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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1 mo
“Merely mentioning that Mr. Trump is a felon prompts an admonishment from whomever is presiding when the offending fact is uttered.” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/u... 🎁
On the House Floor, Republicans Gag Mentions of Trump’s Convictionwww.nytimes.com During official proceedings of the G.O.P.-controlled chamber, speaking about former President Donald J. Trump’s felony conviction has been forbidden, while disparaging President Biden and Democrats is...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1 mo
Do people know about Congress’s slavery gag rules in the 1830s and 1840s? About Laurens Pinckney and John Quincy Adams?
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Michael Fuhlhage @mjfuhlhage.bsky.social · 1 mo
They ran all the way to the secession crisis in 1860. Also: Southern postmasters confiscated abolitionist publications and logged their senders and destinations.