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The Amar Brief in Moore Should Not Be Embraced: Part 2

Oral Argument in Moore v. United States will be held on Tuesday. Must taxes on unrealized gains (crucial for a future wealth tax) be apportioned equally among the states?

Reason

Trump suggests he has done more for Black Americans than Lincoln

Ex-president could be making inroads with Black voters as Biden struggles with unpopularity and age concerns

The Independent UK

Cass Sunstein on Unifying Principles of Liberalism

The famed Harvard law professor tries to outline a set of principles liberals - broadly defined - can agree on. And it's a strong effort, even though I have a few caveats and reservations.

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Why JFK’s assassination remains a mystery

Fascination with unanswered questions over the fourth presidential assassination persists, writes Graeme Massie

The Independent UK

JFK: 60 years on from assassination, what do we know and what remains a mystery?

Fascination with unanswered questions over the fourth presidential assassination persists, writes Graeme Massie

The Independent UK

‘The Lincoln shiver’: a visit to the Soldiers’ Home, a less-known Washington gem

The house Abraham Lincoln used to escape the White House exerts unusual power, 160 years after the Gettysburg Address

The Guardian - US

Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − the military park shows what national ‘reconciliation’ looked like for decades after the Civil War

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers had been killed, wounded or captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, later seen as a turning point in…

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We have zombie Republican presidential candidates, enabled by an undead media

The Republican race is grotesque: Trump’s rivals pretend to be viable candidates, and the media pretends to ask them questions

The Guardian - US

Searching for the perfect republic: Eric Foner on the 14th amendment – and if it might stop Trump

The Pulitzer-winning historian of the civil war and Reconstruction considers one way in which some hope the former president can be stopped from retaking office

The Guardian - US

One Wild Comic Book Fact About 32 Major Marvel Characters

Marvel Comics characters have been through a lot, and some of it gets really weird.

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Bannon used Confederate code words to describe Trump speech, book says

Jonathan Karl says far-right ally used phrase ‘Come Retribution’ – linked to plot to assassinate Lincoln – in wake of March speech

The Guardian - US

‘You want your senators to read books’: Todd Young talks politics and AI - Roll Call

“Existing laws and regulations will help us address most of the risks,” says the Indiana Republican, who’s carving his own path on the Hill.

Roll Call

Third Party Candidates Shouldn't Get Their Hopes Up

If Joe Manchin or Larry Hogan thinks he’ll be elected on a No Labels ticket, he’ll be sorely disappointed.

Reason

Today’s Republican Party has abandoned its roots

The party first turned its back on its values in 1876 by agreeing to dismantle Reconstruction. Ever since, power rather than principle has been its driving motive.

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Seth Meyers: Republicans ‘have a knack for creating history in the most embarrassing way’

Late-night hosts react to Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal from speaker of the House and far-right proposals to replace him with Donald Trump.

The Independent UK

An Abe Lincoln photo made during his 1858 ascendancy has been donated to his museum in Illinois

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has obtained an original 1858 photograph of the future president with an interesting backstory

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Ford's Theatre tickets from the night Lincoln was assassinated sell for $262,500

The two tickets match the marks of what's thought to be the only other used ticket from the night John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865.

The Independent UK

Rare theatre tickets from night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated sell for $262,500

A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — has sold at auction for $262,500

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Rare tickets to Ford’s Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500

A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — has sold at auction for $262,500

WEKU

Past impeachments, products of their times, often produced unintended consequences

Previous instances of presidential impeachment have each had contexts unique to their own political moments. These considerations have mattered as much as the alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Salon

PragerU rewrites the Civil War, Jan. 6

Abraham Lincoln is portrayed making arguments that sound like modern Proud Boys begging a judge for forgiveness

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois governor’s mansion haunted by history, hijinks, heirlooms and art — but no ghosts

First lady M.K. Pritzker gave columnist Michael Sneed a tour of the quietly elegant, Illinois artist-infused, dreamily redecorated mansion and exclusive details on the book she’s written about its history and secrets.

Salon

Can't we all get along? Actually, no

Liberal "elites" are too mean to their MAGA fellow citizens, argues David Brooks. Jeepers, not that argument again

The Guardian - US

March on Washington: the day MLK – and Dylan and Baez – made hope and history rhyme

Sixty years ago, at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King changed America. But there was more to the day than just his ‘I have a dream’ speech. There was music too

The Independent UK

At March on Washington's 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights

Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress

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