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We a we all have big shoes to fill. Dramatic developments, a third night of protests turning violent in minneapolis, the largest precinct in that city overrun by protesters. Cameras capturing the dramatic and at times chaotic scene, hundreds of protesters clashing with police, met with rubber bullets and tear gas while calling for justice. All this comes after the death of george floyd, a black man who died after an encounter with police. Scenes of chaos unfolding in minneapolis tonight. Eerie images of the police presince in flames after proteste protesters ignited flames. Its the third night of protests over the death of george floyd following a police encounter. The National Guard activating more than 500 soldiers, called by minnesota governor tim walls. Apparent looting at this target store. Turns out, these guys are out here with machetes. Cops cant get in here. President trump weighing in late on twitter saying in part, i cant stand back and watch this happen to a Great American
Them in a minute. I wanted to start just by saying that we are gathering at a time where we all as country, as these leaders in particular, are leading us as we go through moments of deep pain and anguish for so Many Americans. That has come to the floor in the last few weeks. A product of t is years and decades and even really centuries of unequal and unfair treatments. E murders of george floyd, breyonea taylor, ahmed arbery and Many Americans to shed light on systemic racism that is pervasive in our country. Black people are not safe here not when they go out for a job, not when they go out to church, not even when they stay in their own home and they are too often killed at the hands of police. Right now, our country is dealing with two diseases. One of them dozens of vaccines are on trial, medical professionals are working around the clock. And it is a global effort to become a common enemy. And still so many people are suffering and dying. For the other its a disease thats riddle
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Advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhowers political campaign. She examines what components made them successful. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan, i like ike. This idea, this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956, conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era of prosperity. And the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And it is a political construction. The 1950s, in fact, it was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anti communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and often anticommunis