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American Exceptionalism

John Trumbell, The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, 1776
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American Exceptionalism at its Most Disturbing: “The 1776 Report”

Just two days before he left office, Donald Trump released a Report generated from the 1776 Commission, a presidential advisory committee he created in September 2020 to combat, in his words, the “wicked web of lies” in some versions of American history. The commission was sparked by the right-wing outrage Read more…

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