudulently inflated to secure favorable terms from lenders and insurers. Donald Jr., along with his father and brother Eric, are co-defendants in this case.The trial, presided over by Judge Arthur Engoron, has already seen a ruling that Trump and his company fraudulently inflated asset values, with the lawsuit seeking at least $250 million in fines and bans against Trump and his sons from running businesses in New York. This case is a part of the legal hurdles faced by Trump amidst his campaign for the 2024 Presidential Election. Trump has refuted the allegations, accusing Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Engoron of political bias, despite facing a limited gag order.The trial continues with expected testimonies from Eric and Ivanka Trump, and a scheduled testimony from Donald Trump on the following Monday. This case adds to the legal pressure on Trump, who also faces four separate criminal prosecutions related to attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Amidst the ongoing legal battles, Trump had a court appearance with his former attorney Michael Cohen, who testified against Trump regarding the inflation of asset values.Donald Trump Jr. says he played minor role in company finances | ReutersA federal judicial panel has decided not to revisit its prior decision of clearing two Republican-appointed judges, Chief U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor and U.S. District Judge Corey Maze, of misconduct regarding the hiring of a law clerk, Crystal Clanton, who was reported to have engaged in racist behavior during her time at a conservative nonprofit. Despite a directive from the national judicial misconduct panel in July 2022 to conduct a new investigation, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Judicial Council upheld its January 2022 decision on the matter. The national panel had criticized the 2nd Circuit for not establishing a special committee to investigate the allegations before clearing the judges.The request for a new investigation was propelled by Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee, arguing for a need to assure the public of a lack of racial bias in the judges' chambers. However, the 2nd Circuit, in a two-page order, supported the arguments of Pryor and Maze that the national committee overstepped its authority as the 2nd Circuit's dismissal order was deemed final under the relevant statute. They argued that a 2008 rule enabling the national conduct committee to order the circuit council to act conflicted with the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980.The case came into the spotlight due to Clanton's alleged racist conduct while serving as the national field director of the conservative student group, Turning Point USA, which was highlighted in a 2017 New Yorker story. Following her resignation from Turning Point, Clanton was hired by Ginni Thomas, spouse of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and later pursued a law degree at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School. Upon graduation, she was set to clerk for Maze before starting a clerkship under Pryor in 2023, sparking controversy and complaints from House Democrats in 2021.US judges defeat misconduct case over hiring of clerk accused of racism | ReutersDunkin', the doughnut chain, has settled a trademark lawsuit against an e-cigarette maker, Singh Handicraft Corp, who allegedly misused Dunkin's branding for its "Vapin' Donuts" products. The settlement was reported in a filing in New York federal court, where Dunkin' and Singh Handicraft Corp informed the court of their resolution in principle, with Singh agreeing to a permanent injunction to stop the infringement. The lawsuit, filed in September, claimed that Singh's disposable vaporizers used for flavored nicotine bore a strong resemblance to Dunkin's branding. The "Vapin' Donuts" vaporizers were particularly shaped like iced coffee cups and glazed doughnuts, featuring logos with a similar color scheme and font as Dunkin'.The lawsuit also pointed out that Singh offered the vaporizers in flavors identical to Dunkin's drinks, like White Mocha and Iced Cappuccino, which Dunkin' argued could mislead consumers into associating the products with their brand. Some buyers even mentioned purchasing the vaporizers due to their affection for Dunkin'. While the details of the settlement weren't immediately available, this case highlights a scenario of alleged trademark infringement between industries.Dunkin' settles 'Vapin' Donuts' lawsuit against e-cigarette maker | ReutersThis last story includes a reference to a death in an automobile crash, if that isn't something you can hear today we get it and we'll see you back here tomorrow!Tesla secured a major legal victory in the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot feature led to a fatal crash. This marks Tesla's second significant win this year in court where juries found no defect in its software. The recent case was held in Riverside County Superior Court, concerning a 2019 crash where a Model 3, allegedly on Autopilot, veered off a highway, hit a palm tree and caught fire, resulting in the death of owner Micah Lee and serious injuries to his passengers. The plaintiffs sought $400 million plus punitive damages.Tesla refuted the liability, attributing the crash to the driver's alcohol consumption before the incident and arguing the ambiguity surrounding whether Autopilot was engaged during the crash. The jury, after four days of deliberation, reached a 9-3 verdict, ruling that there was no manufacturing defect in the vehicle. Tesla reiterated that its vehicles are well-designed and contribute to road safety, while the plaintiff's attorney acknowledged the verdict but noted that Tesla was heavily scrutinized during the trial.Legal commentators highlighted that the verdicts in this and an earlier case underscore a judicial focus on human responsibility despite the vehicle's Autopilot features. However, Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems continue to face regulatory, legal scrutiny, and ongoing federal investigations. Despite these challenges, this win in a high-stake trial portrays a favorable judicial stance towards Tesla, at least in terms of manufacturing quality, which may influence the outcomes of future lawsuits involving autonomous driving technology.Tesla wins first US Autopilot trial involving fatal crash | Reuters Get full access to Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast at www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe
S2E14 - As the Whig Party dies and the Republican Party begins forming, a party based on bigotry and xenophobia surges in popularity. Trent and Marissa track the secret societies that end up creating the Know Nothing Party, profile its major players, and analyze the impact the party had on American History. Plus, a best-selling book that turns out to be a hoax, Martin Scorcese's Gangs of New York, trains taking jobs, voter fraud, and more! Email pardonme.presidentialpod@gmail.com to contact us or issue corrections (with sources, please)! Produced and Edited by Trent Thomson and Marissa Macy Original music by Noise of Approval Graphic design by Darcey Mckinney Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA5i4AQ7lB8 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25012185?typeAccessWorkflow=login&seq=6 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/immigrants-conspiracies-and-secret-society-launched-american-nativism-180961915/
SEASON 2 EPISODE 59: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: The cheese slid COMPLETELY off Trump's cracker yesterday in Derry New Hampshire. The first time I ever posited in public that his brain doesn't work right was in a piece and video I did for Vanity Fair in 2016 called Could Trump Pass A Sanity Test and I do NOT know what the next step DOWN is mentally or psychologically or intellectually from “no he could NOT pass a sanity test” but Trump has now reached it: one speech, five statements that in a previous century would have been examined as signs of possible tertiary syphilis. At Derry, New Hampshire he a) showed he believed he was the first person to ever realize the letters U and S could spell "us" AND "U.S;" b) revealed he didn't know why FDR "sat" while he spoke nor what the thing he sat in was called; c) confused Turkey's Erdogan and Hungary's Orban; d) claimed he was Nelson Mandela; and e) told his voters not to bother to vote. Trump is crazy. Those who opposed him shied away from this in 2016 and 2020. It needs to be mentioned hourly, because it's not only true and an existential danger - it's also perfect politics - the ideal answer to the slanders about Biden's age and acuity. Also: Judge Michael Luttig is back with another Constitutional answer to a Trump lie. If you don't know about the Presidential Vesting Clause in Article 2, it's why Trump does NOT have "absolute immunity" for trying to overturn an election while president. Luttig and 23 other former Republican officeholders filed a brief with the court saying this was a threat to the integrity of all future elections. Trump continues to dare a judge to jail him for violating his various gag orders; he's caught in a bald-faced lie about whether or not Sidney Powell ever worked for him; the essence of the Jack Smith case against him is proved by Kenneth Chesebro taking a plea deal; and is the Republican Civil War over the Speaker of the House (now extended to Trump pretending he's not trying to sabotage Tom Emmer) enough to send five Republicans to form their own third party and get one of their group elected by the Democrats as the new Speaker? Is the GOP about to re-enact what destroyed the Whig Party in 1852? B-Block (24:04) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Have you ever heard of the poll that indicated a third of all Trump supporters favor building a wall along the Atlantic Ocean to keep Muslims out? (32:27) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Tom Cruise's agent discovers what "genocide" actually means. A Stanford neurobiologist concludes there is no free will. A Jim Jordan colleague says the naysayers got all those death threats because they deserved them. And why, yes that WAS a picture of Hitler on Michigan State's football stadium scoreboard. Why do you ask? C-Block (38:30) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The anniversary was Sunday, and the story continues to unfold 23 years later. The night in the 2000 World Series when Mike Piazza's bat shattered and Roger Clemens picked up the barrel and threw it near (or at, if you were a Mets fan) Piazza. And I thought Clemens was throwing it at me. And then Piazza announced he was suing me. And then it turned out he'd threatened others. It's an amazing saga within a saga.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Plenty of people are confused as to why President Trump acts the way he does. That might be because Trump was the first entrepreneur in the White House. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young share how Trump's mindsets line up with those of the most successful entrepreneurs, how he differs from Democrats and career politicians, and why bureaucrats misunderstand the approach he takes. In This Episode: Entrepreneurs see problems as opportunities. In 20 years, all new combat airplanes will be drones. There's a wisdom and skill that come from doing presidential campaigns. Trump knows that U.S. domestic policy is a form of entertainment. Democrats have only one type of fuel in their tank, and that's power. Trump isn't an ideologue; he's a problem solver. The left doesn't understand that the more they attack Trump, the more they feed him. You have to take extra steps as your chronological age moves forward. No matter what you've done up until now, your future has to be bigger than your past. The closest historical precedent to how Trump thinks about developing the economy is the Whig Party.
I remember when i first read about the Whig Party, and how the more modern Democrat-Republican Party (who where one at one time), destroyed them! I decided to talk about it because there is a more modern Whig party brewing in Florida which is Desantis country, and he has Florida jammed packed full of Bigots, guns, MAGA, and a hatred for minorities books, gays, and Disney! I see the pattern of whats coming. MAGA will form there own political party or join the Whigs (which by the way are currently 25,000 strong, with minorities mixed among them. Minorities who don't want the democrats but don't want the republicans neither. Pay attention over the next ten years Florida will be a dangerous state to look out for! The NAACP already last week gave a warning to minorities visiting! New book on Amazon Vella: Theyyy... Come... New book series on Amazon: WE DAD'S CAN COOK TOO! New website: workoutmadesimple.com If you want to donate to the show you can at cash app: $MarcusG76 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marcus-gentry/support
I remember when i first read about the Whig Party, and how the more modern Democrat-Republican Party (who where one at one time), destroyed them! I decided to talk about it because there is a more modern Whig party brewing in Florida which is Desantis country, and he has Florida jammed packed full of Bigots, guns, MAGA, and a hatred for minorities books, gays, and Disney! I see the pattern of whats coming. MAGA will form there own political party or join the Whigs (which by the way are currently 25,000 strong, with minorities mixed among them. Minorities who don't want the democrats but don't want the republicans neither. Pay attention over the next ten years Florida will be a dangerous state to look out for! The NAACP already last week gave a warning to minorities visiting! New book on Amazon Vella: Theyyy... Come... New book series on Amazon: WE DAD'S CAN COOK TOO! New website: workoutmadesimple.com If you want to donate to the show you can at cash app: $MarcusG76 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marcus-gentry/support
In the decades following the Civil War, African Americans reliably voted for the Republican Party, which had led the efforts to outlaw slavery and enfranchise Black voters; and white southerners reliably voted for the Democratic Party. When Black voters started to vote for Democratic candidates in larger numbers, starting with the 1936 re-election of FDR, whose New Deal policies had helped poor African Americans, Republicans began to turn their sights toward white Southern voters. By the 1964 Presidential election, Republican Barry Goldwater was actively courting those voters, winning five states in the deep South, despite his otherwise poor showing nationwide. Republican Richard Nixon successfully refined the strategy in his 1968 defeat of Democrat Hubert Humphrey. In the following decades, the Republican Party continued to employ the Southern Strategy, eventually leading to a complete realignment of the parties. Joining me for a deep dive on the Southern Strategy is Dr. Kevin M. Kruse, Professor of History at Princeton University, author of several books on the political and social history of twentieth-century America, and co-editor with fellow Princeton History Dr. Julian E. Zelizer of Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The episode image is a photograph of Richard Nixon campaigning in 1968; it is in the public domain and available via Wikimedia Commons. The mid-episode audio is the "Go, Go Goldwater" radio jingle produced by Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff and Ryan, Inc. (EWR & R) from the 1964 presidential campaign; it is widely available on YouTube and is sampled here for educational purpose. Additional Sources: To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party, by Heather Cox Richardson, Basic Books, 2021. “The Kansas-Nebraska Act,” United States Senate. “Missouri Compromise (1820),” National Archives. “Whig Party,” History.com, Originally Published November 6, 2009, Last Updated July 29, 2022. “Republican Party founded,” History.com, Originally Published February 9, 2010; Last Updated March 18, 2021. “What we get wrong about the Southern strategy,” by Angie Maxwell, The Washington Post, July 26, 2019. “Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy,” by Rick Perlstein, The Nation, November 13, 2012. “How the Southern Strategy Made Donald Trump Possible,” by Jeet Heer, The New Republic, February 18, 2016. “Paul Manafort's role in the Republicans' notorious 'Southern Strategy,'” by Sue Sturgis, Facing South, November 3, 2017. “Candace Owens wrongly called GOP's Southern strategy a ‘myth,'” by Colby Itkowitz, The Washington Post, April 9, 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode 14, as Beale hunkers down in downtown San Francisco, his new role brings new opportunities, critics, and some rough bumps along the way including a suggestion from a rival that his post be replaced by a member of the (now long-gone) Whig Party. Listen in to learn more!
