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Nov 3, 2023Liked by Josiah Lippincott

According to an old Ripley's Believe it or not item, Jefferson hired as simply as he fired. Supposedly he placed a Help Wanted ad in a newspaper to hire Robert Smith as Sec of Navy in 1802. Modern sources don't mention this, so it could be a myth.

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Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. This country sucked then like it sucks now. Just a country of conmen and hucksters armed with nuclear bombs.

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Their behavior just reminds me of “punishing your enemies while rewarding your friends”. It’s plain who they consider their enemy and who they consider their friends. American people can never compete monetarily against foreign and corporate donors. Not sure how this worked for our founders. I don’t remember our founders wanting Empire either, which is what we are. These people are just following the similar pattern of all the other Empires. Insatiable greed, constantly trying to improve their own position for their own benefit and claim its good for you, while abdicating responsibility when things go wrong. I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead, going to be heroic times for Americans again.

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