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I would suggest a literacy/basic government test similar to what current folks from foreign countries need for citizenship, but the MAGAs would complain calling it WOKE

On July 25, 1941, the American automaker Henry Ford sits down at his desk in Dearborn, Michigan and writes a letter to the Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The letter effusively praises Gandhi and his campaign of civil disobedience aimed at forcing the British colonial government out of India. By July of 1941, Ford’s pacifist views led him to despair at the current global situation: Nazi Germany had invaded Poland, causing Britain and France to declare war against it. The United States, led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was firmly on the side of the Allies, but Ford was convinced that the country should remain neutral, despite mounting pressure from the government for his company to start mass-producing airplanes to help defeat the Nazis. The previous May, Ford had reluctantly bowed to this pressure, opening a massive production facility for airplane production at Willow Run, near Dearborn, to manufacture B-24E Liberator bombers for the Allied war effort.

July 25 On July 25, 1932, artist Diego Rivera began the actual painting of his frescoes in the Garden Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Rivera had begun his research and preparation in April. The 27-panel work was entitled “Detroit Industry” was completed on March 13, 1933 and first seen by the public a couple weeks later. Source : Detroit Historical Society Facebook page On July 25, 1974—only 38 years ago—the Supreme Court in Milliken v. Bradley restricted its earlier decision about school busing, now holding that outlying districts were exempt from aiding the desegregation of inner-city school systems. Three years earlier, the Supreme Court in Swann v. Mecklenburg Board of Educationhad upheld busing programs designed to speed racial integration. By that time, it had been 17 years since the milestone Brown v. Board of Education had outlawed racial segregation in public education; the case set an important precedent for schools across the country as each went through its own desegregation process. However, in 1974, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments surrounding the desegregation of the public schools in Detroit, Michigan. Its decision would have profound effects. The NAACP sued Michigan Governor William Milliken, charging that the public school system was racially segregated as a result of a policy he had put into effect. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a district court decision that the system was indeed segregated, and ordered the state to adopt a desegregation plan which encompassed 54 outlying school districts. The Supreme Court, however, decided 5-to-4 in favor of Milliken, holding the lower court’s order as impermissible and stating that “desegregation, in the sense of dismantling a dual school system, does not require any particular racial balance.” Source : Alison Shay, this Day in Civil Rights History, July 25, 2012.

Another one from the music of my life RIP Chuck Mangione

July 23 http://harris23.msu.domains/event/1967-detroit-race-riot-begins/

Come to Virginia. A lot of New Jersey refugees here

We’ve been on the road the past three weeks following Lewis and Clark from Kentucky to the headwaters of the Missouri. On our way back we took a detour and ran by Devils Tower. Got this before the clouds lifted

Trout spends too much time injured. Pass.

So the guy up and decides to move to Russia after one of his daughters learns about lesbianism from a CLASSMATE. Not a teacher, but a classmate. Probably like this dude learned about sex in middle school (or Boy Scouts). Kids will be kids if you don't want them to learn this kind of stuff try something like homeschooling, or maybe move them to one of the religious schools they have in Texas. So he gets to Russia, doesn't speak the language and decides to join the Army. His wife says they promised him a non combat position. Once again keep in mind, he doesn't speak the language but he's trying to be a loyal Russian citizen. Bottom line is he made those choices, no one forced him. He deserves everything he gets. His wife wants to be a media influencer. She didn't try to dissuade him of his decisions. The only ones I feel sorry for are his offspring. They deserve better.

Another step to turning into a Confederation of Dunces

At least it wasn't an auto pen.

July 21 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-21

The Extortionist in Chief's latest attempt of shooing folks from Epstein and deportations as well as other crimes and misdemeanors against the Nation He's doing virtually the same with the Cleveland Baseball Squad

Could JD Vance play Brutis in the latest Trump "scandal" JV Last https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-jd-vance-out-to-destroy-trump?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=168853427&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true

July 20 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-20

July 19 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-19

When you pull out of a parking lot the last thing you expect is a heard of cows

Not to mention football and basketball coaches who doubled as history and civics teachers when they weren’t teaching Drivers Ed

Trump holds grudges. He wants to punish CBS for the 60 Minutes interview with Harris. Under a normal administration this wouldn’t be an issue.

He’ll probably end up on a streaming service. CBS will show bad reruns of their “comedies”

July 18 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-18