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deeply, deeply concerning. >> you are a historian, ruth. what are some historical conspiracies for this plan? >> sadly, in order to have a culture, a bureaucratic and governance culture that supports autocracy, you have got to have the right people. we have seen this already in the gop. the right people are, of course, the wrong people. the worst people possible. the lawless people. the people who are already corrupt. trump did this, in his first term. he had people in his circle and in his civil service who are already corrupt. for example, so many people who disregarded the hatch act. that is like a contagion. for people who comply with corruption, this is a recipe and starting with, when the fascists did this, they would recruit in prison. they would recruit criminals to be in a civil service because that set the right kind of tone.
The Special Operations Executive (SOE), also known as Churchill’s Secret Army or “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”, was a British organization that operated during World War II to support local resistance movements and fight against the Axis powers. The SOE was formed in 1940 by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to
On the night of January 21, 2023, Brandon Tsay, a 26-year-old from California, emerged as a hero by bravely disarming a gunman during the Monterey Park shooting. Tsay, who helps manage the Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio in Alhambra alongside his family, was overseeing a Lunar New Year Celebration when
Abu thought that national unity was vital for the country to define a shared vision. However, for him, unity did not imply total integration into one mega tribe. He preferred unity in diversity
One of the last surviving female agents who served during WWII in the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) passed away recently.Nicola Pauline Marie Trahan parachuted into occupied France when she was only 17.Unlike other agents, notably Phyllis Latour, who passed away last October at the age of 103, very little
Gerald Hensley, the former diplomat, historian, public servant and raconteur who worked at the heart of government with Sir Rob Muldoon and David Lange, has...
January, 1943.French Resistance agent Denise Bloch, 26 years old, hikes through the Pyrenees on her way to Spain. Wearing a skirt and half-length coat, she makes the trek on foot, in sub-freezing cold, at high altitude. She is lucky; already she has narrowly evaded capture by the Gestapo, not to
UPDATE February 8, 2024The story of Robert Smalls has gained a lot of attention since I wrote this article in 2020. PBS has aired 2 segments and there are two movies in development about his daring escape.Robert Smalls (1839-1915) was born a slave in South Carolina. During the Civil War,