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After being radicalized as a teenager, Stephen Miller served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. Recruited to Trump’s campaign, Miller met his idol.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: December 31, 1999 - The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigned from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
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There was no calm before the storm. Donald Trump’s electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between Washington and Beijing, putting the most important relationship of the twenty-first century in the hands of a novice.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: December 30, 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed. Its roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917.
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The author recounts the ACLU's stormy history since its founding in 1920 to fight for free speech.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: January 19, 1920 - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded. The ACLU developed from the National Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), co-founded in 1917 during World War I.
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Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: January 18, 532 CE - The Nika riots in Constantinople failed. The rioters demanded that Justinian dismiss the prefect John the Cappadocian and the quaestor Tribonian.
Do "In God We Trust", the Declaration of Independence, and other historical "evidence" prove that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law?
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TODAY IN HISTORY: January 17, 1893 - Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
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The author shines a light on the conservative assault on women’s freedom, cutting through the misinformation and overwhelm to inform, engage, and enrage.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: January 16, 1883 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, was enacted by Congress.
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Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory”, and scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians' rhetorical repertoire.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: January 15, 1962 - The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BCE, was found in northern Greece.
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Through blatant lies, deep cover-ups, and high-level collusion with government and media, Big Pharma has continuously put profits over people with dangerous results.
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