This Booze-Fueled Banter episode features Justin, Ty, and Jesse the Rocket Scientist discussing the history of the Whig Party in the mid-1800's, it's re-appearance in the early 2000's, and the reinvention of the Wig Party we'd like to see which is mostly about the one thing that can bring this country back together: Powdered Wigs and Merkins! If you can think of who would be the best future candidate to unite the country and counter the polarization of our political system, please let us know! Justin is dying to find them, slap a merkin on them and make them the first presidential candidate for the Wig Party! Don't know what a merkin is? You will by the end of this episode that ran on way too long. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/armchairglobetrotters/support
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Learn what's on your ballot here! Learn about your 2022 Florida amendments here! The first state election in Florida took place in 1845, and this week we dive deep into how that year impacted the next twenty years of Florida history, especially concerning the unusual and forgotten Whig Party. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Check out the 1845 Election Returns from Florida Memory! All of the music used in this episode was originally composed.
As Melbourne left the scene, so men like John Russell could step into his place. Russell had indeed been adding to his reputation as a liberal, just as his Whig Party was increasingly being transformed into the Liberal Party. A fellow liberal, but increasingly a rival, was Lord Palmerston. He was highly critical of his successor as Foreign Secretary, Lord Aberdeen, but the behaviour Palmerston denounced as weak seems more a case of using soft speech, rather than simply wielding a big stick. How he handled tensions with America rather supports that viewpoint. By way of contrast, Aberdeen did sometimes resort to the stick, in particular in two conflicts that Palmerston had got going, in China and in Afghanistan, and in the first it was ugly, while in the second it was disastrous. Illustration: Elizabeth Butler Remnants of an army, showing William Brydon reaching the British fort at Jalalabad, after the retreat from Kabul. Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License
Det tyder på et godt senatsvalg for demokraterne.Bl.a. i Pennsylvania, hvor en klassekamp finder sted, når Dr. Oz og John Fetterman kæmper om senatortronen. Fetterman angribes for at være radikal socialist, men folket i Pennsylvania kender Fetterman og ved hvad han står for. På samme tid er Oz' bånd til Tyrkiet er kommet til overfladen igen - sammen med Oz' flere huse. Endnu en uge hvor Trump-støtter hiver de store ord frem, bl.a. fra Steve Bannon, som kalder FBI for gestapo. Og så bringes historien om The Whig Party op igen, som et skræmmeeksempel på hvad der kan ske, hvis ikke republikanerne passer på - i hvert fald ifølge John McCains tidligere stabschef. Og så skal vi advare om stærke holdninger, når Mads siger at Filet O'fish er en hemmelig juvel på McDonald's menu!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In his farewell address, President George Washington warned against political parties, particularly those based on geographic loyalties. However his own Cabinet fostered an intense rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Jeffersonians formed the Democratic-Republican party, while the Hamiltonians formed the Federalist party. The Federalist Party would gradually fade into oblivion and the Democratic Party split into the Democrats and the National Republicans. The National Republicans become the Whig Party. The political and economic environment eventually kindles rivalries between the 2 parties and both evolve with respect to their beliefs and ideologies.
An episode we've been waiting to do for a long while, Alex examines the consequential life of Cincinnati's own, Salmon P. Chase. Chase, the namesake for Chase Bank, served as a Senator and Governor from Ohio, the Secretary of the Treasury during the Lincoln Administration and the 6th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. We sit down with award-winning historian and biographer Walter Stahr to discuss the impact of Salmon P. Chase's important life, Chase's passionate leadership of the country that helped bring an end to slavery and Walter's new book Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital Rival (Simon & Schuster, 2021). Click the link below to purchase this great new book. https://walterstahr.com/books/salmon-p-chase/ We follow Chase's story from his arrival as a child to the new State of Ohio, his early career in DC to his successful legal career in Cincinnati. Chase's unorthodox path to power does not follow the normal two-party system, from his leaving the Whig Party in 1840 to the joining of little known Liberty and Free Soil parties. We experience pre-war racial strife in the border metropolis of Cincinnati as the Queen City's straddling of the Mason-Dixon Line molds Chase into a leading anti-slavery political figure in the North. Walter takes us through the tumultuous 1850s in the Senate, Governor Chase's two terms in Columbus (1856-1860) and the historic 1860 Election campaign in which Lincoln won the nomination of the new Republican Party over Chase. Walter shares with our audience Secretary Chase's deft stewardship of the nation's economy during the Civil War, his multiple failed attempts to win the presidency and his important 9 years as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Reconstruction. We're proud to be part of the Evergreen Podcast Network. Go to www.evergreenpodcasts.com for our show and dozens of other great podcasts. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Don't hesitate to reach out to Alex by email at ohiovtheworld@gmail.com with a future show idea or to buy one of our great Ohio v. the World t-shirts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Whig Party was dead. They would evolve into something different, on THIS DAY, March 20th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Live from the No Panic Zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America this is the Steve Gruber Show— flirting with the label of Domestic Terrorist every time I tell the truth—I am willing to take that risk for you! In the fearless pursuit of the TRUTH! Nothing else matters! Here are three big things you need to know right now— ONE— Most Republicans agree with Mike Pence and NOT Donald Trump when it comes to what happened on January 6th— TWO— Far Left Democrat operative David Axelrod—says its time to dump the stupidity and stand with parents across America— THREE— The death spiral of the Democrat Party will be front and center today—all day— The progressives have lost touch completely with the Middle Class—they have lost the support of working people—they have lost the support of union folks—they have not only lost the support of truck drivers—but mechanics—and carpenters—and electricians—and school teachers too—they just don't say much because they don't need the grief of the teachers unions they also despise— In fact the Democrat brand is so Toxic today—that most on the life living in rural America won't even admit the fact in public—the small café's and gathering places like the VFW or the Eagles Clubs and Moose Lodges in small towns would just as soon—toss out dues paying members if they admitted to being Democrats— The left has lost the middle—and that my friends is a fact—in fact there really isn't a Middle anymore—there is the far left—and there is the rest of us— Common sense—and common decency were abandoned somewhere along the line by the likes of Adam Schiff—Nancy Pelosi—Eric Swalwell—and now Chuck Schumer—Bernie Sanders and even the decrepit old man crapping his pants in the Oval Office—and yes—make no mistake he is— The Media—the legacy media sold their soles as well—when they decided to stop reporting the news and start pushing propaganda like the regimes of China—North Korea and more recently Canada— They have ZERO credibility—right along with their socialist handlers in government— The Democrat Party is so Toxic it is experiencing Toxic Shock—and it killing itself—but only until November 8th when American voters kill the reckless socialist agenda for the last time— The Democrats are going the way of the Whig Party in 1860—buried in its own failures for the very last time—
Live from the no panic zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America this is the Steve Gruber Show— FIERCE AND FEARLESS in pursuit of the truth each and every day—if you can't handle the truth—this may not be for you! Here are three big things you need to know right now— ONE— The Olympics went to China—and nobody cared—in fact the viewership is less than it has EVER been—I guess it sucks to be a communist—or a socialist kiss ass—right NBC? TWO— More cops are dying than at anytime in more than 25 years—welcome to the new Progressive America—with Joe Biden asleep at the wheel—the reckoning is coming— THREE— The incompetence of the Biden Administration has simply become too much for even those that voted for and supported Joe Biden and Kamala Harris— To call this past year a comedy of errors would simply be far too generous—and even though I walk among sheep every day out in the wild—the sheep are certainly getting nervous—because the shepherd is spending far too much time mumbling to himself—or Whispering—or suddenly shouting without any reason at all— At 79 Joe Biden doesn't act to be a day over 92- or 3 or 4… It's a damn embarrassment—and one that is compounded by his bumbling second and in charge and the many floundering Lieutenants—just trying to keep their heads above water— They keep pushing the Covid Pandemic—fear mongering and panic porn—because there really isn't much else to cling to— The truth is—there is not one area of success for this Administration to point to—and say look—we did well on this— or we are improving on that— Old Mother Hubbard went to Joe's Cupboard and found America is getting boned— I mean how is the economy? How much is gas near your house today? How much was your electric bill or your heat this past month? How much more are you paying to feed the family? The war-mongers are clamoring for a fight with Russia—and are willing to send troops and war machines—but leave the Southern Border wide open—but sealed the Northern Border from unvaccinated Truck Drivers— Meanwhile the sniveling—feckless weasel—Chairman Trudeau is hiding under his bed—much like Joe in Delaware— And what about that pandemic? You know Joe was going to shut down the virus! Shut down the virus he yelled—and yelled and yelled—AND the only thing he has succeeded to shut down is this country—and if the adults don't do something fast—its going to get a lot worse before November 8th and the Red Reckoning—that will wipe out the Democrats like the Whig Party of 1860—nobody is buying what they have for sale anymore—
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ American politics has been called a two-party system. While there are two major parties today, and those two parties have been around a long time, they weren't always the only two parties. In fact, there was a political party in the US that, took its name from a British political party, had four US presidents, and even held control of Congress for several years. Today, however, they are all but unknown to most people. Learn more about the Whig party, their rise, and fall, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. -------------------------------- Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/ Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Live from the no panic zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America this is the Steve Gruber Show— FIERCE AND FEARLESS in pursuit of the truth each and every day—if you can't handle the truth—this may not be for you! Here are three big things you need to know right now— ONE— Well I am going to start with some really bad news for some really bad men—Ghislaine Maxwell has not committed suicide—and says she will no longer protect the black book— TWO— The Notorious Ray Epps—the one-time America's Most wanted top ten celebrity—for his actions on January 6th—is going to leave his Arizona farm and testify in D-C— THREE— The full court press is on—the attack on voting rights in America is hitting hyper speed and hyper ventilation for the Democrats—who have now realized America is rejecting the radical agenda of no voter I-D—mass mail in ballots—ballot harvesting and all the rest— The brow beatings the name calling—the smiling and smearing and the shaming—are all failing to persuade anyone to join the failing cause— Americans do not want their elections controlled from Washington DC—no matter how shrill Chuck Schumer or Chuck Todd get the answer is no— No matter how stupid Joe Scarborough or Joe Biden get in trying to call those that oppose destroying voting integrity racists and white supremacists—America is not buying it—and voters are not budging on the subject— The Democrats lust for power is in overdrive anyway—BUT it is not working—at least not so far— You are truly witnessing the death throws of a political party in America—Democrats have finally gone so far out of the mainstream—they will soon go the way of the Whig Party—they will be an important—but soon to be irrelevant footnote in history books— Liberal commentators will continue to increase the volume—but as they do—they are only increasing the acceleration of the end of the line—for the socialists—the central planners the narcisissists of leftist thought in America— America believes in Freedom—and this new American Revolution and embrace of Liberty is being led by Hispanic and Black voters—and that should tell you everything you need to know—the elitist white liberal—will soon be an extirpated species—and Karens will be a mythical villain—tossed in the trash heap of history— We are winning my friends—we are winning—and you can tell by how much the leftists in this nation are trying to steal your right to an honest election—the evidence is all right in front of you—and there is more every single day—
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 258, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Doors Songs In Other Words 1: "Ignite The Blaze Belonging To Me". "Light My Fire". 2: "Jockeys Of A Tornado". "Riders On The Storm". 3: "Greetings, Great Affection For Thee Wells Up Within Me". "Hello, I Love You". 4: "Humans Tend Toward Weirdness". "People Are Strange". 5: "Make Contact With Moi". "Touch Me". Round 2. Category: Family Films 1: Steve Martin played hapless dad George Banks in this 1991 matrimonial comedy. Father of the Bride. 2: 1981 film that immortalized the line "No wire hangers -- ever!". Mommie Dearest. 3: Sissy Spacek did her own singing in this 1980 film bio. Coal Miner's Daughter. 4: Gaby Hoffmann and Macaulay Culkin play niece and nephew to John Candy in this 1989 comedy. Uncle Buck. 5: This film from Joel and Ethan Coen was partly based on Homer's "Odyssey". O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Round 3. Category: Signs And Signals 1: It's waved to indicate a truce or surrender. white flag. 2: In this game, a tug on the ear means "sounds like", and a touch on the nose: "you're right". charades. 3: These noisy insects are a sign of good luck in China. crickets/cicadas. 4: The two types of these home-signaling devices are photoelectric and ionization. smoke detectors. 5: The ringing of the church bells on this holiday in 1572 was the signal to massacre Huguenots. St. Bartholomew's Day. Round 4. Category: Raccoon 1: As it has this many toes on each foot, a raccoon's footprints have a human look. 5. 2: Allsands.com's "How to" section includes how to make these popular with the Davy Crockett wannabees. coonskin caps. 3: Newborn raccoons lack the familiar tail rings and this famous facial feature. mask. 4: After being "A Tramp Abroad", this author yearned for home-style foods like possum and 'coon. Mark Twain. 5: Keep it under your hat -- in the 1840s this U.S. political party used the raccoon as its emblem. the Whig Party. Round 5. Category: Words In Harry Potter Titles 1: A non-reigning male member of a royal family who may prefer to drive a "little red corvette". a prince. 2: A person deprived of liberty (you didn't think we'd actually go for Azkaban, did you?). prisoner. 3: A southwest city founded in 1870, and remember, "Harry Potter and the Wonders of Yuma" was never written. Phoenix. 4: A private room in a house, or a John Grisham novel about a death row prisoner. a chamber. 5: Last name of U.S. Chief Justice Harlan or biographer Irving. stone. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
On May 20, 2021, Christopher Leahy delivered the banner lecture, “President without a Party” The first president to ascend to the office because of the incumbent's death, John Tyler also remains the nation's only chief executive to have been kicked out of his own political party. In September 1841, angry that Tyler's use of the veto destroyed their legislative agenda, members of the Whig Party held a ceremony at the Capitol and formally banished him from their ranks. Tyler's excommunication affected him personally, impacted his agenda, and destroyed his chances to win election in his own right in 1844. Portrayed by his contemporaries and by many historians as an ideologue whose rigid devotion to states' rights and strict construction of the Constitution forestalled compromise and made him a failed president, Leahy instead argues that Tyler largely favored a middle-of-the road, bipartisan approach to the nation's problems, and that it was his status as a president without a party and rejection by both the Whigs and opposition Democrats that doomed his presidency. Christopher Leahy is a professor of history at Keuka College in New York and the author of President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler as well as an article in the Virginia Magazine of History & Biography entitled “Playing Her Greatest Role: Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the Politics of the White House Social Scene, 1841–44” (2012). The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.
