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@GottaLaff Well, he is the most racist President we've had since #AndrewJackson #ImpeachTrump

@w7voa Taps sign

#trump believes in #manifestdestiny the delusion that you can fund the Federal Gov through #tariffs and hanging your political opponents, it really isn’t much more complicated than that. He’s a throwback to early 19th C America, including all the social attitudes.

Want to understand #Trumpism? Read a good biography of #andrewjackson something like Meacham’s American Lion.

To understand #trump, what passes for #trumpism and its approach to #tariffs then start with #AndrewJackson. This isn’t about #FreeTrade or #TradeDeals, it’s about raising revenue. #Trump’s entire mindset is early 19th Century #America. I’d also recommend reading ‘Old Friends, New Enemies’ by the US historian Arthur Marder for some historical rhyming. #thingswillgetworse.

Yes, I know that history is not the history of "Great Men", the triviality of anecdote, the importance of structure and social forces over time....but I do wish that officer had beaten the young Andrew Jackson into an insensible pulp.

Trump has had Jackson's portrait hung in the Oval Office.

#USHistory #USPolitics #AndrewJackson #DonaldTrump

Over the past month and a half, I've encountered a lot of Very Serious PeopleTM in my life, and on my TV, who seem to think that the best way to counteract Trump's fascist regime as it tears everything apart and starts trying to disappear political prisoners, is to "not take the bait" and wait for the courts to handle it. "We are still a nation of laws" these folks have assured me, even though I've spent the past four decades watching US presidents break the law in ways that are more acceptable to Pig Empire society than Trump does. Throughout that time, my question has always been "well what are you gonna do when he just ignores the law? I mean it's not like you can send the local sheriff to evict him from the White House, and the GOP is extremely unlikely to help their inept opposition to impeach him." To the degree that I've been able to actually ask that question in person, I have yet to receive a reasonable reply; which is unfortunate, because completely ignoring the courts appears to be precisely what Downmarket Mussolini and his merry gang of shitposting nazi freaks are doing:

https://archive.ph/U97c7

Trump Officials Are Pretending A Judge Didn't Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders

"In at least one case, the senior executive says, a U.S. official told the international organization that they knew about the court injunction and what it meant, but that the senior ranks of the Trump administration had explicitly instructed staff to enforce Trump’s executive orders, to ignore the court’s injunction, and to pressure partner organizations if need be. This official also said that if the nonprofit’s leaders didn’t sign the new paperwork, they’d risk having their funding quickly terminated by the Trump administration, per the senior executive.

“The Trump administration is daring the courts in the United States to do something about this, and thus far, I don’t think most people in America understand that what’s at risk is the fundamental basis that there is fairness and justice and rule of law in the United States,” says the senior executive. “And whatever you think of DEI, we should all agree that running the government based on the rule of law is a requirement. The playbook that is being used in the U.S. is not new; we’ve seen it in country after country where there’s been an increase in authoritarianism. To see it in the modern United States itself is what’s new and disturbing.”

The other two sources, one of whom is a Trump appointee, tell Rolling Stone that the directive to comply with Trump’s DEI orders, despite what the judge said, has gone out to an array of nonprofit organizations and partners around the world."

This is kind of a messy article that spends a lot of words going over the timeline of the Trump administration's attempts to play dumb about what the judge's injunction actually blocks in terms of Trump's anti-diversity executive orders, but the key takeaway isn't that complex. Trump has knowingly, and directly ordered his administration to ignore the injunction and continue enforcing his anti-diversity orders both inside the government and towards outside contractors and partners. This is not speculative, several sources *inside* the Trump administration have confirmed that the regime knows what the injunction means, and government employees are being ordered to simply ignore the ruling. Borrowing a page from noted genocidal racist U.S. president Andrew Jackson, Trump has effectively declared "Adam Abelson has made his decision; now let him enforce it."

Should this come as a surprise to anyone in the American establishment "opposition?" Well, probably not, because as the article notes Trump and his minions have more or less been actively broadcasting their intentions to ignore court orders designed to block their fascist agenda:

"The episode is part of a broader pattern in which the second Trump administration has operated under the impression that judges’ orders and rulings don’t much matter. Vice President J.D. Vance has publicly argued that Trump can ignore judges’ orders, asserting: “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” Trump, for his part, has threatened to “look at” judges who rule against Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Over Presidents Day weekend, Trump admitted he thinks he can break any law he wants to — so long as he can loosely define doing so as part of his mission to “save” the country."

