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"As Teddy Roosevelt’s Statue Falls, Let’s Remember How Truly Dark His History Was" by Jon Schwarz

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Thanks again to James, who contributed this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Jon Schwarz Nazism was an outgrowth and the logical culmination of the European colonialism celebrated by Roosevelt. People pass by the Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue in front of the the American Museum of Natural History on June 22, 2020, in New York City.   Photo: TImothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images NEW YORK CITY’S  American Museum of Natural History  announced Sunday  that it will remove its famous statue of President Teddy Roosevelt from its sidewalk entrance. The museum’s president emphasized that the decision was made based on the statue’s “hierarchical composition” — Roosevelt is on horseback, flanked by an African man and a Native American man on foot — rather than the simple fact that it portrayed Roosevelt. The museum, co-founded by Roosevelt’s father, will keep Roosevelt’s name on its Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, and Theodore R...

Sign Of The Times Topic: Democrat Party Voters Becoming More Militaristic and Pro War Than Republicans

By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept 1/12/2019 “A core ethos of the anti-Trump #Resistance has become militarism, jingoism, and neoconservatism.” https://www.sott.net/article/404797-As-Democratic-elites-reunite-with-Neocons-the-partys-voters-are-becoming-far-more-militaristic-and-pro-war-than-Republicans