QuoteHe believed that placing power over whites in the hands of the formerly enslaved would create an intolerable situation.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Johnson/The-presidency
QuoteAs the election of 1832 approached, Jackson's opponents hoped to embarrass him by posing a new dilemma. The charter of the Bank of the United States was due to expire in 1836.
In the summer of 1832, Jackson's opponents rushed through Congress a bill to recharter the bank, thus forcing Jackson either to sign the measure and alienate many of his supporters or to veto it and appear to be a foe of sound banking.
The veto of the bill to recharter the bank was the prelude to a conflict over financial policy that continued through Jackson's second term, which he nevertheless won easily. Efforts to persuade Congress to enact legislation limiting the circulation of bank notes failed, but there was one critical point at which Jackson was free to apply his theories. Nearly all purchasers of public lands paid with bank notes, many of which had to be discounted because of doubts as to the continuing solvency of the banks that issued them. Partly to protect federal revenues against loss and partly to advance his concept of a sound currency, Jackson issued the Specie Circular in July 1836, requiring payment in gold or silver for all public lands. This measure created a demand for specie that many of the banks could not meet; banks began to fail, and the effect of bank failures in the West spread to the East. By the spring of 1837 the entire country was gripped by a financial panic.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Jackson/Jacksonian-Democracy
QuoteIn Gyutsova's view, men in general have been treated badly by women, and women are the ones who exert violence on men, namely by not paying them enough respect.
"The idea of equality is like a worm in people's brains that insists men and women should be partners [...] which is so contrary to human nature that it can never work," Gyutsova declared in a long video about her work that was broadcast on Bulgarian National Television.
https://www.dw.com/en/bulgarian-woman-influencer-incites-violence-against-women/a-72897326
QuoteTobacco smugglers and black market salesmen are increasingly using technologies such as social media and drones to deliver cigarettes to smokers in Europe and avoid law enforcers, a report by consulting group KPMG published on Wednesday found.
In 2024, KPMG found that almost 40 billion illicit cigarettes were consumed across 38 European nations, based in part on a study of empty packs collected in those countries. It also cited interviews with law enforcement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/criminals-turn-drones-social-media-sell-illegal-cigarettes-2025-06-11/
QuoteThe married mom had told the judge that there was "no excuse" for her depraved behavior, which included sex with the vulnerable teen in her office at their prestigious Jesuit school in Cincinnati, where she was supposed to help the most at-risk students.
"I think every day about the impact of my actions. I've lost my husband, my home, my friends. I've caused harm and embarrassment to my children," said the mom, whose husband filed for divorce soon after the scandal broke.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/us-news/ex-school-counselor-who-had-sex-with-student-fights-back-tears-as-sent-behind-bars/
QuoteOfficers from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and Victoria Police have seized and destroyed $4.4 million worth of illegally-grown tobacco near Shepparton in Victoria's north.
A community tip-off led to the discovery of a 20-tonne crop of mature tobacco on 2.4 hectares, an area equivalent to more than 450 tennis courts, last Thursday.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/shepparton-illicit-tobacco-operation-ocean-ato-victoria-police/105397354
QuoteWent to the site you linked. Read the first page.
Would like to comment on it.
But I don't live in a country that has freedom of expression (I'm in Europe).
I can be legally condemned for citing historical facts.
So ... too bad.
Maybe one day I'll live in the only country that still has freedom of expression, but now it isn't the case.
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