As the first accidental president in American history, Tyler's administration was hindered from the start from a perceived lack of legitimacy. His stubborn refusal to work with Whig Party leaders only further estranged Tyler from the party, preventing him from enjoying any meaningful accomplishments during his four years in office.
Subscribe to the podcast!https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ American politics has been called a two-party system. While there are two major parties today, and those two parties have been around a long time, they weren't always the only two parties. In fact, there was a political party in the US that, took its name from a British political party, had four US presidents, and even held control of Congress for several years. Today, they are all but unknown to most people. Learn more about the Whig party, their rise, and fall, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. http://www.audibletrial.com/EverythingEverywhere -------------------------------- Associate Producer Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/ Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/
Dr John Diamond is the organizer of a new push for Conservative Christians to educate the next generation with The Isaiah 3322 Project. This is bringing together American History experts, such as Alan Keyes, William Federer and Dr Mike Spaulding to write a textbook teaching the actual history of our great country. We discuss this project, as well as what we can apply from our history with today's divide in America. An interesting point is that the Republican Party was founded as a Third Party when the Whig Party wasn't Conservative enough in wanting to end slavery.
Millard Fillmore was a compromise vice presidential nominee who backed into the White House upon Zachary Taylor's sudden death. The nation was in the middle of a sectional crisis and a bitterly-divided Congress was about to send Fillmore some legislation cobbled together in a desperate bid to avert civil war. His signing of the controversial Fugitive Slave Act may have helped resolve the crisis, but it would become a dark cloud that plagued his presidency. Tasked with holding together not just a fracturing Union but his own fracturing Whig Party, Fillmore did his best to reconcile the increasingly irreconcilable elements of antebellum America. Also: Our Top 5 Embarrassing Political Blunders counts down some of the biggest bonehead moves and unforced errors by which presidents have shot themselves in the foot.
2 Presidents on the same team with the curious name, the Whig Party. For this brief moment of time in the mid-1800's, it was the powerful and divisive home for Zachary Taylor and his VP Millard Fillmore. But just as soon as this party came to power, they disappeared due to infighting, regional division and…the impending Civil War!Old rough-n-ready Zachary Taylor, his successor Millard Fillmore and The Whig Party!
In this episode Historian Kevin M. Levin the author of Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth takes us into a fascinating discussion of the roots and causes of the American Civil War, the decline and collapse of the Confederacy and more importantly the origins, development and manifestation of the Confederate Lost Cause Movement. At the beginning he talks about what he thinks about when pondering the American Civil War before moving on into the very heart of the episode. He begins by setting a foundation and exploring core issues and events preceding the eventual secession and war from talking about the American expansion into new territories, the question of "New States" and slavery, Bleeding Kansas and naturally the Compromise of 1850 and the collapse of the Whig Party and the beginning of the Republican Party. But then we come to the end of the Confederacy and the origins, birth and manifestation of the Lost Cause movement and its mythical and fictional narratives that became a cancer within American historiography and the role it plays in miseducating and misinforming the public today. He discusses slavery and the "states rights" debate while debunking many of the myths put forward in Lost Cause narratives that are still defended today by Neo Confederates such as Black Confederates a term that attempts to explain away "camp slaves" which is narrative that Neo Confederates cling to today while avoiding the truth, horror and reality of American slavery. We discuss confederate monuments, the monument debate and the role that groups have played such as the Daughters of the Confederacy from memorial services to the very monuments that spark debates today. From modern Americans who struggle with their Confederate ancestors to the internet and its role in misinformation and the safe space it gives "fake history" this episode truly encompasses the very heart and soul of American history and the battle that still rages involving the origins of the American Civil War and the movements that came after. We end by asking why Americans have a fascination and almost romanticized view of Civil War and why the USA continues to struggle with its past. Topics debunked: That slavery wasn't the fundamental cause of secession and the eventual outbreak of war. The myth of unlimited Northern resources over Confederate bad generalship. The States rights narrative. Black Confederates. The loyal slave narrative. The myth of Northern Aggression. The myth of Confederate Unity. The myth of the "morally" superior South. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antiquity-middlages/support
The idea of a political system is not simply to be efficient. It's to have justice. It's to have the idea that anybody can come to the seat of power and say, 'Here are my grievances,' and that doesn't mean that by making that claim, they will get exactly what they want. But it does mean that they will get a hearing and in that notion, I think, lies again, a certain part of democracy that is not reduceable just to elections.Daniel CarpenterA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Dan Carpenter is the Allie S. Freed professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870.Key Highlights IncludeA history of petitions in the 19th century including an account of the gag rule.The role of petitions in the mobilization of women, Native Americans, the Whig Party, and the antislavery movementHow did petitions contribute to democratization of America in the 19th centuryWhat would Congress look like if we still had 'petition days'What can we learn from the era of petition politicsKey LinksDemocracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870 by Daniel Carpenter"The Menthol Cigarette Ban Shows There Is No Democracy Without Petitions," by Daniel Carpenter, Boston Review"Robust Claims of Vast Lawlessness" from Lapham's Quarterly by Daniel CarpenterRelated ContentCan America Preserve Democracy without Retreating from it? Robert C. Lieberman on the Four ThreatsDerek W. Black Says Public Education Represents the Idea of America... Not its RealityMore from the PodcastMore InformationDemocracy GroupApes of the State created all MusicOut of Order from the German Marshall FundEmail the show at democracyparadoxblog@gmail.comFollow me on Twitter @DemParadox100 Books on Democracy
We chronicle the life of "His Accidency" John Tyler, the first vice president to take over upon the president's death. Tyler refused to be an "Acting President" figurehead and butted heads with his own Whig Party as he aggressively and unapologetically pursued his own agenda, both politically and romantically. Also: Our countdown of the Top 5 Troubled First Ladies features lots of dead children, dead husbands, and influential astrologers.
Alexander Ramsey did not have it easy. He was orphaned at age 10 and worked as a store clerk and a carpenter before finding his vocation in politics. He served two terms in Congress from Pennsylvania and for his service to the Whig Party was rewarded, if you call it that, with being sent to a cold place with hardly any people -- Minnesota. But he took to it, first as territorial governor (1849), then succeeding his rival Henry Sibley to become our second state governor. But his three years in office were nothing but crisis -- Depression, war, and war. The defining event of his administration was the Dakota War of 1862, something that has darkened Ramsey’s reputation forever. There’s no evidence that Ramsey ever had sympathy for Minnesota’s native people. He left the governorship in 1863 to become a U.S. senator. The “March of the Governors” podcast series provides brief snapshots of Minnesota’s governors during their terms in office. As you might imagine, there’s far more to each of their stories, both positive and negative. Thank you for joining us on this journey, and we hope you will be inspired to learn more.
The Meadow/Newton Grove area of southeastern Johnston County has stories to tell. This one involves the old Whig Party and a man that acted on his conscience, changing the religious aspect in Johnston County and eastern NC permanently. A Monk that wasn't a monk, but was deeply religious, nonetheless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jocoyo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocoyo/support
After losing both the White House and control of the U.S. Senate, even longtime Republicans are wondering, what's the future of the GOP? Lincoln Project Co-founder Rick Wilson and 2016 GOP nominee for Washington governor Bill Bryant share strong opinions with host Joni Balter on what they see on the road ahead. Wilson says the Republican party is at a juncture, and warned, "they're going to be the Whig Party and die, or they're going to take a very difficult step and say we're not a party about the dear leader." Bryant agrees, saying it's time to move past the Trump era. He says Republicans must "focus on the real reasons we lost and why we're not responding to the needs of people and neighborhoods all around the country." Both guests say the country is in desperate need of a center-right party. Wilson summed it up this way, "offer a vision that is optimistic, prospective, big, inclusive, smart, and forward-looking." This episode of Civic Cocktail is the first in a multi-part series on "The State of Our Democracy."
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.
Today we will be talking about what government has done with our money. Or better yet, the book: What Has Government Done To Our Money by Murray Rothbard. And, the reason I want to talk about this today is because I think it gives us a good basis and a good understanding of how to understand money at the basic level and how that interact our government. We have a lot of problems with money, and I think this book can help us fix them. I'm reading another book right now on Abraham Lincoln and why he may not have been such a great president, actually. The author brings up some good points about problems with nationalized banking and some of the other policies that the Whig Party, and then the Republican Party, took on that were very problematic and terrible ideas. We have this sense of money that is wildly incorrect, and that's what I want to talk about today. You should read this book to straighten out your understanding of the concept of money. Plus, it'll help elucidate the problems with money we face as a country. Quote of the Week "Few economic subjects are more tangled, more confused than money." -Murray Rothbard I think that's really what the crux of this whole issue is - that it's so confusing, so tangled. We don't know how to classify this asset, and yet we use it daily. We understand how to interact with it in so many ways at a personal level. But we don't necessarily, when it gets into the macro monetary policy, understand things like what the Federal Reserve doing. How does that all work? That's where it gets very confusing, very muddled, and it becomes very easy for people who are in power to utilize that confusion in their favor. And, I think they do that a lot. Grab your copy here to learn about what the government did to our money>> Problems With Money I've talked about this problem in the past in another episode that through inflation and other monetary policies that we have, an oligarchy or an elite group of people get first access to the money, and therefore, have the most power in our economy. And so, that's why I think it's such an important read: money is a huge means of control. If there are people who are able to get first access and priority access to the money supply, they can influence economies. Especially because we see a democratization happening right now with the GameStonk thing and everything going on in politics. They're pushing back against this institutional money that has the advantage in the market because they're close to power. And they are the ones who are nestled up and get the first, access to loans and cash flow. Enter your email here for updates on the Conversation of Our Generation! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conofourgen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conofourgen/support
We have been building up to the Civil War for quite some time now. Sectionalism, lack of national unity and the issue of the extension of slavery into new territories are at an all time high. The events of the 1850s will make the Civil War all but inevitable.We cover the short-lived presidency of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, both members of the Whig Party.We discuss the aftermath of the Mexican-American War and how these states were going to enter the union. Spoiler Alert...The Missouri Compromise won't work anymore!Take a listen to see how tensions are rising and the inevitability of Civil War in the United States is becoming very clear.There is always more to learn!
The first political parties in the United States were formed during the first administration of George Washington⏤called The Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party. It was 1828 when the Democratic Party was formed. The Republican Party was founded in 1854, replacing the Whig Party. The formation of opposing political parties in the US highlighted the ongoing struggle between a bigger more expansive government that Democrats embraced and the more limited decentralized government that Republicans preferred. The more recent divide in the Democratic Party between the Squad, AOC, Bernie Sanders, the hard-left turn, and traditional Democrats has put the party at odds with itself. Democrats use their policy proposals to convince people that their big programs, medical for all, building the welfare state, environmental crises are all gifts focused on human rights and compassion for the people. It is anything but that. The political, media, and tech oligarchs are now consolidating power, using the events on Capitol Hill for justification to de-platformed the President of the United States. Do not be deceived. They are not coming for President Trump, they are coming for YOU.
