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A staggering 75 per cent of US presidents have Scottish roots – but why?

“My mother was great. She was a Stornoway,” Donald Trump confusingly told an American podcast earlier this month ...

The National (Scotland)

What is the Electoral College and why is 270 so important?

The Independent UK

The election the founding fathers wanted

Experts say Harris is right about Trump: America's founding fathers would've deemed him "treasonous"

Salon

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Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris shows how big a role music is playing in the 2024 election

Music generates passion and emotion, so it’s little surprise that popular tunes have been featured in presidential contests since the days of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The Conversation

Malcolm Gladwell's Invented Facts Make Good Stories

His "Revisionist History" podcast can amount to historical fiction

Reason

Oh-Oh: Trump, 78, Indicates At Rally That People In Their 80s Shouldn't Be Signing Documents

And he called Elon Musk 'Leon' at Wisconsin campaign rally, sparking renewed questions about his mental acuity

International Business Times

The US presidential race will be fought over competing definitions of ‘freedom’

Throughout American history, freedom has been defined, in large measure, by its limits

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All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years

People change their opinions. As my husband says, “I always reserve the right to get smarter,” paraphrasing Konrad Adenauer, the former chancellor of Germany.

The Conversation

Republican group cites notorious Dred Scott ruling as reason Kamala Harris can’t be president

Group also challenged right of Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley to appear on Republican primary ballots

The Independent UK

Supreme Court ruling may put presidents above the law – but even kings never were

Many observers say a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision from July 1, 2024, turns presidents into kings – but they underestimate how truly radical the ruling actually may be. In fact, though the court’s majority said it was honoring constitutional tradition, it appears to have created something entirely new: a…

The Conversation

Pennsylvania continues tradition as ‘keystone state’ in presidential elections

Pennsylvania’s role as a swing state in presidential elections is a modern continuation of a characteristic noted as early as 1802. At a rally celebrating the election victory of President Thomas Jefferson, Pennsylvania was reportedly referred to as “the keystone of the federal union” – a keystone being the central…

The Conversation

How Smithsonian curators scavenge political conventions to explain the present to the future and save everything from hats to buttons to umbrellas to soap

Thousands of Republicans, from a presidential candidate to grassroots party members, began assembling in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024, for that quadrennial political ritual, the party convention. Political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History were there, too. They’re self-described “scavengers” of the physical objects that make…

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"Not just some isolated incident": Trump's potential running mate alleges Biden's involvement in shooting at Pennsylvania rally

The potential running mate of former US President Donald Trump, JD Vance, has blamed former US President Joe Biden's campaign for the shooting at Trump's campaign rally in Pennsylvania's Butler. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Terroir noir: wine’s hidden colonial history needs to be uncorked

Around a thousand people are gathered in Washington DC for Wine + Culture Fest, a four-day celebration of the black wine experience featuring black winemakers, sommeliers, chefs and enthusiasts. Wine connoisseurship has a reputation for being largely white, male and European, so the idea of a black world of wine…

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The Independent UK

‘Stay in school’: Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked over July 4th gaffe

Georgia representative was ridiculed for muddling up details about the signers of the Declaration of Independence

The Guardian - US

A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’

The note, valued at $40,000, is for sale in honor of Fourth of July, also the 198th anniversary of Jefferson’s death

The Guardian - US

Public artwork reframes US history of enslavement through Jefferson’s valet

The Descendants of Monticello shifts focus from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Hemmings, his enslaved teen valet

The Conversation

Julian Assange has been in the headlines for almost two decades. Here’s why he’s such a significant public figure

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” is a famous quotation usually attributed to Thomas Jefferson, a founder of US democracy.

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How Jefferson and Madison’s partnership – a friendship told in letters – shaped America’s separation of church and state

Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state.

Reason

The Supreme Court's Dubious Use of History in Department of State v. Munoz

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion includes significant errors, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s dangerous attacks on rule of law have US historical precedents

Past politicians tried to undermine democracy. They failed because Americans refused to tolerate their wrongdoing

Reason

President Biden Should Pardon D.M. Bennett

Issuing a posthumous pardon for Bennett would reaffirm our nation’s commitment to free expression and intellectual freedom.

Reason

The Dark Side of Alexander Hamilton

The first treasury secretary's plans would have created cartels that mainly benefited the wealthy at the expense of small competitors.

Salon

If not impeachment, recusal

What has Chief Justice John Roberts let become of the court?

The Conversation

Americans break election ties in crazy ways − and jeopardize democracy in the process

Commentators and observers are concerned about the possibility of a tie in the November 2024 presidential election. One possibility is that both major-party candidates end up with 269 electoral votes – one short of the 270 required to claim victory. Another scenario is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appears…

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