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To put #Hegseth into perspective, read the bio of Henry L. #Stimson previously Secretary of War and Secretary of State under #Republicans before #FDR chose him.
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
In dictatorships there can be no party divisions. For all men must think as they are told, speak as they are told, write as they are told, live — and die — as they are told. In those countries the Nation is not above the party, as with us; the party is above the Nation; the party is the Nation. Every common man and woman is forced to walk the straight and narrow path of the party line, not strictly speaking a party line, but rather a line drawn by the dictator himself, who owns the party.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1941-03-29), Jackson Day Radio Broadcast, U.S.S. Potomac
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
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The #Nazis went from calmly noting the death of #FDR to seeing it as an omen of miraculous delivery, echoing that of Russian Empress Elizabeth in 1762 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/britain-prussia-russia-and-the-galitzin-letter-a-reassessment/8D3184A02EC139B13C6EB639BDF476B3
Even serious historians often erroneously speak of the death of Catherine the Great (r 1762-96) #WTF
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13 April 1945: Post-Dispatch covers the unexpected death of #FDR
Although #Nazi #Germany initially responded with equanimity--"unlikely to affect war"--it soon came to see #FDR's death as a miraculous opportunity, as
@nytimes reported two days later. https://nyti.ms/1iCvlpF
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13 April 1945: St. Louia Post-Dispatch covers the unexpected death of President #Roosevelt
We must remind ourselves that, when #FDR died, Vice President Harry S. #Truman was a largely unknown quantity to the public. The paper included photo essays on Truman & the transition
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80 years ago
13 April 1945: Saint Louis Post-Dispatch covers the unexpected death of President Franklin Delano #Roosevelt the preceding day.
Mourning for #FDR in the US and Allied countries was widespread and profound.
Here, photo of a "Negro Prayer Service"
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They refuse to compute & understand the conditions that led up to the #FDR / #SocDem style of reform for prosperity & hegemony which was pushed by violent & non-violent class struggle many #Socialist, #Marxist, #Communist, #Anarchist protests like the #CoalWar for example.
That Era will not come back, no matter what #Progressive people who're tied to the #Democrats say, it will not come back.
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There's good reason not to trust #SocialDemocrats & #FDR fetishists who literally see us as the enemy, rightfully so, as we don't agree with your way which has failed ever since the late 1890's of electing better #Democrats.
Where has it gotten you? It got you your #Progressive #dems end up being careerists who #organize into Top-down fundraising orgs as every Democratic orgs with no membership rights nor duties as the #DemocraticParty isn't held accountable.
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#FDR never aimed to fight fascism.
He came to take the dual opportunity,
- grap the British Empire for nothing
- establish a fortress on the continent
"MAGAmoron expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days"
ICYMI, this is the same law #FDR used to send #Americans of #Japanese ancestry to #concentration camps as an excuse to loot their land and property. Does anyone know the 
IP address at #Manzanar bc that's prob where I'll soon be logging in.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/alien-enemies-act-deportation-consideration/index.html
CNN · Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days
Franklin D Roosevelt addressed the nation OTD in 1930 in the first of his "Fireside Chats" https://toilet-guru.com/fdr.html?s=mb #history #fdr
Toilets of the WorldFranklin Delano Roosevelt's ToiletSee Franklin Delano Roosevelt's toilet on board his C-54 Skymaster 'Sacred Cow', his U.S. Presidential aircraft. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
Franklin D Roosevelt addressed the nation OTD in 1930 in the first of his "Fireside Chats" https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-roosevelts/?s=mb #history #fdr
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreTheodore and Franklin Roosevelt in New YorkTheodore Roosevelt was born in New York, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. How to see their homes today.
US President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act OTD in 1941, allowing US supplies to be shipped to the Allies https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-roosevelts/?s=mb #travel #history #fdr
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreTheodore and Franklin Roosevelt in New YorkTheodore Roosevelt was born in New York, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. How to see their homes today.
US President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act OTD in 1941, allowing US supplies to be shipped to the Allies https://toilet-guru.com/fdr.html?s=mb #history #fdr
Toilets of the WorldFranklin Delano Roosevelt's ToiletSee Franklin Delano Roosevelt's toilet on board his C-54 Skymaster 'Sacred Cow', his U.S. Presidential aircraft. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
“Almighty God: [..] With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace, a peace invulnerable to the scheming of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, D-Day Prayer, June 6, 1944,
#FDR
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2. "Only total victory can reward the champions of tolerance, and decency, and freedom, and faith.”
Excerpt From
Awakening the Spirit of America
Paul M. Sparrow
“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, September 11, 1941 radio address.
Awakening the Spirit of America
Paul M. Sparrow
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“It is, therefore, proof—if any proof is needed—that our confidence in the future of democracy has not diminished in this Nation and will not diminish.” #FDR
"[A nation] must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, June 30, 1941, Hyde Park
Awakening the Spirit of America
Paul M. Sparrow
#AwakeningTheSpiritOfAmerica #paulmsparrow #fdr #books #bookstodon
"never in the history of the world has a nation lost its democracy by a successful struggle to defend its democracy. We must not be defeated by the fear of the very danger which we are preparing to resist. Our freedom has shown its ability to survive war, but our freedom would never survive surrender. The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 27, 1941
Awakening the Spirit of America
Paul M. Sparrow
#AwakeningTheSpiritOfAmerica #paulmsparrow #books #fdr