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His accomplishments as president were overshadowed by his criminal acts. No, not that guy – Richard Nixon. Learn how a lifetime of foreign policy culminated in actions that are still felt today - and the two-hundred years that precipitated his abandonment of the gold standard in 1971.
The Warren Report was not well-received by the American public when it was released in 1964. What were some of the problems within and without the Report that caused people to lose faith in their government?
The Warren Report was not well-received by the American public when it was released in 1964. What were some of the problems within and without the Report that caused people to lose faith in their government?
On this sixtieth anniversary of the assassination of president John Kennedy, we will examine not 'the man who accompanied Jackie to Paris' but Jackie herself – the woman who redefined the role of first lady for a modern nation. Jackie was not merely the 'wife of the president' but a force onature separate and distinct from the Oval Office.
Join us as we sojourn through the life, trials, and achievements of Jackie B.
On August 8, 2022, FBI agents raided the Florida residence of former president Donald Trump, seizing more than three hundred classified documents. Although decried as a political maneuver by Trump supporters and Biden opponents – the two do not necessarily intersect – the real question is one of presidential power. Is the president accountable to the laws of the executive just as any other citizen or do the president’s proclamations carry the weight of and supersede statutory law?
James and Marc debate the customs and realities of presidential power on Truth and Other Lies: Mishandled.
If you know someone who prefers travelling in a conveyance to driving in a car that person might be an adherent of the Sovereign Citizen movement: people who believe themselves capable of outmaneuvering judicial systems using obscure loopholes in the United States Code and creative interpretations of the Constitution.
They believe themselves to be beyond the law and think they can manipulate the law to effect that belief. Discover the origin and tactics of this peculiar ideology in Citizen, Sovereign.
At 15:23, Marc uses the word claim when referring to tax returns. In this context, claim is synonymous with return.
Area 51 is as much a part of the American lexicon as Coke, Kleenex, and malignant narcissist. However, like television and Phylo T. Farnsworth, Area 51 is only half of the story. The other half of the story is Bob Lazar, the man who brought Area 51 to the attention of most of the world.
We all know about Area 51, but what about Bob?
Many of the conspiracy theories that pervade America’s social consciousness as fanciful dalliances had less than auspicious origins. Some of our favorite conspiracy theories grew from seeds of discontent sown by people resistant to potential realities.
Join us as we wade through the spectrum to explore Left-Wing Conspiracies.
Each political faction in America has a litany of ghost stories and urban legends they tell themselves to reinforce their perceptions and justify their value systems.
These ghost stories are usually known by a different term: Conspiracy Theories.
Conspiracy theories are as American as apple pie and fake wrestling. While most are as harmless as the cocktail party musings over the authenticity of the moon landings, others have destroyed lives.
American society has an uncanny history of bifurcating support for issues: assuming a position on one side or the other and overlooking nuance and shades of gray. This propensity for polarization has led to the American body politick being divided into the unimaginatively named factions of Left and Right.
How did we get here and is it working for us?
Join the Jacobins to learn how Americans are Splitting the Spectrum.