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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, 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 Mildred…

  • Film & Television,  History,  Politics,  Resistance

    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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    Hamilton Broadway Cast Presents A Wonderful and Amazing Song About The Election of 2024!

    Sign for Hamilton on Broadway, New York The Election of 2024

    The Election of 1800 Performed By the Hamilton Cast This is an important song from the second act of the legendary Broadway show “Hamilton.” The real election of 1800 was a very important event in American history, and it was so intense that it is sometimes referred to as The Revolution of 1800. The producers and writers of Hamilton decided to get out the vote by rewriting the lyrics of the show for the 2024 Presidential election – the most important election in modern history. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the music for the groundbreaking show, is also serves as the Co-Chair of When We All Vote. The Election of 2024…

  • Journalism,  Publishing

    Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Was Released From A Russian Prison On August 1, 2024

    Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich Is Free

    Wall Street Journal Reporter Has Being Released From A Russian Prison I recently wrote about Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. He was released from a Russian prison in a prisoner exchange. Also released were Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza, who won a Pulitzer Prize from columns he wrote in his prison cell, and Alsu Kurmasheva. He should never have been kidnapped by Putin in the first place. His release was joyous, but as a friend of his at The Guardian writes: I knew, too, that those 70 weeks in prison would be time that this young man could not reclaim – and that these long months of fear and uncertainty…