President trump signed an order establishing a commission to promote patriotic education. That same day a Panel Discussed History Education in the United States. The white house hosted and provided this video. This is a panel on the recovery of the history of our country which is being distorted and we have several experts who know about the distortion and history. We will talk about them and people correcting history. Stake andself its at freedom is at stake, but also humanity is at stake in this argument. I am teaching a course on totalitarian novels. 1984 Winston Smiths job is to rewrite history. Changes,e the party contemporary or old, every written reference in every book and article and every encyclopedia and every publication is corrected and the old version is burned. The whole thing is reprinted a new. It must be an enormous effort, the main work of the regime of 1984. He does not fully understand why they do that, but he learned in the end, and what the most remarkable themes
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Ms. Johnson i move to suspend 4372, es and pass h. R. The minority serving institutes tem achievement act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number directr. 4372, a bill to federal science agencies and the office of science and Technology Policy to undertake activities to improve the quality of undergraduate Stem Education and enhance the Research Capacity at hbcus, t. C. U. s m. S. I. s and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the texas, ms. From johnson, and the gentleman from klahoma, mr. Lucas, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Johnson. Ms. Johnson thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on 4372, the bill thats under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Johnson mr. Speaker, i yield mys
Ocasiocortez. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage congressman Bernie Sanders. [applause] thank you. Hello, new york. I am so pleased to be with you all. An extraordinary man that we all support, congressman Bernie Sanders. I see people from every single town. Yorkelting pot we call new. Hereof our ancestors came to america to find a better life. Escapeme from ireland to famine and poverty. Bernies family came to escape antisemitism and poverty. Create a things help better life for future generations here in america, and they could. Years, that last 40 promise has been eroded, and burning plans to change all that. Improving the quality of life for all americans and building a country based on fairness, ofpassion is at the core bernies message. [applause] you berniee to tell is back. And he is healthy and he is more than ready to continue his lifelong struggle to fight for the working people of america. You will be hearing from some Extraordinary People today, and nobody ha
Here in new hampshire. Continuing to share this message that america is not just in trouble, but its in desperate need of a revival. It is in need of an economic revival, and it is a need of a heartfelt spiritual revival. And i believe this with all my heart, that the time for that is not two years from now, four years from now, or eight years from now. The time for that is right now, absolutely right now. These things were working through, i want to share with you a vision i have for the country in a time we have together, and really how for us, i would say this, navigate a perfect storm that i see our country is in right now. Because right now we are in a situation where it is very difficult for us to see. Our country was, i believe this, created by god to be this lamppost of freedom. Our nation, we are shining the brightness of freedom, where we have protected freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom to gather here, freedom of commerce and trade. And we are seeing the br