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James Hasson
JamesHasson20
Project Lincoln folks in 2016: “This is not a binary choice between Trump and Clinton. Do the moral thing and vote for McMullin.”Project Lincoln folks in 2020: “This is a
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Today In History
HistoryCalendar
Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, also named Abraham Lincoln (1744-1786), was shot and killed by a Native while working his field in Virginia. His son Mordecai (the eldest of three), ran to
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James W. Loewen
JamesWLoewen
WaPo published a piece today that cherry-picks Lincoln's statements about slavery to present a leader who didn't give a damn about it, just wanted to save the Union. By so
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LoadedWithTRUTH
StoppedAgo
(Short thread)WAS THE CIVIL WAR ABOUT SLAVERY?Researchables galore. The short answer, yes. But not like you think. Did your history book tell you about how Russia actually came to Lincoln's
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White House History
WhiteHouseHstry
Seventeen-year-old Lavinia “Vinnie” Ream arrived at the White House in 1864 to make a portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln. (1/9)Image Credit: Library of Congress President Lincoln agreed to let
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JazzieeB
Bdwal359
THREAD:George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, believed the white race was superior and that Jews should be liquidated & Blacks needed to be sent back to Africa.
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isi baehr-breen (its pronounced ‘izzy’)
isaiah_bb
wait i didn't even realize this - 2/3 of the lincoln project's expenditures - more than $40 million! - was spent on two political communications firms, each owned by one
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Janvier
JanvierUK
I've been thinking about Abraham Lincoln. Well, mostly about his hat. Because that's one of the first things you think about when you picture him, right? The stovepipe hat.But what
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Nick Murhling
MickNurhling
remembering a time in elementary school when they brought some random local celebrity in to speak to us and before leaving he offered to shake all of our hands because
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Stephen Leccese
srleccese
July 1863 is definitely too early to call it inevitable. Sure the Union was superior in men and materiel by this point, but there were still 2 full years of
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Edward Ongweso Jr
bigblackjacobin
fuck every grifter behind the lincoln project but rick wilson in particular https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1315447885060878341 the lincoln project is just a home away from home for a critical mass of republican grifters—like
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Aidan Smith
aidan_smx
The conclusive reason that the Lincoln Project is a grift is that it’s an organization with the stated purpose of convincing Republicans to vote Biden but only tailors its message
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Mark Hertling
MarkHertling
Gettysburg is one of my favorite places, I’ve been there hundreds of times. It’s extremely wise for @joebiden to go there to speak about national unity and our values. Lincoln’s
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Rob Pyers
rpyers
#NeverTrump @ProjectLincoln raised $16.8M in Q2, drawing several six and seven figure checks from a handful of Democratic megadonors, spent $4.6M on independent expenditures, $2.28M on operating expenditures, and ended
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Benny
bennyjohnson
TEAR DOWN PRESIDENT LINCOLN STATUE IN WASHINGTON DC Hundreds of (mostly white) protesters have shown up.Why? Because this statue honoring the signing of the emancipation proclamation is “racist.”Where did the
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wish @ pride/wrath month
pixelwishes
Ok I’ve seen a lot of fellow white people using Lincoln as a crutch like this. So History Lesson Time: here’s why Lincoln’s first motivation was keeping the union and
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