Wall Street Journal: “Looking back to 2000, though, one element is much the same: Regardless of what the Supreme Court does, its own reputation is likely to suffer. With about half the population sure to be disappointed in a decision fundamental to the nation’s direction, it could hardly be otherwise.”
Quote of the Day
“They got drunk, painted themselves like Indians and pushed tea bags into the Boston Harbor, which we in Rhode Island think is pretty weak tea compared to blowing up the goddamn boat and shooting its captain. But you know, all those Massachusetts people went on to become president and run Harvard… So they told their story, and their story, and their story.”
— Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), quoted by the Washington Post, arguing that Rhode Island’s 1772 attack on the HMS Gaspee was more important than the 1773 Boston Tea Party.
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Myths of the Boston Tea Party
Smithsonian Magazine: “Contrary to popular belief, the 1773 protest opposed a tax break, not a tax hike. And it didn’t immediately unify the colonies against the British.”
Making Richard Nixon Great Again
Politico: “Among a small but influential group of young conservative activists and intellectuals, ‘Tricky Dick’ is making a quiet — but notable — comeback. Long condemned by both Democrats and Republicans as the ‘crook’ that he infamously swore not to be, Nixon is reemerging in some conservative circles as a paragon of populist power, a noble warrior who was unjustly consigned to the black list of American history.”
“Across the right-of-center media sphere, examples of Nixonmania abound. Online, popular conservative activists are studying the history of Nixon’s presidency as a ‘blueprint for counter-revolution’ in the 21st century. In the pages of small conservative magazines, readers can meet the ‘New Nixonians’ who are studying up on Nixon’s foreign policy prowess. On TikTok, users can scroll through meme-ified homages to Nixon. And in the weirdest (and most irony laden) corners of the internet, Nixon stans are even swooning over the former president’s swarthy good looks.”
Flashback Headline of the Day
Texas Commission Pressured to Remove Books on Slavery
The Texas Historic Commission was pressured into removing books about slavery from the gifts shops of two slave plantation historic sites it oversees, Texas Monthly reports.
Sandra Day O’Connor Is Dead
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died, CNBC reports.
O’Connor was 93 years old.
Henry Kissinger, the Hypocrite
Ben Rhodes: “Mr. Kissinger lived half of his life after he left government. He blazed what has become a bipartisan trail of ex-officials building lucrative consulting businesses while trading on global contacts. For decades, he was a coveted guest at gatherings of statesmen and tycoons, perhaps because he could always provide an intellectual framework for why some people are powerful and justified in wielding power.”
“He wrote a shelf of books, many of which polished his own reputation as an oracle of global affairs; after all, history is written by men like Henry Kissinger, not by the victims of superpower bombing campaigns, including children in Laos, who continue to be killed by the unexploded bombs that litter their country.”
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Henry Kissinger Is Dead
“Henry Kissinger, a scholar, statesman and celebrity diplomat who wielded unparalleled power over U.S. foreign policy throughout the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford, and who for decades afterward, as a consultant and writer, proffered opinions that shaped global politics and business, died Nov. 29 at his home in Connecticut,” the Washington Post reports.
“As the only person ever to be White House national security adviser and secretary of state at the same time, he exercised a control over U.S. foreign policy that has rarely been equaled by anyone who was not president.”
Americans Glimpse Jimmy Carter’s Frailty and Resolve
New York Times: “His face was pale and gaunt, his legs were wrapped in a blanket, and his eyes never seemed to make contact with the family members huddled around him. But on Tuesday, Jimmy Carter was there, in the front row of a church in Atlanta, just a few feet from the coffin holding Rosalynn Carter, his wife of 77 years…”
“That he would make such a trek in his condition was, to some, shocking — and, to his family, worrisome.”
“And yet, it was also very true to form: a display of the tenacity, bordering on stubbornness, that has been a defining characteristic of Mr. Carter, the longest-living president in U.S. history.”
First Ladies Unite at Rosalynn Carter’s Memorial
“In any other circumstance it would have been a shocking sight. But it was only fitting that in her death Rosalynn Carter, the pioneering woman who turned the role of first lady into a job, did one final thing no one else has been able to do this year: lure Melania Trump out of Mar-a-Lago and back into the public eye. Not only that, but she created a situation in which Mrs. Trump was seated right next to Michelle Obama,” the New York Times reports.
“Mrs. Trump has eschewed almost every major event since leaving the White House in January 2021, including her husband’s several court appearances (the rare exception being his November 2022 announcement that he was once again running for president). But on Tuesday, as is custom, she joined the three other living former first ladies — Mrs. Obama, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush — as well as Jill Biden, the current first lady, at the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta, for Mrs. Carter’s memorial service.”
Quote of the Day
“Take it seriously… This is what authoritarians do. This is what fascists do.”
— Presidential historian Michael Beschloss, quoted by the HuffPost, on Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric.
The Day My Father Scared America
A.B. Stoddard: “My father had a story to tell that no one wanted to hear. He was repeatedly warned not to, even by the White House. But he wouldn’t retreat until he had dragged President Reagan, and the whole country, through the simulation of nuclear war.”
“Forty years ago last night, 100 million viewers (out of roughly 234 million Americans) tuned in to The Day After on ABC, making it the most-watched movie in television history. The Nielsen ratings showed that 62 percent of TVs in use on the night of Sunday, November 20, 1983 were tuned in to the movie. And nearly every American had heard about it.”
Melania Trump Praises Rosalynn Carter
Melania Trump used X — and not her husband’s Truth Social — to pay tribute to Rosalynn Carter, who died on Sunday.
Said Mrs. Trump: “Rosalynn Carter leaves behind a meaningful legacy not only as First Lady but as a wife and mother. We will always remember her servant’s heart and devotion to her husband, family, and country. May she rest in peace.”
Rosalynn Carter Is Dead
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter passed away at her home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 96.
Washington Post: “The Carters had been married for more than 77 years, the longest presidential marriage in U.S. history, and spent the final months of their time together at the family home in the town of Plains, in southwest Georgia.”
The Least Productive Congress Since the Great Depression
“With only 21 bills making it into law halfway into November, the 118th Congress, controlled by Republicans in the House and Democrats in the Senate, is on the most sluggish pace to make law since the Congress that met during 1931 and 1932,” the HuffPost reports.
“Back then, Herbert Hoover was president, the Great Depression had started and talking movies were still new.”
‘Morning in America’ Eludes Biden
“President Ronald Reagan rode a ‘Morning in America’ message to a blowout re-election victory in 1984, based partly on warm feelings about his economic performance,” the New York Times reports.
“Today’s economy is similar in many ways to Mr. Reagan’s as he entered that campaign, with one big difference: There is widespread voter angst over the incumbent’s economic stewardship.”
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