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Our Founding Fathers gave us a more perfect union, that has lasted 235 years.  For the sake of our children and our grandchildren, we must have a rebirth of freedom, a rebirth of our laws, and we must defend all of our Institutions. Every single American must now decide in the election year 2024 whether they still believe in those Founding Fathers, in that U.S. Constitution, our flag, and most importantly all of our well-structured American Institutions.  Check out my blog post https://wix.to/tcvUhLC #newblogpost

On this Memorial Day, we remember the selfless sacrifice made by the brave men and women who gave their lives to protect the rights and freedoms of every American. We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends who mourn the loss of their loved ones and thank those service members who have served or are currently serving our nation. 🇺🇸 https://swansonsweet.com/ #SwansonSweetLLP #AttorneysAtLaw #LawFirm #Milwaukee #Madison #Oshkosh #WisconsinAttorney #WisconsinLawyer #WisconsinLaw #BusinessBankruptcy #BusinessBankruptcyAttorneys #BusinessBankruptcyLaw #BankruptcyAttorney #BusinessLaw

A reminder of why many of us have today as an official holiday. Learn more about the legacy of Juneteenth and some of the reforms advocates are fighting for in DC ➡️https://lnkd.in/ewtvAqvY

Well spoken and accurate

On this #MemorialDay, let's honor the enduring significance of justice and the #RuleOfLaw, principles for which countless service members made the ultimate sacrifice.

Shooters in houses of worship. Gangs attacking mass transit commuters in New York. Deadly road and club/bar rage. Youngsters killing youngsters. Antisemitic, racial attacks on campuses and public spaces. Media that feeds on and entertains with violent news clips and programming. Political circles that further divide for advantage. We have long since abandoned our dedication to civil society and become a house divided. We are strangers to one another and to ourselves. The center no longer can hold. And enemies are at the door. So where do we go from here? First, we need to take a long look at ourselves. Do we in what we say and do contribute even in a small way to the discord/negativity around us? Do we look for/bring out the best or the worst in others? How does that reflect our attitude toward ourselves? Do we do exactly what our employer/client wants even if that may not be for the best of our community? Do we spend most of our time working and what’s left with family/friends? Do we ever spend time in prayer? Perhaps it’s a good time to reflect on the Civil War – in which more people died in our country than in all the wars combined – and meditate on what President Lincoln said at Gettysburg. https://lnkd.in/esTB3uBf

#thinkingoutloud: Nikki Haley is only partially right in her response to the question about the 'what was the main cause of the civil war." The root cause of the civil war was slavery. The impetus of the war began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, which was the beginning of the Civil War. However, the economics of the system of slavery, the election of Republican President Lincoln in 1860, lack of political control in the south, territorial expansion westward denying entry into the union with slaves, and states rights were issues, too. The southern states wanted to eliminate the federal laws in place to keep slavery. Whereby, the southern states seceded from the union, and that led directly to war. "Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has been slammed for refusing to say that slavery was the main cause of the Civil War. Haley, the 51-year-old former governor for South Carolina, blundered her way through the question at town hall debate in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Wednesday night.  The former UN representative jokingly told the audience member 'well, don't come with an easy question', before claiming that the Civil War was fought for freedom and ideological differences in how governments ought to work.  "I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms of what people could and couldn't do.' The White House hopeful, currently a distant third place to Donald Trump in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, can then be heard going on a tangent about the limits of government overreach and civil liberties. 'I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are, and I will always stand by the fact that I think government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people. 'It was never meant to be all things to all people. Government doesn't need to tell you how to live your life. 'They don't need to tell you what you can and can't do. They don't need to be a part of your life. They need to make sure that you have freedom. 'We need to have capitalism. We need to have economic freedom. We need to make sure that we do all things so that individuals have the liberties so that they can have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to do or be anything they want to be without government getting in the way.'

Rev. Wylie Hughes and I discuss: - The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it? - Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life? - The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives? The answers - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of White Supremacy, American misogyny and patriarchy, and anti-Indigenous genocide, for a start. https://lnkd.in/engUqNiW

We are truly blessed in this country we call home. We are privileged to enjoy incredible freedoms, but all too often, we take them for granted. We shouldn't, as many countries do not share these privileges. What we do with these freedoms defines who we are: ·        The freedom to live, love, and laugh. ·        The freedom to work hard and succeed. ·        The freedom to challenge ourselves mentally and physically. ·        The freedom to debate and question political norms. ·        The freedom to vote and assist in the political process ·        The freedom to fail and recover. ·        The freedom to make choices, both wise and unwise. ·        The freedom to educate ourselves. ·        The freedom to make mistakes and learn from them. ·        The freedom to honor and support those who protect these freedoms ·        The freedom to honor those who lost their lives protecting freedom. ·        The freedom to positively impact the lives of others. ·        The freedom to tell our loved ones how much they mean to us. As we celebrate the 4th of July, think about the choices you’ve made with your freedoms. Happy 4th of July!

I would LOVE and APPRECIATE your questions and comments on this day. This is not black history, This is American history. We just happened to be black in it. After this day, June 19th, 1865, so much happened. Under the direction of then President Andrew Johnson, nearly all the southern states would enact their own black codes in 1865 and 1866. While the codes granted certain freedoms to African Americans—including the right to buy and own property, marry, make contracts and testify in court (only in cases involving people of their own race)—their primary purpose was to restrict Black peoples’ labor and activity. Black people who broke labor contracts were subject to arrest, beating and forced labor, and apprenticeship laws forced many minors (either orphans or those whose parents were deemed unable to support them by a judge 🤨) into unpaid labor for white planters. Passed by a political system in which Black people effectively had no voice, the black codes were enforced by all-white police and state militia forces—often made up of Confederate veterans of the Civil War—across the South. After passing the Civil Rights Act (over Johnson’s veto), Republicans in Congress effectively took control of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment—which granted “equal protection” of the Constitution to former enslaved people—and enact universal male suffrage before they could rejoin the Union. The 15th Amendment, adopted in 1870, guaranteed that a citizen’s right to vote would not be denied “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” During this period of Radical Reconstruction (1867-1877), Black men won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. Congress. However, white southerners showed a steadfast commitment to ensuring their supremacy and the survival of plantation agriculture in the postwar years. Support for Reconstruction policies waned after the early 1870s, undermined by the violence of white supremacist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. By 1877, Black people had seen little improvement in their economic and social status, and the vigorous efforts of white supremacist forces throughout the region had undone the political gains they had made. Discrimination would continue in America with the rise of Jim Crow laws, but would inspire the civil rights movement to come. For more information on this post, go to HISTORY.COM