On March 2, Democratic Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse posted a tweet in which he calls Jan. 6, the day pro-Trump rioters ransacked the Capitol, a “day that will live in infamy,” but adds that Jan. 8 “may prove to be a day of greater consequence.”
Backed by music likely deemed too depressing to be used in the film Manchester by the Sea, Whitehouse condemns a case accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court that will determine whether donors to nonprofit organizations have the right to keep their information private if those nonprofit groups engage in anything that resembles politics.
To prove his case, Whitehouse who is fond of attending Senate hearings with elaborate charts alleging conspiracies between Republican elected officials and these types of nonprofits says we should “look at the flock of dark money front groups” that urged the conservative-majority Supreme Court to take the case. On the tweeted video, he alleges that “dark money forces shepherded the l
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Some of Benjamin Franklin’s accomplishments his kite experiment, establishing the first American subscription library, and signing the Declaration of Independence are pretty iconic. Here are 10 of Franklin’s lesser-known contributions to society that are worth celebrating as well.
1. Benjamin Franklin was an excellent swimmer.
As a youngster, Franklin learned to swim in Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River and became somewhat of an expert. On a Thames River boating trip with friends, a 19-year-old Franklin jumped into the river and swam from Chelsea to Blackfriars (around 3.5 miles), performing all sorts of water tricks along the way or, as he described it, “…many feats of activity, both upon and under the water, that surprised and pleased those to whom they were novelties.” Franklin’s Phelpsian feats earned him an honorary induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.