MIKE MABEE, Author, "The Civil Defense Book," retired US Army Command Sergeant Major, Secure the Grid Coalition, michaelmabee.info: As early as 1981, the federal government has known about the threats posed to America's physical grid security For the past 10 years, various electric utility companies have used over a billion dollars to lobby prominent US politicians Why would public utility companies not be concerned about their own security? JEFF NYQUIST, Writer, Newsmax, WorldNetDaily, SierraTimes, Financial Sense and Epoch Times, Author, “Origins of the Fourth World War and The New Tactics of Global War:” "The Right Side:" We are in a "crisis moment" in history In 1956, it was observed that if the GOP should follow a similar course that the Whig Party took in the 1800s, they would lose public support CLAUDIA ROSETT, Foreign Policy Fellow, Independent Women's Forum, Award Wining Journalist, former Journalist-in-Residence, Foundation for Defense of Democracy: President Trump altered the way the US perceives foreign affairs, putting American principles first Joe Biden has signaled that he will have us rejoin the Paris Climate Accords - this is a mistake Claudia Rosett implores the US not to pursue free trade with a "mafia state" KERRY GERSHANECK, Visiting Scholar, Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University, Senior Research Associate, Thammasat University Faculty of Law, former US Marine Corp officer, Author, "Political Warfare: Strategies for Combating China’s Plan to 'Win Without Fighting:'" Short hand characterization of the Chinese Communist threat - global hegemony China's next target: Taiwan Political warfare is everything short of kinetic conflict Democracies around the world disbanded their abilities to combat communism after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
One of the cornerstones of a vibrant democracy is citizens’ ability to influence government through voting. In order for that influence to be meaningful, citizens must send clear signals to their leaders about what they wish the government to do. It only makes sense, then, that a democracy will benefit if voters have several clearly differentiated options available to them at the polls on Election Day. Having these options means voters can select a candidate who more closely represents their own preferences on the important issues of the day. It also gives individuals who are considering voting a reason to participate. After all, you are more likely to vote if you care about who wins and who loses. The existence of two major parties, especially in our present era of strong parties, leads to sharp distinctions between the candidates and between the party organizations. Why do we have two parties? The two-party system came into being because the structure of U.S. elections, with one seat tied to a geographic district, tends to lead to dominance by two major political parties. Even when there are other options on the ballot, most voters understand that minor parties have no real chance of winning even a single office. Hence, they vote for candidates of the two major parties in order to support a potential winner. Of the 535 members of the House and Senate, only a handful identify as something other than Republican or Democrat. Third parties have fared no better in presidential elections. No third-party candidate has ever won the presidency. Some historians or political scientists might consider Abraham Lincoln to have been such a candidate, but in 1860, the Republicans were a major party that had subsumed members of earlier parties, such as the Whig Party, and they were the only major party other than the Democratic Party. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Henry Clay was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Senator from Kentucky, and three time nominee of a major political party, first the National Republicans and in the later two races the Whig Party. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential men of 19th Century American politics- yet he never served as President. This episode explores the Presidency of Henry Clay, beginning in 1824.
FULL TRANSCRIPT NOW AVAILABLE: https://thinkinginenglish741418158.wordpress.com/ On today's episode, we will discuss the recent US presidential debate, and think about the potential alternatives for the future. Please contact us INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Twitter - @thinkenglishpod Email: thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com Vocabulary List surrogate (adj) -replacing someone else or used instead of something else Because she had no children of her own, her friend's son became a kind of surrogate child to her Spectacle (n) - unusual or unexpected event or situation It was a strange spectacle to see snow in summer Consensus (n) - a generally accepted opinion, wide agreement They're trying to build a consensus on the need to improve the city's schools superficial (adj) - not complete and only the most obvious, not really important I only have a superficial knowledge of French To Squabble (verb) - to argue over something that is not important They are still squabbling over who will get the big office Prowess (n) - great ability or skill She is known for her sporting prowess To outwit (v) - to get an advantage over someone by acting more cleverly The cat outwitted the dog by climbing the tree. To abolish (v) -to officially end an activity or custom I think bullfighting should be abolished equitable (adj) treating everyone fairly and in the same way We all want an equitable tax system Comprehension Questions Q. For What party did Abraham Lincoln serve as a surrogate debater for in the days when presidential candidates did not publicly campaign? A. The Whig Party. Q. Who was British PM when the post war consensus ended? A. Margret Thatcher Q. How many time did Trump interrupt Biden? A. 73 times --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-english/message
The United States won the The Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and with it vast new stretches of western land. But in the 1850s, the question of what to do with this land – and whether to allow slavery in the new territories or not – became a redning issue for politicians of all stripes.While the Whig Party collapsed over the issue, Democrats split into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Republican Party tried to bind the Union with an appeal to old Jeffersonian values. But in the houses of Congress and across the nation, negotiations fail, compromise is abandoned; and the issue of slavery will overshadow all else, leading to Civil War.Support us by supporting our sponsors!ZipRecruiter - Try it right now for FREE at ziprecruiter.com/tellers.
Paul and Sean grapple with the historical memory(hole) of 9/11; Sean asks what the Whig Party’s demise in the 1850s says about the future of the Dems and GOP; and Paul warns about a California pastor whose anti-mask campaign may tip the 2020 election.
Stu does ... quarantine sex! During a pandemic where people are forced to stay in their homes, you’d think we’d be seeing a lot of quarantine lovin’ and a potential baby boom nine months from now, right? Wrong. Stu explains why we’re having less sex in quarantine than ever. Then, Seth Porges, director of the HBO Max documentary “Class Action Park,” calls in to discuss the insanity that was the 1980s New Jersey theme park. And Andrew Heaton makes his libertarian debut on the program to drum up hype for his run as the vice presidential candidate of the Whig Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Usually remembered for its slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too,” the election of 1840 is also the first presidential election of which it might be truly said, “It’s the Economy, Stupid.” Tackling a contest best known for log cabins, cider barrels, and catchy songs, this timely volume reveals that the election of 1840 might be better understood as a case study of how profoundly the economy shapes the presidential vote.Richard J. Ellis, a veteran scholar of presidential politics, suggests that the election pitting the Democratic incumbent Martin Van Buren against Whig William Henry Harrison should also be remembered as the first presidential election in which a major political party selected—rather than merely anointed—its nominee at a national nominating convention. In this analysis, the convention's selection, as well as Henry Clay's post-convention words and deeds, emerge as crucial factors in the shaping of the nineteenth-century partisan nation. Exploring the puzzle of why the Whig Party's political titan Henry Clay lost out to a relative political also-ran, Ellis teases out the role the fluctuating economy and growing anti-slavery sentiment played in the party's fateful decision to nominate the Harrison-Tyler ticket. His work dismantles the caricature of the 1840 campaign (a.k.a. the “carnival campaign”) as all froth and no substance, instead giving due seriousness to the deeply held moral commitments, as well as anxieties about the political system, that informed the campaign.In Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox, the campaign of 1840 can finally be seen clearly for what it was: a contest of two profoundly different visions of policy and governance, including fundamental, still-pressing questions about the place of the presidency and Congress in the US political system.-Richard J. Ellis is Mark O. Hatfield Professor of Politics, Policy, Law, and Ethics at Willamette University. His many books include The Development of the American Presidency (Third Edition), Historian in Chief: How Presidents Interpret the Past to Shape the Future (as coeditor), and, from Kansas, Presidential Travel: The Journey from George Washington to George W. Bush.
In the 1850s, the political party system of the United States was disrupted, and a new Republican Party was born in opposition to the Slave Power. But what existed just before that. What is a Whig, anyway? And why did they suddenly collapse? SOURCES: Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35100.Battle_Cry_of_Freedom Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men by Eric Foner: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132914.Free_Soil_Free_Labor_Free_Men The Strange Stillbirth of the Whig Party by Lynn L. Marshall: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1859236?read-now=1&seq=1 Who Were the Southern Whigs? by Charles Grier Sellers, Jr.: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1843625?seq=1 Why Abraham Lincoln Was a Whig by Daniel Walker Howe: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0016.105/--why-abraham-lincoln-was-a-whig?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Episode 5: William Henry Harrison v. The World. Alex jumps in the way, way back machine to the Campaign of 1840 to tell the story of the election of Ohio’s 1st President, William Henry Harrison. We learn why 1840 is truly the first modern presidential campaign from journalist and historian, Ron Shafer, as he walks us through the exciting campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.” Go buy Ron’s great book, The Carnival Campaign, click here. https://www.amazon.com/Carnival-Campaign-Rollicking-Tippecanoe-Presidential/dp/1613735405 The 1840 Campaign between North Bend, Ohio’s General Harrison and incumbent President Martin Van Buren was the source of numerous “firsts” in presidential campaign history. From popularizing the word Buckeye to the first presidential campaign speech and almost all of this incredible history happened here in Ohio. Mud throwing, huge campaign rallies and even the first President to die in office, this election had it all. Historian, podcast host and Harrison enthusiast, Jerry Landry, join us to talk about the election of Harrison and his untimely death only one month into office. Jerry produced the William Henry Harrison Podcast and now hosts the history show, The Presidencies of the United States. We discuss what exactly is the Whig Party, as Harrison was the 1st Whig to be President. Jerry helps us finally debunk the old theory that Harrison died from pneumonia caused by giving the longest ever inaugural speech in the cold. So much of what we see in 21st Century presidential elections got its start 180 years ago in the “Log Cabin and Hard Cider” campaign. Thanks to Ron Shafer for joining us to discuss this transformative moment in Ohio and presidential history. Click the link below to buy his book, The Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Changed Presidential Elections Forever. https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/carnival-campaign--the-products-9781613735404.php Don’t forget to rate and review the show and you can always email us at ohiovtheworld@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Michael Burger, the National Vice Chair for the Alliance Party, talks about party values and how they relate to current events. We also discuss some of the issues with ballot access across the country in this election year. Michael has a lot of experience with political parties. He held officer positions within the Reform Party, the Independence Party of Minnesota, and most recently, he was a state chair, a regional chair, a vice chair and national chair of the modern Whig Party of America. He's also worked with the Green Party and United We Stand.
It seems Glass Joe is going to be the Democrat nominee. What does this mean for the future of the Democrat Party? Not much. The real juice is going to be who he picks for VP. We are witnessing a repeat of the 1840 Whig Party and the 1850s Democrats. The future is not great for a unified left, which isn't a bad thing. And should Joe win, he'll be the beneficiary of the long march toward executive government. I discuss Joe, the Democrats, and 2020 in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
Abraham Lincoln would never had become president had he not locked horns with Stephen Douglas, whose rapid rise through Illinois politics quickly made him a national icon. Douglas' life had some parallels to Lincoln's, and in many ways, his attraction to money and flexible policy better embodied the America of the early 1850s than the old parties did.
As Abraham Lincoln moved to secure the Whig nomination for Congress in 1846, he had to confront the ambitions of an old friend for the seat, and the growing power of the abolitionists within his district.
