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Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Biden for wanting to complete the work of Lyndon Johnson and FDR. Now he's using her speech in an official ad.
She compared Biden's agenda to that of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and President Franklin De…
Madison Hall
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams compares himself to FDR during the Great Depression
"FDR, like ELA, understood that people needed an honest reckoning of the problems and bold plans to…
Jake Lahut
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It's time for the US to let renters unionize like FDR did for workers 87 years ago, a public policy professor says
San Francisco recently passed the country's first "right to organize" ordinance for renters, which …
Jason Lalljee
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Moderate Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger says Americans didn't elect Biden to be FDR
On Saturday, President Biden was asked about Spanberger's comments, which elicited a smile from the…
John L. Dorman
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5 symbolic moments you may have missed from Zelenskyy's White House visit and historic address to Congress, from his green sweatshirt to quoting FDR
Zelenskyy quoted an FDR speech from World War II and gifted Congress a Ukrainian battle flag during…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Black homeowner had her white friend represent her during an appraisal. The value of her home shot up by $149,000.
The Indianapolis Star found a Black homeowner's home value shot up when a white friend stepped in. …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's stimulus looks bigger than the New Deal, economics professor says
"We've never done this," professor Leonard Burman said of Biden's spending, saying that FDR's New D…
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden is bringing back the weekly presidential address on YouTube. Here's how former presidents Trump and Obama first addressed the nation.
President Joe Biden on Saturday restarted the tradition of a weekly address to the nation on YouTub…
Kevin Shalvey
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Some Jewish advisers to FDR told him not to publicly speak out against Hitler — fearing it would further stigmatize and create harsher conditions for Jews in Germany: doc
Jewish Americans in the 1930s were conflicted about responding to the Nazi's persecution, and press…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Trump compared himself to Churchill and FDR as he defended lying to the American people about the dangers of the coronavirus
Critics noted that while the wartime leaders were bluntly honest about the dangers faced, President…
Tom Porter
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Kevin McCarthy said in an hours-long floor speech that no one elected Biden to be FDR, prompting AOC to shout 'I did!'
Rep. Kevin McCarthy went on for almost three hours ahead of the House vote on the Democrats' social…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Tom Brady uses famous FDR quote after ignoring COVID-19 warnings from the NFL
Tom Brady seems to be telling the NFL that he is going to keep hosting his workouts whether the lea…
Tyler Lauletta
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Bernie Sanders praises Cardi B for supporting FDR and Social Security
"Like, this man was suffering from polio at the time of his presidency, and yet all he was worried …
Bob Bryan
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Inside the heavily-armored presidential train, which leaders from FDR to Reagan used to criss-cross the country, campaigning in style and luxury
Though presidents had travelled the country by rail since the 19th century, it wasn't until 1942 th…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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How FDR kept his partial paralysis a secret from the American public - even while he was on the campaign trail
"Roosevelt was able to stabilize himself in a standing position at a podium only by firmly gripping…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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FDR was roasted and compared to Hitler for moving Thanksgiving to stretch out a truncated holiday shopping season that was even shorter than the one we're facing in 2019
Then, in 1941, FDR relented. The New York Times reported that, after discovering that "Franksgiving…
Áine Cain
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Trump slightly misquotes FDR's famous speech and Melania cites the wrong date on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor
Thursday is the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese assault on a US naval ba…
Peter Jacobs
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FDR was right - the biggest thing investors have to fear is fear itself
"The banking woes across the bond and sharply weaker equity markets in periphery countries like Gre…
Bob Bryan
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Greece's finance minister channels FDR: 'I welcome their hatred'
Earlier this week, a participant of the April 24 meeting in Riga, Latvia, called
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