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From Jefferson's "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" to Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you," #inaugural addresses have produced some of the most memorable phrases in American political history.

A historian discusses their lasting impact: theconversation.com/a-brief-hi #politics #InaugurationDay

The ConversationA brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today
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Right. Far right.

Introduced by George Conway:

"The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?"

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Today / #InaugurationDay #2025

>> Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk’s Straight-Arm Salute

> “Incredible things are happening already lmao,” wrote Gab founder and Hitlerbot innovator Andrew Torba_

#TrumpVirus in #Muskville #nauguration #fascism #Nazi #salute

Poor Fellini (missing this) - Poor planet, people, nature.... :-(

Rolling Stone · Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk’s Straight-Arm SaluteBy Tim Dickinson

Regarding Musk's Nazi salute.
Of course you'll be told that that wasn't what it was; that's how this thing works.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
-- Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
#InaugurationDay

An important reminder today:

“Actually, time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively. More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be coworkers with God, and without this hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the forces of social stagnation. We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.”

#mlk #mlkday #inaugurationday

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi via @TheAtlantic

The Atlantic · Letter From Birmingham JailBy Martin Luther King Jr.