Folks, like I've been telling you for a while, the cavalry ain't coming. If a GOP-controlled government won't impeach him, and the regime won't obey court orders, nothing short of an uprising is stopping these nazis anytime soon; no matter HOW much that scares an "opposition" establishment that hates people power.

#Trump #Fascism #Courts #DEI #Impeachment #GOP #Musk #ExecutiveOrder #JDVance #USPol #AndrewJackson #PorkReich #AdamAbelson

The Webster-Hayne debate was a series of back-and-forth speeches between Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Senator Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina in January 1830. #History #AmericanCivilWar #AndrewJackson #DanielWebster #JohnCCalhoun #RobertYHayne #StatesRights #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24196-en/

The Petticoat affair, also called the Eaton affair, was a political scandal that rocked Washington, D.C., from 1829 to 1831, during the early years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. #History #PetticoatAffair #AndrewJackson #JohnC.Calhoun #MartinVanBuren #PeggyEaton #PoliticalScandal #USPolitics #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24170-en/

The War of 1812 (1812-1815), referred to by some contemporaries as the Second American Revolution, was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. #History #WarOf1812 #JamesMadison #AndrewJackson #CanadianHistory #Tecumseh #TreatyOfGhent #USHistory #USSConstitution #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-23125-en/

@georgetakei

What happens when the executive ignores the judicial? You get your face on the $20 bill.

As #AndrewJackson said:
"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"

#TrailOfTears

Back in the 1830s, President Jackson (a curse upon his vile memory) ordered the removal of the #Tsalagi/ #Cherokee in north Georgia and neighboring states so the settlers could get the gold underneath them. Chief Justice Marshall issued an injunction. The President replied “Mr Marshall has made his ruling, now let him enforce it.” Most of the Tsalagi were death-marched to Oklahoma.

Same thing is happening now, but to everyone this time, not just to the Native population. There’s no legal recourse; this is how USA institutions are set up. A president with an allied congress basically has free rein.

Some of the Tsalagi went up into the Great Smoky Mountains. They’re still there.

(Please feel free to correct me on the details here. Most of this is drawn from memory.)

#history #USAHistory #USAPolitics #AndrewJackson #JohnMarshall

The last days of the Age of Jackson. https://youtu.be/aDDl9FBKmZ8?si=nBjwazm7XlR0qAKd
#andrewjackson #currency #dollars #banks #history #democracy #populism

The last days of the age of Jackson. https://youtu.be/aDDl9FBKmZ8?si=AHnNZXtQuzKDg9kN
#andrewjackson #banks #money #currency #history #presidents #populism

Today's episode of featured Wiki of the Day is on the article Andrew Jackson.

Listen to the new episode here: https://wikioftheday.com/wotdep.php?pod=featured&epnum=2817

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#AndrewJackson #podcast #wiki #Wikipedia

‘Furiosa’ VFX Supervisor Andrew Jackson on Film’s “Groundbreaking” 1,347 Visual Effects Shots
#MovieNews #Movies #Andrewjackson #Awards #Awards2025 #Furiosa #VES

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/furiosa-vfx-andrew-jackson-ves-1236103307/

TIL a man with the middle name Brutus (an assassin of Julius Caesar) "wrote many letters in fits of drunken anger and madness" in the 1830s to President Andrew Jackson, threatening to assassinate him. He was Junius Brutus Booth, the father of John Wilkes Booth.

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/booth-letter/

#TIL #TodayILearned #ushistory #juliuscaesar #EtTuBrute #abrahamlincoln #johnwilkesbooth #AndrewJackson #trivia #americancivilwar #civilwarhistory

🔴 🇺🇸 **The burial site of slaves owned by a former US president has finally been found**

Travis Loller

_"At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson, the seventh US president, between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865._

_Nobody knew where they were buried. But on Wednesday, the Andrew Jackson Foundation announced a discovery: They believe they have found the slave cemetery at The Hermitage, the home of America's seventh president."_

🔗 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/andrew-jackson-slaves-grave-nashville-b2662712.html

#Slavery #Slaves #AndrewJackson #Nashville #Tennessee #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #History #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons

I have a new post over at @RacketNews about the supercharging of the spoils system during the Jackson administration, and what lessons that teaches us to prepare for the period of chaos as Trump emulates the seventh President.