Angie: Hello and welcome to Warrior DIVAS Real Talk for Real Women. This is your host Angie Leigh Monroe reminding you each and every day to be a DIVA and make an impact. For those of you that are new to our show, DIVAS stands for women that are Destined, Inspired, Victorious, Accountable and building a Sisterhood, and make a positive impact in the world we live in. And we are so excited today because we are launching a new part of our podcast. We've been doing our podcast, little snippets, 30 minutes snippets with just me on doing teaching topics, and we have got our first guest in the studio today. But before I get started, I want to remind you, we have our DIVAS Impact magazine, we have the conference, it's on the back of the magazine, coming up soon. And you can find out all about that at DIVASImpact.com, but today I want to give you a little bit of introduction into Trasa Cobern. She is a local gal here in the Dallas Fort Worth area. But I've known about her, known of her, more through her husband than anything else over the last few years. met, I met her I think in 2011 2012, somewhere around there, when she was student teaching my son at the local high school, which I'm an alumni of bout to have our class reunion. And I started just being intrigued by her, the kids love her. That's one thing if somebody if kids love you, that's one thing. But the other part of it too is she's got such a passion for our troops. She's got a passion for our country, she's got a passion for her community. And when I talked to people on DIVAS, they often asked me about what can they get involved in? How can they make a difference? How can they make an impact? and I often tell them politics. Getting to know what's going on in your local community all the way up to the presidency and knowing how to have those conversations and so I've watched her, I don't just put anybody on the show. I don't just introduce people I know anybody to all of you watch her and see what she does. And so when she's not in school, she's been traveling quite a bit. And she's been doing some learning herself and educating herself, improving herself. She's run for city council. She's run for a couple of other positions as well. She serves on the committee here in the Tarrant County for politics. And so when we are talking today, if you're wanting to know how to get involved, this is the woman that can tell you about how to get involved. But my biggest reason for wanting her to go on is she has done everything with grace, she has done everything with talent, with dignity, and a smile on her face. So, this is all about to kick off in a big way. And I want you to welcome with me, Trasa Coburn, Trasa: Thank you, Angie, I am so honored and so touched by all of that, that was just really awesome. I'm gonna I'm gonna, like, take that clip of that podcast and like, you know, keep it on my own personal media so, I can have that if I'm having a bad day. So thank you so much. I am so pleased to be here. Your company, what you guys do with DIVAS impact is exactly what I think is wonderful. For women. I just I'm a huge I was just talking to my son yesterday about how I don't consider myself a feminist I would consider myself maybe a womanist that I think women are so important to our society. And what's good for society is good for women. And what's good for women is good for society. And so what you do is just fantastic. Angie: Thank you so much. Thank you, we tell people all the time, we steer away from the feminist word, because it's gotten such a negative impact. It's part of the reason why we steered towards divas impact is because when you think of a diva, you think of somebody that's, you know all about themselves and all of that. But we want to shift that paradigm, we want to do the same with the feminist movement, we want to help women embrace their femininity and realize how strong and powerful they are within their femininity and not have to be something that they're not. Trasa: Absolutely I was telling my husband, we were coming out of church yesterday, and there was a little girl who had on the little Bobby socks to have the lace trim. And I was telling my husband, I said, you know, when I was a kid, I used to, my mom used to put me in those, I was the firstborn child in the first granddaughter on both sides. And she used to put me in those socks, and I would cut the lace off the socks because I thought that it was so girly and I didn't want to be girly, I wanted to be strong, and I wanted to be you know, independent, and all of these things. And over time, I've learned that, you know, femininity is just another part of who I am. And it's just, you know, filtered into that strength and that, you know, independence. And so, you know, I love to wear dresses, and I love to be you know, girly now, whereas, you know, when I was six, five and six, I didn't like that image at all. So, you know, but we mature and we learn things about ourselves. And so that's I think that's just a wonderful thing to use that femininity and know that we can be strong and feminine. Both. Exactly. So you grew up, you grew up in a couple of different countries. you've traveled around, you've made your way to Texas, of course, you know, we're Texan. So, we love Texas. This is. Absolutely. So, tell us a little bit about things that may be from your youth that kind of you see now led you to where you are today. Oh gosh, I think faith is so important to me and God has led me along my life has prepared me in each step for the step that's coming up. And so sometimes you we don't always see that. And we don't always know where he's leading us. But you know, you'll get 10 years down the road, you're like, oh man, if I hadn't had that experience, like I wouldn't be prepared for this. And I, I was lucky enough to grow up with a dad who was in the military. My dad was a sergeant in the army and we were stationed overseas in Germany three different times. And I was actually born in Germany, spent early elementary there. And then the third time we were there was from the time I was in sixth grade until I graduated from high school and I graduated at a at an American High School overseas. And, and I tell my kids, I teach American history. And so, on the first day of school, I always do a little intro about me and I and I tell the kids I say you know, I'm super passionate about America, America is the best country on the earth. And I can say that with full confidence because I've been to so many other places. And you know, Germany is a wonderful place. I love to go visit there anytime I have the chance to it's a beautiful country. But I would never live in Germany, I would never choose to live there. And I had the choice. You know, when I was 18, I had dual citizenship. And so I had the choice. And I could have stayed and gone to college in Germany. But I came back to college in America and Texas, actually, you know, Texas A&M, took a risk on me and gave me a scholarship there. And that's how I ended up in this state that I'd never lived in before and didn't know anybody. And so took that leap of faith and said, okay, God, I trust you, you know, I'm going to go to this place. And I don't know how I'm gonna like it. And you know, wonderful, wonderful decision turned out great. A&M is a wonderful place and met my husband there. I fell in love with, I fell in love with Texas before I fell in love with my husband, like I was already determined, you know that I was going to stay here and then met my husband. And so that's how we ended up in the Dallas Fort Worth area. He's a Hurst boy. And so yeah, we ended up in Hurst and you know, I've planted my roots deep here. Angie: So, so whenever you left and came back to the state sudden came to Texas and all that stuff, do you feel that being in the military, as a military dependent, really kind of helped you be able to move in and not… Yes, it's scary. I'm not gonna say it's not scary, but gave you a little more freedom. Because sometimes we get a little too sheltered, Trasa: right. And I think it's human nature to like where we are to be comfortable in our little circles. But being a military brat has really just benefited me in so many ways. I used to be very introverted, I used to be very concerned about, you know, what people like me when, you know, how would I project myself, and being in the military, having that atmosphere where people were constantly moving in and out of my life, gave me much more freedom to understand that, you know, like, like, I'm going to be who I am. And then the people around me may shift, the environment may shift, but I'm who I am in me. And so absolutely, when I moved to Texas, you know, I was I was scared, I was a little worried. But I knew that God had me and that it was going to be a good situation. And that, if not, we would move to something else. Right. Angie: So. So I mentioned that you were a city council member for the city of Hurst. And you started, I don't know, when you started getting into politics? Trasa: Um, so I have four boys, and I have a degree in political science. That's what I majored in, in college. So, I've always been interested in politics and government and those things. But when we moved here, we had the boys and so I was Mom, you know, I was full time mom. And I didn't do a lot outside of the house, I did PTA and that kind of thing with their schools. But I was really focused on my son's, I started about 2013, I started being, you know, kind of looking a little bit outside, that's after I'd started teaching full time. And my kids at school challenged me one time and said, Well, what do you do other than vote? Like you talk about being involved in the political process? What do you do? You know, exactly, they have no filter, and they'll and they'll challenge you. And so, I was like, Oh, well, let me I need to be involved, I need to do more. And I really love where we live. And so, I had, and I strongly encourage everybody to do this, if you are interested in your local community, go down to City Hall, ask them if they have citizen boards and commissions, right, because most cities do. And so all you have to do is fill out a little application, it takes you maybe two, three minutes to fill out the application and turn it in, most of the cities have it online where you can just fill it out online, and you don't even have to go to City Hall. And so, but back in 2013, it was all you know, paper based. So, you know, filled it out, mailed it in, and then they called me for an interview, and I went down and interviewed for a board was appointed to a board called the neighborhood Community Advisory Committee. And it was a really great experience, just got to hear some inside stuff about Hurst got to know kind of what was happening. There was a city council member who was a liaison on our committee, so got to know her. And so that's how I got my first taste of, you know, what it meant to be really involved, right. And then I loved it. And then from there, I went to the library board, which is, you know, kind of a bigger board and more and more involved. And then the city council member who was on my first board actually came to me and said, I'm retiring, will you run for my spot? And so, it was the fact that I was already involved, that made that connection. And so it's all about, it's about who you know, but it's also about how you know them too. It's a it's majorly about showing up. So, if you're not in the system, then people don't know you. They're not aware of your strengths. They're not aware if you're capable. And there are lots of people who just show up and say, I'm going to run for city council, and they've never been involved in the city before. And the voters generally tend to not like those people, right? Because they're like you didn't do your homework, you know, you haven't been involved. You're your Johnny, come lately. Where have you been? Angie: I think I think we talked about that one time before is there's people that show up, even for the school boards, then they may be involved a little bit on their PTA level, they may be involved as a room mom or something like that. But they're not showing up to school board meetings. They're not showing up to these big things that are important. I heard somebody not too long ago, was standing in a board in a meeting room with the school superintendent, and went up and introduced herself to him like she didn't know who he was, but she was running for the school board. Yeah. And I'm like, wait a minute, you know, this, this is not something that's okay with most. Right, you know, we want to make sure that the board members, Yes, we want them to be able to not be Yes, men and women, but we want them to know what's going on and know how they would shift things in a positive direction before they ever get there. Trasa: Well, and we like people who I do anyway, I like people who've done their homework, who show me that they're willing to put the time in right to know the situation, know who the important people are, who the important issues, what the important issues are, so that they can actually have a grasp on it. Because if you just show up and say I want to run for city council, because I want to be a city council person, you know, like, Where's your investment there? Right? What are your issues? What are your problems? Why, why are you doing this? So? Yeah, I say, you know, show up? Absolutely. Angie: Well, we, my husband and I also own a plumbing company here in the state of Texas in this last legislative session in the state of Texas was a bit tumultuous for us. We went under a review, we had some challenges, there was a march on to the Texas steps. And I'm just going to tell you that it was an interesting experience. I've never done that before. I've never been a part of that before. But it was very interesting to be there, and kind of be part of the democratic process in a way. Yes, the governor had signed something, extending it two days before, but letting your collective voices be heard over something. So, I guess the other part is, is there's a lot that we did staying home with our kids during times where maybe we felt like some women out there today that our voice can't be heard our voice isn't this. But when we join our voices with other people, Trasa: Right. Angie: That how we make our big powerful state. Absolutely. Trasa: That's such a, I'm a huge proponent of the First Amendment and its freedom of speech and freedom to assemble is such an important thing. And you know, people think a lot about, you know, the big protests and the things, you know, the Women's March and the, you know, a million man march and those things, but those, those are just kind of the culmination of so much else that's happened for people to speak up and speak out. And I just think I was in Philadelphia this summer. And I saw a protest from a group that I don't agree with politically, right. But I took a picture of it and put it on my social media, I said, I don't agree with their message, but I will fight to the death for their right to stand here in front of Independence Hall and have their protest, because I think that that is one of the reasons that we are so free in this country is that you know, and I try to tell my kids at school, I'm like, you know, when they'll say, Well, you know, America is not that great. And I'll say, you really don't know, like there are other places in the world, even places that are democratic, you know, nominally democratic, that people don't have the right to get in a group. People don't have the right to send letters. People don't have the right to speak out. And you know, that is such a marvelous gift to us. And the First Amendment, you know, the, the Constitution just protects us so much, and the kids don't know it. But a lot of adults don't know it either. And that's a shame. Angie: Well, was Philadelphia, where you were learning about the Medal of Honor. Yes, yes. That was a great article that you wrote it on. Trasa: The Fox. Yeah, I actually had to I had one on the Dallas Morning News. And then I had one, right, Fox News right online. Angie: And so I thought that was great. And I'd love for you to share a little bit about your experience there. Trasa: Okay, so the Medal of Honor Grove is a place that is in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and the group that maintains it is called the freedoms foundation. And it was basically created by President Eisenhower and a bunch of notables back in the 50s. to, you know, have a place where these men and women honored and so the grove is this marvelous, like three acre site, and it's just got trails, walking trails, and then every state has an obelisk that has the names of every one of their Medal of Honor recipients on the obelisk, like engraved, or else a plaque on it. And I was walking around the first morning, I got there. There are I we'd gotten there the night before. And so, the first morning, we didn't really have time built into the schedule for our class to go walk the grove. And so, I got up at six o'clock that morning and went and walked the grove. And it was such a powerful experience to me being the daughter of a serviceman and seeing these names of men and there's one woman who basically gave everything, you know? and some of them were awarded quite a few of them are awarded posthumously. So the majority of these people died doing what they got honored for. And so it's just marvelous. And then we have the chance to meet Jim McLennan who is one of the newest Medal of Honor recipients. He earned his medal of honor in Vietnam. He did not receive it until 2017. He was the first one, also honored by President Trump. And he in the interim, he was a teacher and a coach for 39 years. And so he was a marvelous person and marvelous representative to meet. And he talked about how, you know, talk about involvement, talked about, you know, loving your fellow man talked about being a teacher and a coach, and how, you know, that's equally as hard, as you know, as earning the Medal of Honor. Right. So really just a powerful experience. And so that's what I wrote about in those two articles. The first one is me walking the grove, and just talking about what that meant to me. And then the second one was talking about, you know, how I kind of expected to really meet superheroes when I went to this conference. And you think of Medal of Honor recipients as being people who've done this, you know, amazing, you know, save people's lives, and they've done things that are superhuman, and they are there, they're marvelous, and I'm not denigrating what they do at all. But what was so remarkable to me was the fact that they are ordinary people who do extraordinary things. And one of the Medal of Honor recipients actually has said, and I think it's, I think it's Patrick Baka actually said, “Every person has within them the capacity to do extraordinary things.” And I think that's so much more powerful than saying, these guys are superhuman, and I can't be like that, right? It's more powerful to say, guess what, I can do this too. You know? Angie: I think it's interesting, because a lot of the Medal of Honor people, they went through boot camp, they went through special training, they went through all these things. But they also brought the things from them that were ingrained from their families, from their livelihood, before all of that. And there's that part in the movie, the blind, The Blind Side, where he puts his arm up in front of the little boy, because he's got this innate ability to protect, right, he you know, and so many of our Medal of Honor people are, like many others, that are our police officers, our firefighters are our other first responders that they have that innate ability built into them. But there's a bunch of us out there that have never been any of that, right. And we have it as well, you know, call it the mama bear syndrome, whatever it is, but we will, we will fight to the death for what we stand for, and what we are our true to. And I get I get interested in looking at some of these Medal of Honor winners that go, I just showed up for my job that day, and instinct kicked in, they knew that they were willing to risk their life in that moment to save the 10 guys behind that right or the other guy beside them, or whatever it was, they made a split second decision, because of everything from birth till then that had been ingrained in them Trasa: Absolutely, that is so true. And I love that picture of just it being so selfless. It's just the ultimate selflessness to me. Yeah. And some of us, you know, are never going to be in that situation, I'm never going to be in a firefight where I have to save people's lives. It's just, you know, our chances are pretty good that I won't be right. But every day, we make choices in our lives that do protect other people in that help other people and you know, are kind to other people. And so other people make those exceptional choices to they may just not be in such a dramatic fashion. Angie: Exactly. So I was talking to somebody the other day, and they were talking ugly about somebody and and, you know, I used to be one of those the girls that could pile on with everybody else. And I've gotten to where I push back now, I'm like, Well, how do you know they weren't having a bad day today? How do you know in this one snapshot that you had with them that you just didn't miss set them up for being in a worse place than a better place about piling on them? And so those are those actionable moments that instincts, we can choose to be life givers instead of life suckers. Trasa: Yes. So true. It's a you know, and that's one of the things that the one of the reasons I teach is because the kids I teach, I choose to teach in a majority minority area, and, you know, could teach anywhere I wanted to, and I teach in this school and in this district, because that's where I want to teach. And one of the things I always keep in mind is, I don't know what happened to that kid from the time they left school yesterday, till this morning, but they're going to see a smile on my face, they're going to see that I care about them, because I don't know what battle they're fighting. And I don't want them to have anything added to it from me, like I want to take somebody that some of that pressure and some of that burden off of them. You know, if I can now they may be you know, perfectly fine and have a great day. But then you're not going to hurt anything by smiling at them and being nice to them. But you're going to make a difference to some of those kids who may not see another smile on another face, you know. And so that that is just it's I view teaching as a mission field. Angie: Exactly. Well, and you talked about the Medal of Honor winner that was a teacher and a coach for 30 years before he was given the Medal of Honor. He showed up to work every day. He was a he was there. He was present, he was doing every day stuff just like he did right before that magical moment in his life, no matter how that turned. He showed up every day he interacted with those kids every day. Now. Did he share anything about how things shifted for him once he got the Medal of Honor? Did people talk to him differently, treat them differently? Trasa: Um, I don't know that he really shared that he focused more on the fact that he felt that his impact as a teacher and a coach over those 39 years had been so much greater than that one moment in his life in Vietnam, the one day, you know, and he's still very close with his buddies from Vietnam. But he says, you know, he had 10,000 students go through his class, and he's like, you know, those 10,000 students, like I meant something to them and that's way more impactful than what I did for these, you know, eight guys. And so that was really just powerful. I thought, you know, that he had focused on that. And it was just interesting, because, you know, if he had gotten that Medal of Honor, back in 1969, you know, how would that have changed his life? Would that have made a difference in the way he approached people in the way he, you know, in the way he approached other people, or the way they approached him, would it have changed things this man, as opposed to him just live in his life, and then getting this, you know, great honor later on in life. And so that was neat. Angie: So, I want to I want to flip the script on you just a little bit. Okay. And you can say, with how deep you want to go in this conversation or not, but there were some people in your family that became quite well known. Trasa: Right? Angie: And did that have a positive or a negative or a little bit of both impact on on y'all? Trasa: Oh, wow. Um, it's had both it's definitely had both. It's overwhelmingly been positive. I mean, so my family my dad is, is Silas Robertson, and most of the world knows him. His uncle Si, Uncle Si. And, and I always have to explain that because like, my dad is Uncle sy. He's somebody else's uncle, but he's my dad. And so you know, and the funny thing is, I show my kids at school, I always tell them the first day who I am because my the first year that my dad and the family became famous, he came to visit my school. And I had him just visit with the faculty. I didn't think anything about the kids, you know, because I didn't think that they even know who he was. And they got mad at me later, they were like, how dare you not tell us who the you know who you are and who your family is? Like, why didn't you bring him to see us? And so, I always tell the kids now I'm always like, Okay, this is my family. And I just want you to know, and the kids always are so funny, you know, they'll come back the next day and go, I googled you and you're famous. Like, no, I'm not famous, but I do know some famous people. But it's been, it's been overwhelmingly positive. We've gotten to do some really cool things with them. We got to go on a cruise, we've never been on a cruise and they took the whole family on a duck dynasty cruise. And so that was cool. We've gotten to go, you know, to some fun things. We've been on the show, you know, we might my whole family, we were on a show for season five finale when Mia was about to have her surgery. And so, we've gotten to do some really cool things that a lot of people don't have the opportunity to do. It has been a little negative in some senses. Like, when I was running for city council, I approached a door, and I knocked on the door and the people came to the door. And when they saw who I was, they turned their back to me and closed the door. And I just thought and it was because and they said something about my family. And so I knew it was because of my family. And it was kind of after Phil had had his altercation with GQ. And there had been some negative press about our family. And so, and so yeah, so they didn't want to talk to me because my family was. So, we've had a couple of run ins like that. And there was the funniest one that I just still think it's hysterical is my husband was working the polls for me last year when I was running for tax assessor. And he struck up a conversation with a lady and she said, Well, I don't think that Miss Coburn can be very smart. And he said, Why do you think that? like this is a woman who's you know, had a full academic scholarship to college, she's smart. And and he said, she she looked at him and she said, Well, she's relative to that Duck Dynasty family. And they're all just rednecks. And I just don't think they're very smart. And he just laughed, he just said, he had to take a step back and go, you know, most of Trasa’s, cousins have master's degrees. Most of them are very well educated, just because they have long beards and long hair doesn't make them not smart. But this lady was just fully determined that my family was not very intelligent. And so, I just laugh about that. I just think it's really funny that you know, that even in the world we live in where we don't always jump to conclusions, there are still some conclusions that people jump to just on just based on appearance. Angie: Well, and I think that's one of the other things when we're talking about politics, people automatically jump to a conclusion because of something was presented on social media, or a commercial that came out or, you know, I think it was earlier this year, there was a commercial that came out and everybody was upset about it. Talking about men, and it was I can't even remember the commercial that was out. But I watched the commercial. I'm like, Well, I'm not offended by it. My husband, I'm like, are you offended by it? Because but everybody's making these commentaries and several of them were saying, I've haven't watched the commercial but and I'm like,… Trasa: That is a huge thing right now is social media is people you know, you put a you put a link to a story. And it has a headline, and the majority of the people who post on my social media Don't, don't read the story. They just read the headline, and they respond to the headline, it's like guys, come on, you gotta look a little deeper. Everything is not a sound bite. And that's what we're kind of in the soundbite world where everything has to be a little you know, 32nd sound bite, and you can't get the full story about someone in a 32nd sound bite? You can't Angie: You can't. What was it? I think it was 2013 when they had the march for life on the Texas steps. And I was on vacation at that time, up in Arkansas. I had my old blog up at the time. And I had written an article about the balance of life and death while I was on vacation. And I wrote it from a very personal sense. There are people out there that are going to be angry on both sides. I knew that when I wrote it. I also knew that the very first comment I got that was going to be a hate comment. I was gonna stand up and dance because I was stirring something. Right? Didn't matter if I was if they were completely wrong, completely, right, whatever. I was stirring something. But the very first comment I got back with somebody that's going well, if you were a female, you would know this. And you obviously you've never been raped and you know listed off these different things that were in the article about my sexual assault about being a female about, right, but they don't like it. They didn't read it. They just saw pro life and decided to attack. And it's the same thing for our pro life followers too. If you're hearing the pro choices out there Planned Parenthood's out there. You need to educate yourself apps you need to know what you're against my friend Connie is the CEO of life choices pregnancy crisis, Pregnancy Resources Center up in Decatur, she had an event this weekend, they had the rally for life event. And she's got a half a million dollar budget to battle against a county that has what a $31 million budget for Planned Parenthood. You. It's kind of David and Goliath on that. So, there are issues that you're going to take up and you're going to want to defend and you're going to want to do and you're going to be the David in it. It may be the plumbing bar, it may be prolife, it may be gun control, it may be whatever that is you may be on the positive side on one and on the negative side for another but, How do you find those places to find your voice and find ways to connect? I know you went to an event recently with I've been Facebook stalking her. He went recently to any event with a group of senators or Texas senators or something like that. What was it last week? Trasa: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I was at a republican Women's Club, the where a where a representative was speaking. Right. And yeah, so there were a lot of candidates and people who are, you know, currently in political jobs who want to keep their political jobs. So, they're running for next year, right, you know, years primary already. And you know, the thing is, I would strongly recommend that if you want to get involved, you know, at your city, I've already explained that. But if you want to get involved in the community, that's, you know, a little bit larger if you want to get involved in pro life issues, or if you want to get involved in something you're passionate about; first of all figure out what you're passionate about, figure out what your issue or issues are. Prolife is a huge one for me. I am I actually just attended an event yesterday that was at the courtroom where Roe v. Wade was decided in Dallas, right before it went to the Supreme Court, you know, it was decided, and they decided to overturn the law that banned abortion. And so, we had a prolife event in that courtroom, which was really just amazing. It was just really powerful to be in that place. And kind of be fighting about it, fighting against it, and kind of, you know, flipping the script on what had happened there. But so find out what your issue is. And then you know, you can if your issue aligns with a political party, then you can absolutely contact the party. So I'm involved here in Tarrant County with the Tarrant County GOP, the republican party in Tarrant County, and we have a website, it's you know, TarrantGOP.com And so you can go to it and or it might be.org. Now I have it bookmarked. So, I don't know exactly what it is. Isn't that terrible? That's what happens when we bookmark things, or we have our phones remembering everything for us or smarter than we are. So you can go to that it has a calendar of events. And so and I assume that the Democratic Party in Tarrant County would have a similar thing, I haven't looked at their at their website, but you can go to you can look at the different republican women's clubs, the different republican clubs that are for men and women both. And you can, you know, just go to one that's local to you and just see if you like it, you know, the people are usually really great. You know, you meet some people who are really interesting, in some ways, you know, but you but in any group that's passionate about what they do, you're going to have some people who are all the way across the spectrum. So, you're gonna have people who you jive with people who you don't necessarily would hang out with, you know, outside of this issue, but maybe you align with on this issue. And then some people who you just wouldn't you know, that your personality and their personality don't match. So, you know, you just have to find where you fit, both with the issue and with the people. And so I strongly advise people to be involved in politics, though, because it just does matter. Angie: Right. Trasa: What we do, what our choices are, at the political levels, whichever level who we send to make those decisions, right matters hugely. Angie: Well and I think, I think one of the important things you've shared today is, you were home, you were taking care of your boys, you were finding a new way, as they were growing up, you're finding a new way to get involved with school, your students challenged you, and you found ways to get involved, you didn't jump right in and go, I want to be the mayor, I want to be the governor of texas or I want to be the president of United States, you stepped in you just like you waited into the process. Trasa: Absolutely. And that's I think that's a safer way to do it as well, because the political landscape is so fraught with danger in so many ways, you know, that you don't necessarily know what the people you're talking with believe. And so it's better to go in kind of slow, in my opinion, instead of just jumping straight in and saying, Oh, well, I'm here and this is what I want, you know, you can do that. But then you just have to figure out because you can't make a difference by yourself, right? Like one person is not going to make a difference. But what it what makes a difference is when you find those people who align with you, and then you become a powerful group. And so, and you know, that's what you have to figure out is like, who are my allies, and who are the people who are opposed to us. And I don't use the word enemies, because I think there's too much of that in politics right now, where we like, demonize the other side. And so, I think that's one thing that we really need to pull back from, because I have some dear, dear friends who are very far left of me. But I love them with all my heart, and we can have conversations, and we can agree to disagree. But I would never say that they are evil for what they believe they strongly believe what they believe, because their life experiences have led them to that point. Exactly. You know, and so we can have conversations about it. And I can hope that you know, maybe I'll say something that will shift their perspective on something, and I'm sure that's probably what they think about me as well. But I can love somebody who is different for me politically. And so that's something that I'm seeing right now, that's very concerning is when people say, I don't have any friends who have different political beliefs than I have. I'm like, whoa, hold on a second. First of all, you're not very strong in your own beliefs, right? If you can't face somebody who believes differently than you, like, if you can't have a conversation with somebody who's different, then your beliefs aren't very strongly founded. You know, if I'm a Christian, and I can't have a conversation with an atheist, then I'm not very firmly founded in my faith, you know, and politics are the same way if I can't have a conversation with somebody across the aisle and seek where we do have consensus, you know, where we do agree, then you know, I don't I don't think I'm very firmly founded where I need to be you know, I need to back up and look at my beliefs if I can't talk about it with somebody else. Angie: And I think I think it's also important to know you don't have to get involved in dance with every fight you get involved invited to you know, we have a couple of friends I'm one of those also that has friends on all spectrums, independence, liberals, Republicans, you name it, Whig Party, whatever it is. The we want to be something we don't know what yet party, I have people from all spectrums on my Facebook pages and on my personal page, and they'll post something up there. And occasionally, I'll go in and debunk facts. I'll put facts in there. And depending on how they want to respond to those facts, will normally dictate how long I want to stay in the conversation, because they'll either turn it personal, which if they turn the conversation personal when we're talking about political or social issue, then I'm done because it there, they don't have an argument. They're just looking for something to strike. Trasa: It's ad hominem. Yeah, no. Angie: But if they don't want to see the facts, they want to keep throwing different things out there that are not factual. Again, I don't engage in the conversation. I tell them, let's share where we're getting our data from, and, and go from there. And there have been times that I've dug a little deeper on the other sites issue. And what I've found a lot of times is most of the people I'm arguing with, just want to be heard, Trasa: right? That is so true. It is just goes down to a people issue, we all want to be seen, we want to be heard, we want to be accepted. And if we can find a way to see, hear, and accept people on the on the basic level, we can open up minds and hearts to hear on a deeper level. Absolutely. I think social media is problematic in that sense, because people do just gut react to things and they don't always think it through I have a I have a 24 hour rule on my social media, like, you know, if I need to hide something, I'll hide it, and then I'll come back and respond to it. But I have a 24 hour rule that I'm not going to just post something right away when I see something that is maybe offensive, or that bothers me, you know, I'm not just going to go and type stuff and just, you know, hit send, because that just you're just inflaming. You know, it's just instigating things. And so my husband had the 24 hour rule when he was coaching, that's what he always told his parents, so I took that rule and internalize that. And so he always told parents, you know, he's like, if you have a problem with me, as a coach, take 24 hours, then call me and we'll meet somewhere and talk. And he's like, but we're not talking right after the game. We're not talking right after the practice, you know, wherever you were upset about, like, give yourself a little cooling off time. And like, we'll talk about it rationally as adults later. And that's how I feel about social media is that everybody just wants to, you know, they do want to be heard. And so, they just type real quick, and they hit send. And then later, you're like, Oh, I shouldn't have said that. I don't know. Or you go back and delete it. But people have already seen it, you know. And so, it's just so much better when people when you just take a step back, and I've learned sometimes, sometimes it's I'm a quick responder I liked when somebody emails me, I want to give them a response right away. But I've learned sometimes it's better to just let that email sit, or let that social media post sit. And then somebody will come back and say, you know, I'm sorry, I posted that, let me let me change that or whatever. Or they'll send you an email and say, guess what, I figured it out like, bro, you don't have to respond to it. It's not urgent, you know? So you kind of have to figure out priority wise, is something urgent that I need to respond to it? Or is it just that I have this impulse to respond to it right this second, you know, and so that's, that's, you know, kind of, I've tried to, I've learned over time and in politics that sometimes it's just better not to respond. Angie: Right. Well, in the I got tickled the other day, whenever I saw this bantering going back and forth, back and forth between a person, two people that I know. And it was about women's issues. Now, being in the military growing up as a military brat, there were women in the military, but they weren't as many as there are now. But part of the issue was they were discussing the whole world cup, soccer team and all that stuff. And, and I'm not even gonna step off into that, right, because I do have my opinions about it. But it's not necessarily the women's side opinion is not necessarily the men's side of opinion. It's a, we need to look at it differently than it's being looked at type thing. But I have a bunch of veteran followers as a vet myself, I have several female veterans who follow us and they're going to the VA’S today, and they're being called will win you're dependent card, right? Or they go, it happened to me, I was at the local VFW, Legion, something like that asking for an application for my son, because he's in the army. My husband's already a VFW member up at the Newell, West Virginia where he's from. And so I asked for an application for myself, because I've never been one, I figured I could start getting involved with veterans issues. Did they give you an auxiliary, they gave me an honorary three times? Oh, my goodness, what? Three times they kept giving me anything. So there are some things that as women, we are betting our heads up again. But it's how we handle betting our heads up against things, right, that can make a huge difference. So I just said, nevermind, I'll fill it out online, Trasa: right? Like all Angie: like most women, do. We just handle it ourselves. And the guy kept on what I don't see what the problem is. The problem is, is I served I've got a DD 214. I've got these different things. So how do how have you seen in your political experience? How to shift views, and mindsets in some of the most toughest areas that we have? So maybe you have somebody that has a perspective of how some, this is the way we've always done it? Right? How do you get them to shift that, oh, there's new technology, there's new things, there's all these ways, we don't have to do it that way anymore, we can do it. Trasa: I have a theory that the only thing that changes people's minds, is personal relationships, is the impact that somebody has on you. And the only you can't get online and change anybody's mind on Facebook or on Instagram or on Twitter, you know, you can post all you want on somebody else's page, and they are not going to change their mind, the only thing that's going to change their mind is when they have a personal experience with somebody that actually changes their mind. So, I always figure that it's best to be the person who could be the change. And to do that you have to have a relationship with those people. So, you can't just say, oh, you're an idiot, like I can't talk to you. And you know, unfortunately, you know, when we're dealing with, like the VFW and things, sometimes you're dealing with much older veterans, right, who lived in a time where women were not part of the service and women were not, you know, in their world view as veterans. And so, you know, they're still running into that, you know, they need to, they need to shift their impressions a little bit, what's going to change their mind is when they meet women, veterans, who are wonderful people, and who are strong and who are still feminine, and who are all the things that you know, we want our women veterans to be, that's going to change their impression when they have the time to actually meet those people, and they're not going to meet them, if you had stormed out and said, I'm never going to belong to this VFW, you know, then they're never going to meet you in that social atmosphere where they're like, Whoa, and Angie’s a woman veteran, Wow, she changed my total vision of what women veterans are, is changed, you know, and so I really feel that you've got to keep those avenues, those personal avenues open. Because otherwise, you just you just lose that opportunity. Right. And that's, you know, I see that as far back as a history teacher, you know, I see that with integration of schools, you know, because we were not going to everybody lived in their little bubbles, my kids, you know, I teach at the most diverse High School in Texas, right, it's been named by niche.com, several years running. And so, my kids teaching civil rights to this diverse group of kids, they don't get it, like, it's hard to explain a time when they couldn't be in class together, they don't understand the rationale. And so you kind of have to say, Well, you know, people weren't being necessarily ill intentioned, it's just, you know, I would have lived in a white bubble, you would have lived a little Hispanic bubble, you would live in a little African American bubble, and our bubbles wouldn't have connected. And so I wouldn't have known you, and know what a great person you are right? Without us, you know, forcing the issue. And then without having, you know, a made situation where suddenly black kids and white kids and Hispanic kids could go to school together. And now, I teach at this great High School, where it's so interesting, the kids don't see color, right? And it's fascinating. And you know, my son, my son, his first girlfriend was African American. And he didn't tell us about that. When we were going to meet her. He was telling us all about her. And he never once mentioned her skin color. And so when we met her, we were like, Oh, wow. And we're like, hey, how come you didn't mention that? He goes, Well, because that didn't really matter. Right? It was so awesome, that this generation has gotten so far past that, you know, whereas, you know, when we were growing up, and before, that was such a big issue, you know, and it's kind of how I grew up, because being in the military, it was so integrated. And like my high school was so multicolored, multicultural. And I had people who spoke Spanish as their first language, and French is their first language and, you know, just such a melting pot of people. So, I feel very comfortable with the school I teach at, and so it's marvelous. But that's what that's what changed. people's minds was not the forced Brown, the Board of Education, what changed people's minds was, I'm sitting next to a kid who looks different than me, and guess what, we're both interested in the same things. And we both like the same sports and hey, we're really good people. And I get that person. Angie: Well, I think it's interesting that we have, like you said, the high school is very culturally diverse A few years ago, I think it was 74 different languages spoken there. I don't remember if Trasa: I think it's 75. Now, but yeah, it's pretty close. Angie: It's amazing. But one of the things when I went in the military, we didn't have a well with the high school there. We didn't have as diverse a school at that time. But it was still very diverse. And I had friends of every socio economical group, every social group, Belden campus, every nonsocial group. And when I went in the military, I felt like I was well, well prepared. Absolutely. My son has said that to you know, he says, he feels he can talk to anybody about anything, because he has this this background from what he learned at school. What he also found was some of those other people. And I'm not saying whether it's a skin color, a faith or anything like that. Some of the other people look at him, and they see a straight white guy from Texas, and they can't get past it. Yeah, he's fine. But he they can't get past right. And they can't be friends with him. Because they see that and, and it kind of throws him for a loop. He's like, wait a minute, you know, my mom's had a, like six different countries represented around our dinner table at one night in you can't accept me. Right? Right. So, it's a little bit of a different feel when it comes to that, but I encourage him to embrace those moments, because it tells a little bit more about what some of the things that happened back in the day. And by embracing those moments, he could prevent them from happening in the future, Trasa: and he can be a representative to that person, right? And teach them hey, we can be friends, regardless of that, you know, and, and your judgment might not be correct for, you know, and that's what people, that's what the personal interaction does is it helps people see past that first impression that you Oh, my gosh, you know, like, people look at me, and they just go, Oh, you know, she's like her family. And so some people are, you know, are afraid to, you know, to have a connection with me, because they're, they're afraid that my opinions are the same, or, you know, or not, you know, and so it's really interesting to have that, you know, you have to be an ambassador almost, you know, for you for yourself and just say, you know, look, I'm not I'm not like that it's not what you're imagining, right, that my experience has been, is not true. You know, people always think it's really funny. People always think that, like, I grew up very wealthy, because of my family being so successful now, and we actually had a lady come from WFAA to interview me a couple of years ago. And they drove up to my house and they came in and they go, we thought we were in the wrong neighborhood. And I said, Oh, you did. And she was like, we thought that this is a really like middle class neighborhood. And you would live in like a really fancy house. And you know, your house is lovely, but it's not like it's just on a regular block. And it's just, you know, it's a 2000 square foot house. Angie: Right, you’re approachable Trasa: Yeah, and so she was so but it was so funny, you know, that she thought I was going to live in a mansion, right? Because of who my family was. And I was like, oh, man, you know, it's not who I am, like, you know, even if we had all that money in the bank, which we don't, but I wouldn't live, you know, are in other places. I like where I live, right? Angie: So we're coming to the close to the end of the show. So what are some other things that you would like to share with the audience today about who you are, what you're passionate about, what you would like to challenge the audience to do, any of that stuff? Trasa: Gosh, um so we’ve talked so much, mean, I feel like I've talked a lot about those things. But I am passionate about kids. That is, you know, probably the number one thing I never thought that I would be family oriented. I always thought I'd be a career woman. And family was a far distant second. And God had a total different plan. For me, I was married by the time I was 21. And then had a child by 22. And you know, have four boys and stayed home for 12 years, which was not on my plan whatsoever. So I'm passionate about kids, but I also am passionate about God. He has done marvelous things for me, and I have a great life and a great balance right now. And so, I just I, you know, there were periods in my life where I wrestled with God. And I disagreed. And I thought I had a better plan than he did. And I and it never worked out. And so, he was always right. I mean, teachings, one of those things, I never wanted to be a teacher. And I fought it, and then ended up saying, fine, God, I'm going to do it, but it's going to not work out. And then of course, I love it and I love the kids, and I love what I do. So, I would say, Well, number one, follow what God's plan is for your life. You know, even if you wrestle with a little bit, that's okay. Jacob wrestled with God. And he was still, you know, one of God's favorite people. So you know, God doesn't do, he doesn't demand unquestioning obedience from us, he demands obedience, but you can question all you want along the way, you know, so you may not agree, but he's going to take you where you want to go and whether you know it or not, you know, and then I just, and I'm passionate about public policy, I just think, you know, what we do matters and what our decisions are at the public level matter to our lives. And so I would strongly just encourage people, a couple of things, one, if you're not involved with the educational community, in your area, you know, schools or public places, you can go observe a class, you can go get involved, we have a great program at our school called, called Trojan talk, where we have community mentors come in once a month, and spend time with the same group of kids over the year. And so, you know, we'd love to have people come and join us for that. So if you live in, you know, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, if you want to be part of the Trojan talk community, you know, come see me, email me, we are always looking for people who want to be involved with kids, and you know, and they need good mentors, they need people from outside the school, they look at me, and they say, Oh, she cares about us, but she's a teacher, she has to care about us, you know, they don't realize that I choose to care about them. Yeah, I choose to be a teacher, because I do care about them. But they need outside people for that. The second thing is get involved in your community in some way. You know, it doesn't have to be politics, even. It can be volunteering. I'm a huge advocate for volunteering, there's an organization called six stones in Bedford that I'm on the board of and we haven't we have an actual a back to school event coming up on August 10 that you can volunteer for if you look at six stones.org. And so you know, volunteer, get involved, do something that's outside your little bubble of your house, because you know, and if you're in a position where like, you've got four kids, and they're small, don't feel bad, that you're still in your house in your little bubble, because that's God's plan for you right now I have I have a dear friend who she's always saying, Oh, I wish I could travel like you, I wish I could do the things you're doing. And she's got two little boys who are six and four, and a husband who's National Guard. So, he's gone every other weekend. And I said, Honey, your time will come, now God has you in this place for a reason, you know, you'll have this time to travel and do other things a little bit later. So just kind of be aware of you know where your spot is, and where God's calling you to be. And then get involved as much as you can. Angie: I like that verse from Micah 7:7 that says, I'll wait and hope for my Lord, because I know he sees me. And so in those moments, you know, like your friend right there, and several other women I've been talking to lately is, you may be in that waiting season, and for what you're really hoping to do. But there are so many things that you can do and touch where you're at right now, shaping the young lives of our future generations is one of them. And so, in honor of having you here today and honor of you being a teacher getting ready to go back to school, and all of that stuff, I think you touched on it earlier about being present and being involved. We do a little segment at the end called EVERYDAY DIVAS and, and this week, I'm going to put out Julie Cole as our EVERYDAY DIVA for the week. And the reason I'm doing that is because Julie Cole was some I met when our kids were in high school and she was everywhere. I mean, woman is everywhere. She now serves on the school board for our district. And she just started out being a mom, just serving where there was a need in the school where her kids went to school and being present. And being able to say, Yes, I can do that or She even said no, a lot. But not as often as she said yes, I think I mean, she said no a lot to a lot of great things. Because she knew she was set up for even more things than what she was stepping towards, works a full time job has her kids has her husband, all of that stuff. But she is one of those people that is going to live all along living life day to day every day, not looking for any shout outs, not looking for any praise. But we want to just honor that she not only stepped forward and just saw a need and met it. But she kept moving forward, and she leads our school board very well, and is another mate a great community builder. So today, DIVAS, if you're out there, I want to challenge you to be a community builder, whether it's your community in your home, or it's your community, in your church, your school, whatever that is, we want you to be a community builder. But every day, just remember to make an impact, whether it's big, whether it's small, a positive impact on those that you do, you have a choice as to what battles you engage in. And we're going to keep moving forward. So, thank you so much. Trasa Robertson Coburn, I didn't want to throw that out at the beginning, because I wanted to build up to that. And I wanted people to get to know you for who you are for all of that. Because we shared some amazing things today that really just helped me a lot. I know a friend of mine, this weekend shared something about all the voters in you know, we all vote for the big elections. But we don't always show up for the midterms or the the community elections. And those are where we can really start shifting the paradigm. And eventually, those are the people who got beat up the chain to the big elections. So, I really appreciate your time today. And I look forward to visiting with you. And we're going to have her social media and website and all of that in the comments of the podcast. So be sure to go and like, follow her. Send her comments, tell her how she inspired you today. And I just thank you so much for being here today. Trasa: Thank you so much for having me. Angie: All right.
