PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Host, MSNBC on Peacock TV “Fireside History.” Born in Chicago. Williams College.
American political life in a different galaxy—1956 Democratic convention, Chicago: #Getty
Freedom Riders John Lewis and John Zwerg (removing broken teeth) after being beaten, Montgomery, Alabama, today 1961:
Poster for “Most Exciting Program Ever Staged!”—JFK’s 45th birthday celebration, Madison Square Garden, sixty years ago tomorrow night:
Amelia Earhart become first woman to fly across Atlantic Ocean solo nonstop, ninety years ago this week:
Madison Cawthorn has just written that “the time for gentile politics as usual has come to an end."
Latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: "47% of registered voters...say they will support the Democrat on the ballot in this year’s Congressional Midterm Elections. 42% think they will back the Republican."
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On cold night, seeing Secret Service agent outside Oval Office, JFK asked him inside but was told he couldn't—Kennedy brought out two cups of hot chocolate, which they both drank in the cold—years later, the weeping agent said, “That’s the kind of President I’ve been serving."
In America, our Presidents have generally avoided strongman balcony scenes — that’s for other countries with authoritarian systems.
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