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Radio Show Date: May 19, 2014

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Loathing Lincoln author Dr. John McKee Barr

You can also find previous episodes on YouTube here.

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I got off a plane earlier today from the Move To Amend bi-yearly executive committee meeting. That meeting made me more resolved to bring our politics in a manner distilled for us all. Politics must not be for a lucky privileged few. After all, it affects us all.
It is for this reason that I promised to bring politics home. I promised to bring it in a form that means something to you. In that light, today Politics Done Right is honored to have professor of History at Lone Star College-Kingwood, Dr. John McKee Barr as our guest. Dr. Barr is the author of the award-winning new book from LSU Press titled Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition from the Civil War to the Present which  explores critics of Abraham Lincoln from the 1850s onward. Loathing Lincoln examines major themes and personalities in American history, including federal versus state power, the meaning of freedom and equality, and American imperialism.

This is not just an academic exercise. I have asked Dr. John J. Theis to join the discussion. Dr. Theis is a Political science professor at Lone Star College-Kingwood (LSC). Most importantly he uses LSC’s Center for Civic Engagement to bring political engagement to the campus. He leverages that engagement to encourage kids to enter the body politic outside of the campus.

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But let’s get to the Blog of the Week.

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Blog of the week

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My Blog Posts Of The Week

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• TikTok influencer’s horrifying healthcare story is one we will likely live with as well.
• How Republicans will hurt rural people with this IRS pullback and US Postal Service privatization.
• Spineless greedy parasitic CEOs are sucking up to Trump, a clear and present danger to all.
• SAY NO! The US Postal Service is more efficient than FEDEX & UPS yet Trump wants to privatize it
• This Bernie interview is how health insurance killing ways go unchallenged by the mainstream media.
• Andrea Mitchell: We found the deep state. It’s the Trump first administration’s DOJ.
• Why solving America’s problems requires a willingness to look in the mirror with clear lens.
• The proper analysis of the Luigi Mangione and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson story.
• Mainstream media “real news” makes clear why MAGA exists.
• Sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “chemicals” poisoned Texas farmers’ land & livestock.
• A European’s thoughts about America’s grave sin in reelecting Trump.
• Senior Citizen caller refused to accept the Medicare Advantage SCAM from the insurance company.
• SAY NO TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: It is a SCAM that’s desperate as the enrollment deadline approaches.
• Progressives want America’s lousy healthcare system to be more like these countries.
• Don’t fall for the con Trump had the smallest win not a mandate
• How can we design houses and buildings that are resilient to climate change, that can survive
• How is crowdsourcing of data gathering helping us keep track of environmental issues?
• Now that we are a few decades into the process of removing dams, how are the fish ecosystems doing?
• Is it true that using robots can help us reduce our carbon footprint?
• I often find old tennis balls in a nearby park, likely lost by dog owners.

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