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Thomas Jefferson

  1. religion
    Trump Is Not a Defender of Religious Liberty but a Threat to ItTrump’s combination of hate-mongering and loud identification with Christianity is the antithesis of the American tradition of religious pluralism.
  2. state of the union address
    Abolish the State of the Union AddressRather than delivering a delayed address that won’t change anyone’s border wall stance, Trump should have seized the chance to end a dumb tradition.
  3. No, Removing Monuments to Traitors Doesn’t Mean Removing Monuments to FoundersConfederate monuments don’t embody American history; they were built on lies about American history.
  4. Trump and the Right-Wing Populist Tradition of Judge-BashingThe politics of Andrew Jackson reemerging in 2017.
  5. people who are dead
    Thomas Jefferson Sucked at Farming“The worst farmer in Virginia.”
  6. Food Politics
    Should Pennsylvnia Make Tofu Its State Food Just Because Ben Franklin Liked It?PETA says yes!
  7. Mediavore
    Obama’s Uncle Appears in Court; Thomas Jefferson’s Secret Fruit PassionPlus expensive Starbucks wear and more, all in our morning news round-up.
  8. love child
    Which Politicians Kept Their Secret Children Secret the Longest?From our Founding Fathers to our robot governors, it could be just months or entire centuries.
  9. Oenophile
    Sublime Lets You Drink Like Thomas Jefferson at Half the CostRandall Rosa’s Culver City restaurant is offering half-priced bottles of wine this month.
  10. rolling in graves
    Which Recent Commercial Is Most Demeaning to the Founding Fathers?It’s a tight race between Bud Light, Kraft, and tea partier Rick Barber.
  11. Food Politics
    Thomas Jefferson: America’s Foodiest PresidentBarack Obama doesn’t even make the list.
  12. Mediavore
    Sam Adams Designs Beef Cut; Alfalfa Sprouts RecalledPlus: PETA amasses shares, and KFC gets a new slogan, all in our morning news roundup.
  13. Mediavore
    McGinnis In at Philly Kitchen Share; Alfalfa Sprouts RecalledPlus: PETA amasses shares, and KFC gets a new slogan, all in our morning news roundup.