#Politics #SpoilsSystem #Patronage #AndrewJackson #DonaldTrump

https://www.theracketnews.com/p/to-the-victor-go-the-spoils

Largest USA cities/towns named for an historic residence

Place names can come from a variety of sources including former home towns, famous persons, family members, town founders, and a variety of other sources. In the case of this blogpost, they come from historic/famous residences. In the list below are ten famous residences that have been applied to the name of a city or town in the United States. They are:

George Washington’s home/estate of Mount Vernon in northern Virgina
Thomas Jefferson’s home/estate of Monticello in central Virginia
Andrew Jackson’s home/estate, The Hermitage, in central Tennessee
Ashland, the home/estate of statesman and three-time presidential candidate, Henry Clay, located near Lexington, KY
Timonium Mansion and Marc Anthony’s incomplete Timonium Palace in Egypt.
George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore home/estate near Asheville, North Carolina
Blenheim Palace in England
Longwood House on the island of St. Helena – added 11/22/24 – Thank you, Dan
The Palace of Versailles in France
Windsor Castle in England

Mount Vernon – Source: mountvernon.org Monticello – Source: cntraveler.com

It was actually a bit surprising not to find more cities/towns named for presidential homes or other famous/historic residences, particularly the White House. If any have been missed, pleased let us know and they will be added. Enjoy the list. Peace!

Ashland – Source: flickr.com

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City/Town = Population

Mount Vernon, NY = 73,893 (2020)
Mount Vernon, WA = 35,404 (2021)
Ashland, KY = 21,342 (2022)
Ashland, MA = 18,832 (2020)
Ashland, OH = 18,718 (2020)
Mount Vernon, OH = 16,956 (2020)
Hermitage, PA = 16,230 (2020)
Monticello, MN = 14,804 (2022)
Mount Vernon, IL = 14,600 (2020)
Mount Vernon, VA = 12.914 (2020)
Timonium, MD = 10,458 (2020) – Thank you, Dan!
Monticello, AR = 8,442 (2020)
Ashland, WI = 7,918 (2021)
Ashland, VA = 7,565 (2020)
Monticello, NY = 7,332 (2021)
Mount Vernon, IN = 6,493 (2020)
Monticello, IL = 5,941 (2020)
Monticello, KY = 5,755 (2022)
Monticello, IN = 5,508 (2020)
Monticello, LA = 5,431 (2020)
Ashland, MO = 5,026 (2023)
Mount Vernon, IA = 4,527 (2020)
Mount Vernon, MO = 4,526 (2020)
Monticello, IA = 4,040 (2020)
Ashland, NE = 3,086(2020)
Windsor, MO = 2,775 (2020)
Monticello, FL = 2,589 (2020)
Mont Vernon, NH = 2,584 (2020) – yes, it is spelled that way
Monticello, GA = 2,541 (2020)
Versailles, MO = 2,539 (2020)
Mount Vernon, TX = 2,491 (2020)
Mount Vernon, KY = 2,472 (2022)
Ashland, PA = 2,471 (2020)
Versailles, IN = 2,184 (2020)
Ashland, NH = 1,938 (2020)
Mount Vernon, GA = 1,900 (2020)
Monticello, UT = 1,824 (2020)
Mount Vernon, ME = 1,721 (2020)
Monticello, MS = 1,441 (2020)
Biltmore Forest, NC = 1,409 (2020)
Mount Vernon, AL = 1,354 (2020)
Monticello, WI = 1,135 (2022)
Mount Vernon, MD = 761 (2020)
Monticello, ME = 737 (2020)
Ashland, NY = 682 (2020)
Mount Vernon, SD = 461 (2020)
Mount Vernon, AR = 144 (2020)
Blenheim, SC = 115 (2020) – Thank you, Dan!
Monticello, MO = 104 (2020)
Monticello, TX = 20 (2000)
Longwood, Mo = unknown – Thank you, Dan!

*Mount Vernon, OR is not named for George Washington’s home.

*Versailles, KY was named after the city not the palace in France.

*White House, TN is not named for the residence in Washington, DC. Neither are the towns of Whitehouse in Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, or Texas.

*Alhambra CA and Alhambra, IL were both derived from Washington Irving’s book, Tales of Alhambra, which is about the Alhambra Palace in Spain. – Thank you, Dan!

Biltmore- Source: thepinnaclelist.com

SOURCES:

#andrewJackson #Ashland #Biltmore #England #famousHouses #France #fun #geography #georgeWashington #henryClay #history #homes #houses #landUse #mansions #Monticello #MountVernon #PalaceOfVersaille #placeNames #residences #theHermitage #thomasJefferson #tourism #travel #USA #vanderbilt #WindsorCastle

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