In this episode I look at the rise of Abe Lincoln as a force to be reckoned with in national politics. I also look at the way the parties were starting to divide in the 1850's with the death of the Whig Party, the birth and death of the American Party, and the birth of the Republican Party.
With the Whig Party appearing poised for a major breakthrough in 1840, Abraham Lincoln campaigned hard, showing a desperation that led him to attack individuals and fall back on the shameful race-baiting that defined his youth. Toward the end of the year, he became involved with a young woman in Springfield, named Mary Todd.
The Republican Liberty Caucus head Matt Nye joined us. Looks like there's some major movement in the Mueller Probe. The so-called Bulldog is leaving to go spend more time with his family and he will assume a teaching position to help free wrongly convicted innocent people . I wonder if some of them will be people he put away. Show me a failing city and I'll show you a democrat mayor. The evidence is ample! In some cities, the last non-democrat mayor was a Whig Party member. No wonder Johnny can't read, write or do 'rithmetic.
The Republican Liberty Caucus head Matt Nye joined us. Looks like there's some major movement in the Mueller Probe. The so-called Bulldog is leaving to go spend more time with his family and he will assume a teaching position to help free wrongly convicted innocent people . I wonder if some of them will be people he put away. Show me a failing city and I'll show you a democrat mayor. The evidence is ample! In some cities, the last non-democrat mayor was a Whig Party member. No wonder Johnny can't read, write or do 'rithmetic.
In the commercial village of New Salem, Abraham Lincoln began gathering friends and allies who helped launch his political and professional career -- and later, mythologized him.
The United States won the The Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and with it vast new stretches of western land. But in the 1850s, the question of what to do with this land – and whether to allow slavery in the new territories or not – became a redning issue for politicians of all stripes.While the Whig Party collapsed over the issue, Democrats split into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Republican Party tried to bind the Union with an appeal to old Jeffersonian values. But in the houses of Congress and across the nation, negotiations fail, compromise is abandoned; and the issue of slavery will overshadow all else, leading to Civil War.Support this show by supporting our sponsors!
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernised the economy.Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Lincoln grew up on the western frontier in Kentucky and Indiana. Largely self-educated, he became a lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party leader, and was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, in which he served for eight years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Philosopher George Santayana penned one of academia's favorite quotes: "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." I know I have used it often when my kids are complaining about why they need to learn about the Whig Party or the Magna Carta. Could this same truth be applied to fear? What if we understood our history with it, where it came from, and what it has done? Could understanding the history of fear perhaps free us from the doom of its despair? A history lesson in fear, its source, its solution, and a ticket out of its vicious cycle - this Sunday at Mendham Hills.
When the Texas War of Independence ended on April 21st, 1836 there were many in the newly formed Southern Republic that believed it would be openly welcomed into the United States as a part of the Union. Yet, there was more to consider than just territorial expansion. President Andrew Jackson had remained neutral on the issue during the Revolution that begun in his final year in office, believing that Texas wouldn’t be able to stand alone or maintain its independence against the newly formed Centralist Republic of Mexico. As the slavery question raged on he didn’t want to give an issue to the anti-slavery candidates by recognizing the large slaveholding nation that, in his opinion, was doomed to failure. Martin Van Buren, his successor, would recognize Texas as free and independent in 1837 but he was unwilling to welcome a new state that would ultimately shift the equilibrium struck with the 1820 Missouri Compromise, which established the balance of free versus slave states in the Union. At any rate Mexico refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly seceded nation. To welcome it into the United States would be to welcome hostilities with that southern neighbor, hostilities that could very easily escalate into war. Still, less than a decade after Texas first won its independence, a series of events would occur that would see the Lone Star Republic being welcomed as the 28th State in the Union on December 29th, 1845. When William Henry Harrison was elected President few people perhaps foresaw him dying within 32 days of his inauguration and Vice President John Tyler ascending to the highest office of the land. With 8 men having served before Harrison none had failed to serve the full tenure of the office. Yet as pneumonia made the now 68-year-old Harrison’s Presidency the shortest in history, Tyler had to take the reins. Soon it would begin to crumble. His opponents would refuse to recognize his legitimacy referring to him as the Acting President or as the Vice President, the majority of Cabinet would resign, finding him impossible to work with, he would be expelled from the Whig Party and forced to remain as an independent. The Senate would hold up or reject his cabinet appointments, which had, until that point, been practically unheard of, and by 1842 the House, outraged by his use of a veto on the Tariff Bills the Whigs favored, was seeking to bring articles of impeachment against him, something that had, until that point had been more constitutional theory than anything else. Though it ultimately was tabled, Tyler was dying a slow political death. Yet if there was a path to saving his Presidency Tyler believed it laid through Texas, it could even, in his mind, secure his re-election in 1844. Yet it would not be soon enough and the hopes he had of securing his own mandate faded even as treaties were signed. As he faced tough opposition in the House and Senate, and setbacks, he looked to another path. A Democrat before he joined the Whig Party that saw his election on the Harrison ticket, as he shifted towards the Democratic Party once more, they were not yet willing to welcome him back to the fold, and as James Polk was nominated by the Democrats, Tyler formed his own new Democratic-Republican Party, styled in the form of the late Thomas Jefferson under the slogan “Tyler and Texas”. Ultimately his goal wouldn’t be win, the chances of that had slipped through his grasp. It was to appear as a potential spoiler and to strike a deal with Polk to force him into an annexation position. Polk and Tyler would enter a secret pact at the encouragement of Andrew Jackson, a supporter of annexation, where Tyler encouraged his supporters to back the Democratic nominee having been assured that Polk would push annexation. In the end the Democrats would win the Presidency by a narrow margin, 49.5 to 48.1% in the popular vote, 170 to 101 seats in the Electoral College. Texas would be one of Polk’s first orders of business. Tyler’s legacy would not be safe, despite believing that Texas’ admittance in the Union would vindicate him. For him, the saving grace was that he would go from being considered one of the worst Presidents in history to the obscure. Still, he would perhaps be best remembered not for Texas but for being the only former President to side with the Confederacy during the Civil War, serving not only in the Virginia Secession Convention but the Confederate Congress before his death in 1862.
Pulitzer Prize–nominated former Wall Street Journal reporter Ronald G. Shafer tells the colorful story of the election battle between sitting president Martin Van Buren, a professional Democratic politician from New York, and Whig Party upstart William Henry Harrison, a military hero who was nicknamed "Old Tippecanoe" after a battlefield where he fought and won in 1811. Shafer shows how the pivotal campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" marked a series of firsts that changed presidential politicking forever: the first presidential campaign as mass entertainment, directed at middle- and lower-income voters; the first "image campaign," in which strategists painted Harrison as an everyman living in a log cabin sipping hard cider (in fact, he was born into wealth, lived in a twenty-two-room mansion, and drank only sweet cider); the first campaign in which a candidate, Harrison, traveled and delivered speeches directly to voters; the first one influenced by major campaign donations; the first in which women openly participated; and the first involving massive grassroots rallies, attended by tens of thousands and marked by elaborate fanfare, including bands, floats, a log cabin on wheels, and the world's tallest man.Some of history's most fascinating figures—including Susan B. Anthony, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, Thaddeus Stevens, and Walt Whitman—pass through this colorful story, which is essential reading for anyone interested in learning when image first came to trump ideas in presidential politics. Ronald G. Shafer was an editor, reporter, and columnist at the Wall Street Journal for thirty-eight years, based in Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, DC, where he was the political features editor. In 1990 he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. Shafer is now a freelance writer and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
It's time to hear about those crazy Whig folks. Henry Clay was one. Abraham Lincoln was one. John Quincy Adams was one. Thomas Jefferson was NOT one. So... what's a Whig all about anyway? Let's find out! ______________________________ Check out Jason's other show - Online Marketing Guys! ______________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On The Gist, a refresher course on the Whig Party with the American History Guys: professors Peter Onuf, Ed Ayers, and Brian Balogh. They host the BackStory podcast. For the Spiel, tuning in to ISIS news without freaking out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On The Gist, a refresher course on the Whig Party with the American History Guys: professors Peter Onuf, Ed Ayers, and Brian Balogh. They host the BackStory podcast. For the Spiel, tuning in to ISIS news without freaking out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disclaimer: We apologize for the sound quality this week. Ben just moved and hasn't set up his new studio yet. So he basically had to record in an echo chamber. Bear with us - the content is still good! The Democrats say “Thanks, but no thanks” to Pierce and the Republicans run for the first time. Join us as we discuss... Franklin Pierce's presidency getting off to a rough start, the (further) death of the Whig Party, Republicans running for the first time, and more! ______________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We miss Henry Clay already... Join us as we discuss... how the Compromise of 1850 impacted Millard Fillmore's presidency, the deaths of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and the Whig Party, Franklin Pierce's election, and more! ______________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out! ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Shadow of Ideas - History, Politics, and Current Events on the Edge
In the last episode, Raymond discussed the major political events of the 19th Century, ending with the Compromise of 1850. Continuing on, he begins with the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which became the most important event leading to the American Civil War. With the resulting destruction of the Whig Party, an immediate backlash causes the formation of the Republican Party. As Conservative tempers flair, Senator Charles Sumner is severely beaten on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The Dred Scott Decision uses the provisions of the 5th Amendment to allow slave owners to take their "property" anywhere in the United States. The Election of 1860 results in the balance of power in the Federal Government shifts decidedly to the North. South Carolina secedes, along with other Southern states and they form the Confederate States of America. On the next episode, Raymond is joined by The War Nerd, Gary Brecher, to discuss the Civil War itself. Show Reference Notes: South Carolina House Approves Removing Confederate Flag The Georgia Platform Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Introduce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union Correspondence of Sherman, Hood, and the Mayor of Atlanta The Shadow of Ideas Website: shadowofideas.com Email: shadowofideas@gmail.com Become a Patron: http://www.patreon.com/shadowofideas Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shadowofideas Follow us on Twitter: @shadow_of_ideas Subscribe in ITunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-ideas-history-politics/id995813969
You won’t see the sea with Andrew, Pat, and Pete, but you will trivia the trivial in this week’s podcast. Our special guest for round three is Jen from Gloucester! Jen joins the Whig Party, Pat talks Napoleon’s hemorrhoids, and Andrew tries to throw the game to spare Pete’s feelings. We also Desert Island Swap … Continue reading 19. Don’t Knock Bridge with Jen from Gloucester →
Join me when my guest will be T.J. O’Hara. Mr. O’Hara is a strategic consultant, political commentator, author and professional speaker. He has appeared on a wide variety of radio and television programs both nationally and abroad (including his political commentary on One America News Network every Tuesday).In 2012, Mr. O’Hara was the leading independent candidate for the Office of President of the United States. He was honored to receive the Whig Party’s first presidential endorsement since the 1850s and achieved the distinction of being named the first “Virtual” President of the United States by the web-based “We Want You” poll that measured the merit of the candidates’ solutions as opposed to their ability to raise and spend money. Mr. O’Hara dominated that poll by receiving 77.91% of the vote as compared to President Obama’s 5.81% and Mitt Romney’s 5.23% (who finished the second and third, respectively).For over 25 years prior to entering the political arena, T.J. O’Hara served as a strategic consultant and chief executive who specialized in facilitating corporate turnarounds. He has demonstrated a unique ability to provide situational assessments, identify solutions, and build cross-functional teams in businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies across high-tech, low-tech and no-tech sectors.We’ll be talking news, politics and a whole lot more.
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
Here's the story of the rise and fall (and rise again) of the Whig Party.
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