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If you look this up, you’ll see that it’s correct.  Eisenhower was a fierce advocate of the following:

  • Infrastructure, e.g., the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the 41,000-mile Interstate Highway System to improve national defense and commerce
  • Social Programs, Social Security, minimum wage, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • Fiscal Policy, lower taxes, a balanced budget, and reduced government regulation, aiming to limit federal intervention in local affairs
  • Foreign Policy, nuclear deterrence and relying on the CIA for covert operations
  • Civil Rights, desegregation of the military and the armed forces, support for the Brown v. Board of Education decision

Where the Republican Party Has Gone Since Eisenhower in the 1950s

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Rick Steves Understands World History, and Doesn’t Like What He Sees Here in the U.S.

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Well-educated people see what’s happening here in Trump’s America, and they’re calling out a warning.  Are we listening?

Congressional Republicans seem to be OK with their legacy: I helped destroy the United States of America.

Rick Steves Understands World History, and Doesn’t Like What He Sees Here in the U.S.

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When the United States Returns

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The whole world is hoping desperately that the United States can recover from the plunge it’s taken into hatred and ignorance.

When and if this happens, Planned Parenthood will resume helping tens of millions of girls and women with their reproductive health, including preventing unwanted pregnancies.

When the United States Returns

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How Trump’s America Is Regarded Overseas

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In an average month, I meet probably five people who traveled here from another country.  Unless there is a good reason to avoid the topic, I like to ask how Trump is regarded at home.

Universally, the answer that Trump is a despicable joke. I use the word “universally” in the literal sense; I’ve yet to speak with someone who has anything good to say about the current U.S. president.

How Trump’s America Is Regarded Overseas

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