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2021/05/16 12:00 Today in History Today is Sunday, May 16, the 136th day of 2021. There are 229 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 16, 1939, the federal government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, New York. On this date: In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. In 1868, at the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, 35 out of 54 senators voted to find Johnson guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” over his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, falling one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict; the trial ended 10 days later after two other articles of impeachment went down to defeat as well.
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Shame on Oklahoma delegation
Courage. Truth. Country. Support of Democracy. Sadly, these words do not describe a single member of Oklahoma’s delegation to the United States Congress.
Cowardice. Lies. Cult. Tyranny. Sadly, these words do describe every current member of Oklahoma’s delegation.
The stark failure of Oklahoma’s delegation to put country before self was brought sharply into focus by the strength of character shown by Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming.
Cheney put courage, truth, country and democracy before her personal interests. Even when threatened with removal from her Republican leadership position and the possible loss of her seat in the House of Representatives, Cheney did not waiver.