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B Actor reading a script written by the people in his administration that pursued actions and supported policies that had implications for voter access and participation, primarily impacting communities of color: Appointing conservative judges: Reagan appointed several conservative judges to federal courts, including the Supreme Court. These appointements influenced subsequent rulings that weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA). For example, in 1982, the Supreme Court case City of Mobile v. Bolden limited the VRA's reach by restricting its application to "intentional" discrimination, instead of "effects-based" discrimination, making it harder to challenge voting practices that disproportionately affected minorities. Supporting voter ID laws: The Reagan administration encouraged and supported the enactment of voter ID laws in various states. While proponents argue these laws prevent voter fraud, critics argue they disproportionately disenfranchise minority voters who may lack government-issued photo IDs. Opposing the VRA extension: In 1982, when the VRA was up for renewal, Reagan initially opposed its extension, arguing it was no longer necessary. However, facing bipartisan pressure and public outcry, he ultimately signed a 25-year extension of the VRA. Cuts to legal aid: The Reagan administration's budget cuts affected legal aid organizations, which often assist minority communities in registering to vote and challenging discriminatory voting practices. These cuts limited access to legal resources and made it harder for certain groups to exercise their voting rights. His crown jewel was a big lie.

Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue - OA PDF: https://lnkd.in/g7guRd4G Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue documents the public lives and personal friendship of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, from their first meeting as delegates to the Second Continental Congress to their deaths on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This study takes a look at some of the famous correspondence between the two statesmen who devoted their lives to a new chapter of freedom and self-government. Peterson draws an extended parallel between the backgrounds, experiences, personalities, and intellectual styles of Adams and Jefferson and examines their work in the achievement of independence and the design of new governments for Massachusetts and Virginia. While Adams and Jefferson had much in common, their ideas of human nature, history, society, and government included many differences that would reveal themselves in the course of time. Merrill D. Peterson looks at Adams and Jefferson's relationship across their lives, including their disputes in the midst of the coming French Revolution, their excitement for the establishment of a new American government under the Constitution, their contest for the presidency in 1796, and their eventual reconciliation. #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AmericanRevolution #FoundingFathers #EarlyRepublic #Federalists #DemocraticRepublicans #Politics #PoliticalFriendships

In the 1980s Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher built a new conservatism around markets and freedom. Today Donald Trump, Viktor Orban and a motley crew of Western politicians have demolished that orthodoxy, constructing in its place a statist, “anti-woke” conservatism that puts national sovereignty before the individual. These national conservatives are increasingly part of a global movement with its own networks of thinkers and leaders bound by a common ideology. They sense that they own conservatism now—and they may be right. More in The Economist #auspol > https://loom.ly/JMifdl8

Today I recognize Juneteenth Day and provide you with a little history. June 19, 1863 was the day 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to emancipate more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state who were the last under Confederate control. Texas, as the most remote state of the former Confederacy, had seen an expansion of slavery because the presence of Union troops was low as the American Civil War ended; thus, the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation had been slow and inconsistent there. To put it into perspective, June 19 was 900 days after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect from Abraham Lincoln. The post-emancipation period, known as Reconstruction (1865-1877) marked an era of great hope, but also uncertainty and struggle for our nation. In 1996, the first federal legislation was introduced to recognize Juneteenth Day, but it wouldn't become a federal holiday until 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the bill. Until then, it had been recognized as a commemoration or holiday in some US states by 1980, including Texas. Happy Juneteenth, America! #juneteenth #independenceday #america

"Vive la Républic !" a commentary by Simeon Morrow BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA: we Westerners believe that public figures are charged with voicing our hopes, dreams, discontents and pain and inspiring us to action. Violence against, and suppression of, political voices is simply not who we are or what we do: that’s Vladimir Putin’s Russia - a sterile political body that throws healthcare professionals out of windows because of honest diagnosis, military leaders turn their tanks on each other because of strategic disagreement and political courage is rewarded, quite fittingly, with poisoned underwear. It’s Bastille Day and high time for us to honor the sacrifices our Western compatriots have been making since before 1789 and 1776. What better way than by unanimously voicing our disapproval of the assassination attempt against Former U.S. President Donald Trump? An attack against Former President Trump is an attack against the West. Like it or not, he is one of our representatives: our societies are so strong and resilient that we defend the right for all political voices to be heard. Yes, unto death we will defend even a voice calling for the end of our republican rights. Vivent les Républics ! #bastilleday #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #vivelafrance #Republic #IndependenceDay #democracy #VladimirPutin #alexeinavalny #Navalny #Republicans #Democrats #liberty

Simple, well done, and straight to the point.

On this auspicious day, as we commemorate the birth of our great nation, let us reflect on the enduring principles of independence, liberty, and democracy that our forefathers fought to uphold. #IndependenceDay #AmericanHistory #Patriotism What does this day of national significance mean to you? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Excellent piece. The Party of Reagan is lost but its current concerns should be taken seriously, not ignored. Liberalism (small “L”, it is called Libertarianism in the United States) will prevail because freedom (including free markets) are in fact the cause of progress and the Republican Party is not the natural home of doomsday thinking and isolationism. The world exists, the Marshall Plan was enlightened and triggered a period of previously unimaginable growth; in the long run America will see this and find its way again. For now, securing our borders, supporting free speech, protecting our democratic processes and restricting the growth of government are a good start.

All summed up perfectly!!

THE FRAGILITY OF FREEDOM IS ALWAYS A TENUOUS BALANCE WTHIN ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. WHO RULES TGEN? CESAR AND HIS LEGIONS, THE SENATE, OR THE PLEBEIANS? “Cooperating with tyranny. Another difference between the two types of dictatorship is that Eastern Europe’s Communist dictatorships sought public participation, while Latin America’s right-wing military dictatorships sought public silence. In Latin America, although many influential people endorsed the ideologies that gave rise to murder and torture, one can point to a few hundred men who committed the actual crimes. The Eastern bloc dictatorships were conspiracies of all of society. Just as almost everyone was a victim of Communism by virtue of living under it, almost everyone also participated in repression. Inside a Communist regime, lines of complicity ran like veins and arteries inside the human body. Even the most natural responses of self-preservation were also, in a sense, acts of collaboration.