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Members of Virginia s Herndon-Reston Indivisible group protest in front of the White House on Aug. 6, 2018. With Donald Trump out of office, progressive groups are turning their focus. Shannon Finney/Getty Images
When Ezra Levin and his wife, Leah Greenberg, founded the progressive group Indivisible in 2016, they widely circulated a handbook on resisting the Trump agenda. It took tactical lessons in grassroots politics from the Tea Party, which had prominently resisted President Barack Obama s agenda.
There s another lesson Levin now thinks progressives can take from the conservative Tea Party: It s easier to oppose a policy than to advance one.
Grace Coolidge in 1925.
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Grace Coolidge was an immensely popular first lady whose friendliness balanced Calvin s reserved nature.
March 4, 1925: Grace Coolidge was all smiles in a gray dress and top hat to match Calvin Coolidge s during his second inauguration.
Grace Coolidge was an immensely popular first lady whose friendliness balanced Calvin s reserved nature.
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March 4, 1929: Lou Henry Hoover wore a velvet dress with a zig-zag pattern to Herbert Hoover s inauguration.
Lou Henry Hoover in 1929.
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March 4, 1929: Lou Henry Hoover wore a velvet dress with a zig-zag pattern to Herbert Hoover s inauguration.
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Eleanor Roosevelt in 1933.
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Her wrap and dress were made of crystelle velvet, according to the New York Times. Press highlighted that Roosevelt s gowns were designed and made entirely in the US.
The Obama family in 2008 on election night.
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She paired the Narciso Rodriguez dress with a simple black cardigan. The dress was utterly flattering with its black criss-cross waist, Verena von Pfetten at HuffPost wrote in 2008, and the elongating blend of red into black delightfully accentuated her statuesque stature. And mostly, it was interesting to look at. Which is something to be said with regards to the usual wallflower role to which First Ladies are usually relegated a role to which I d imagine Michelle Obama would not take kindly, dress or no dress.
In 2008, Michelle Obama wore a memorable fiery red dress on election night.
A new Democratic-controlled Senate boosts the chances Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, would retire this year and offer new President Joe Biden an early opportunity to put his imprint on America's high court.
Chicago Father Pfleger steps aside over allegation of abuse more than 40 years ago On: 1/6/2021, By Carol Zimmermann, , In: Nation
.Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, is seen in this 2015 file photo. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago asked the priest to step aside from ministry Jan. 5, 2021, after the Archdiocese of Chicago received an allegations that he had sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago. (CNS photo/Jim Young, Reuters)
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WASHINGTON (CNS) Father Michael Pfleger, a popular Chicago priest and outspoken advocate against gun violence, gangs, poverty and racism, has stepped aside from his ministry after the Chicago Archdiocese said it received an allegation that the priest had sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago.