John Troupe

All views my own...and probably wrong

[John Troupe @troupe_john]

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[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

For America’s educators, this is a great day: You’re going to have one of your own in the White House, and Jill is going to make a great First Lady.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Please protect our beloved United States from those who will not try to protect our democracy from danger until they find it politically safe to do so.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

RT if you think we need a new Congress.

[Eugene Gu, MD @eugenegu]

Marsha Blackburn sent two armed US Marshals to my home in Nashville to subpoena me to Congress for the fetal tissue research that Trump ended up using to save himself from the coronavirus while nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court so that she can ban it permanently.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”

--Mitch McConnell, February 2016 (within an hour of Justice Scalia's death)

[John Troupe @troupe_john]

@TheOrangeEagle_ Thanks Dr. Brewer! I definitely needed that today.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

RT if you want to see Congress pass legislation prohibiting the use of tear gas in the U.S.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

In 1790, President George Washington wrote to Jewish congregations of Newport, Rhode Island, that the US Government "gives to bigotry no sanction,” adding his hope for Jewish Americans that "every one shall sit in safety” with "none to make him afraid."

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Thurgood Marshall was nominated by LBJ as first African American Supreme Court Justice, today 1967: #LBJL

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, ended bans on interracial marriage, today 1967 (Mildred and Richard Loving): #Miller

[Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep]

AG Sessions said migrant children separated from parents have no legal or "moral right" to lawyers, GOP Cong. John Faso: "I don't agree... We gave the Nazis at Nuremberg counsel. I think anyone appearing in an American judicial proceeding needs to have counsel." @MorningEdition

[The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @Gilder_Lehrman]

"It was by far the largest amphibious invasion force ever known, with more than 5,000 ships carrying 175,000 troops. "

D-Day took place 74 years ago today. Learn more about this pivotal moment in WWII in this essay by historian Antony Beever. https://t.co/5lxcEo6ZWl #OTD #sschat

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

“Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.” —Richard Nixon to David Frost, 1977

[The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @Gilder_Lehrman]

On this day in 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act went into effect, overturning the Missouri Compromise & ushering in the "Bleeding Kansas" confrontations between pro- and anti-slavery groups, including John Brown's attack at Pottawatomie Creek. Learn more: https://t.co/okqxyP7nJG #OTD

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

RFK campaigns in Crawfordsville, Indiana, 50 years ago this month: #Eppridge

[Halls High Baseball @Halls_Baseball]

Halls HS baseball tryouts will be May 29-30 and June 4-5 from 11-1 at the baseball field. You need a physical dated after April 15.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

After impeachment, Andrew Johnson escaped Senate conviction by one vote, 150 years ago today:

[John Troupe @troupe_john]

@MDIII @Fultonhoops @mlingerfeltFHS @fultonprincipal Best of luck!