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The Latest Breaking News from Thomas Jefferson

The Sedition Act of 1798 famously expired on March 3, 1801, and purported to punish false and malicious statements about the Federalist President John Adams and the majority-Federalist Congress, not about the Democratic-Republican Vice-President Thomas Jefferson. This is often mentioned as evidence of the Federalists' partisanship in enacting the Act.…

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The best of high school baseball 2023

Top shot from around the diamond in '23.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Montana House Rep. Zooey Zephyr's censure shows that American standards of political decorum are failing

A Montana District Court judge has rejected Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s attempt to return to the House floor following Republican lawmakers’ moves that blocked her from entering or speaking in the House chamber at the end of April 2023.

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No Cloud Required: Chatbot Runs Locally on iPhones, Old PCs

A brand new open-source project called MLC LLM is lightweight enough to run locally on just about any device, even an iPhone or an old PC laptop with integrated graphics.

Tom’s Hardware

Start planning now for the 2024 eclipse

There's a trick to figuring out the optimal viewing site. Here's what you need to know to plan

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80 is different in 2023 than in 1776 – but even back then, a grizzled Franklin led alongside a young Hamilton

President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s running for another term raises concerns for many Americans. At his potential second inauguration, he would be 82, beating himself in becoming the oldest among American presidents.

The Conversation

Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past

The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.

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Biden issues second veto of his presidency

Welcome to the Wednesday, April 12, Brew.

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Kale: Discover the 'secret powers' of this superfood

Although it may seem like it, kale isn't a new vegetable. Thomas Jefferson experimented with several varieties of kale at his Monticello estate in the early 1800s. It's long been popular in northern Europe and now throughout the U.S. Before becoming a popular salad green, kale was often used in…

Tribune News Service

A history of U.S. presidents and hush money payments

The term hush money dates back centuries, and it's been applied to various scandals involving presidents for nearly as long as the U.S. has been a country.

WEKU

Denver police to put armed officers in 11 high schools after shooting of 2 administrators

DENVER — Twelve police officers will be stationed in 11 Denver high schools beginning next week in response to the recent shooting of two East High administrators by a student.

The Denver Post

Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss review – our vexed relationship with our feathered friends

From the guanay cormorant to the tree sparrow, the writer shows how consistently humans get birds wrong

The Guardian - UK

American evolution: ‘1776’ revisits pivotal moment in US history via diverse, present-day perspective

The oft-rousing and well-truncated book by Peter Stone — celebratory but not without a recognition of the deeply imperfect compromises the union is built on — is wrapped into a standard-issue musical comedy aesthetic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Hiltzik: COVID deniers think a new study says mask mandates don't work. They should try reading it

What is it about conservative COVID deniers and masks?

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Free Immigration Is a Core American Value

Just consider the policies that the Founding Fathers embraced.

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U.S. Presidents and Chicago: 234 years of presidential connections

With parks, school, statues, expressways and even a water-pumping station named for them, there are many ties between the Windy City and the 45 men who have served as president of the United States.

Zenger

America’s Oldest Black School From 1760s Virginia Moves To Colonial Williamsburg

Christian reformers taught free and enslaved black children to read before the American Revolution in Virginia’s then-capital.

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As the nation has changed, so has the State of the Union speech

In the era of primetime coverage, the State of the Union offers a rare opportunity for a president to address — and for members to be seen by — a truly national television audience.

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Biden's hypocrisy on Julian Assange

Ben & Jerry's co-founder: Joe Biden stood up for press freedom as a candidate — but backtracked in the White House

Reason

"Plain Text"

When the Second Amendment's plain text covers conduct, it is presumptively protected.

The Conversation

How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth's pilgrims

President Abraham Lincoln instituted the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863 after the Union victory at the battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War. It was not a new idea – in 1789, President George Washington had proposed a yearly presidential proclamation of each annual Thanksgiving…

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"Why Not the Right to Earn a Living?"

In today's Golden Glow Tanning Salon v. City of Columbus, the Fifth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Edith Jones, joined by Judges James Ho and Cory Wilson, rejected an Equal Protection Clause and Takings Clause challenge to COVID lockdowns. This is a straightforward, and in my view a clearly…

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Author reminds Americans that Samuel Adams was a revolutionary before he was a beer

Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.

Salon

Pence opposes freedom from religion

"The radical left believes that the freedom of religion is the freedom from religion," says Pence

The Guardian - US

America is built on a racist social contract. It’s time to tear it up and start anew

From the civil war to the January 2021 insurrection, the white nationalist response to democratic defeat has been to attempt to destroy US institutions and our national agreements. We shouldn’t tolerate this

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