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AP’s Today in History for December 19th

President Bill Clinton impeached; General George Washington opens camp at Valley Forge; Charles Dickens’ novel “A Christmas Carol” is first published; Apollo 17 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean; ‘The Music Man’ opens on Broadway.

Breakfast Tune Conversation with the Devil – Ray Wylie Hubbard – Banjo Cover

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

• Progressives React To Joe Manchin Killing Build Back Better Act: We Told You So
  Igor Bobic

• Biden Concerned Ambitious Agenda Could Be Stalled By Him Not Really Caring If It Happens Or Not
  May 25, 2021 T.O.

• NY Times: US Hid True Toll of Air Wars; Thousands of Dead Civilians, Many of Them Children
  COMMON DREAMS STAFF

• This Is the Best Time for Americans to Unionize
  Ralph Nader

• ‘Historically Large Win’: Chile Votes for Socialism over Fascism
  COMMON DREAMS STAFF

• The Great Inheritors: How Three Families Shielded Their Fortunes From Taxes for Generations
  Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke and Jeff Ernsthausen

• US prep schools held student exchanges with elite Nazi academies
  Helen Roche, The Conversation

• The Assange Case Is The US Defending Its Right To Lie: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
  CAITLIN JOHNSTONE

• The Judicial Kidnapping of Julian Assange
  JOHN PILGER

• Amazon Fires Employees Who Didn’t Clock Out After Getting Buried In Rubble
  T.O.

Something to think about over coffee prozac

GOP Warns Loophole In New Bill Could Still Allow Teachers To Sing About Critical Race Theory

The Onion

MADISON, WI—Alarmed by what they called “a major oversight,” Wisconsin Republicans warned Tuesday that a loophole in a new bill could still allow teachers to sing about critical race theory. “Though the current version of Senate Bill 411 explicitly bars teachers from talking about critical race theory in the classroom, it has been called to my attention that there is not a single clause preventing teachers from indoctrinating our children through original ballads, anthems, or soulful little ditties,” said Wisconsin State Assembly speaker Robin Vos, who urged legislators in the state Senate to take immediate action to amend the bill, lest teachers start dividing students up by soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. “No child should be made to feel guilty about the color of their skin by a teacher singing a Swedish pop song about reparations. They’ll give the Black children the melody and stick the white children with the harmony. The next thing you know they’ll be adding dance moves, and then there’s no coming back—our children are gone.” At press time, Vos also warned the loophole would allow for schools to teach critical race theory through painting, Play-Doh, and crafting paper mobiles