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    All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (2021) | Book Review

    All The Frequent Troubles of Our Days Book Cover

    All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2021 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days describes the life and death of Mildred Harnack. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. Historians identify Mildred Harnack as the only American in the leadership of the German resistance, yet her remarkable story has remained almost unknown until now. All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days by Rebecca Donner When…

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    A Night at the Garden: A Frightening American Nazi Rally in 1939

    American Nazi rally in New York City, 1939

    American Nazi Rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1939 The German-American Bund decided to hold a large Nazi rally on February 20, 1939. It was designated on the sign outside as a “Pro American Rally.” Here is a poster for the rally: There were many thousands of Anti-Nazi protesters outside Madison Square Garden. Now they would be known as ANTIFA. Field of Vision released this startling documentary in 2017. It is frightening seeing so many Americans doing the Nazi salute in 1939. Were some of them true believers? Did some of them change their minds later after Germany invaded country after country? Several months later, on September 1,…

  • Politics,  Resistance

    John Oliver On A Terrifying Second Trump Term Using Project 2025

    Second Trump Term John Oliver

    John Oliver: Trump and Project 2025 This episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was produced when Joe Biden was still the presumptive Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Since then, Kamala Harris has become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. This is an absolutely AMAZING video. Oliver is able to take us through the terrifying reality of a possible second Trump term utilizing Project 2025 but always does it with his unique sense of humor. It’s just brilliant. This video has almost 10,000,000 views. Project 2025, Explained The ACLU explains just how dangerous Project 2025 would be: Project 2025 is a federal policy agenda and blueprint…

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    Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Is Bringing A Powerful Message Of Joy In 2024!

    Tim Walz Minnesota

    Tim Walz Is The Governor Of Minnesota Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 Presidential elections! He is a very popular governor. You can see why in this great video by Keith Edwards: 5 Minutes and 27 Seconds of Tim Walz Being AWESOME. While he is most famous for signing a bill to guarantee free school lunches for every child in the state (that’s why the children are hugging him in that video!), he has also done many great things for the state of Minnesota! His Accomplishments As Governor of Minnesota Some of Tim Walz’s Signature Accomplishments: His Background Walz was…

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    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (2019) | Book Review

    American spy: A Woman Of No Importance Book Cover

    A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2019 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon American spy: In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.” The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill’s “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and–despite her prosthetic leg–helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we…