Two institutions, the press and the military, may well determine the fate of the USSR on the night of August 19th, 1991. The Emergency Committee decides, it's time to explain themselves on TV. A reporter makes a fateful decision. So does another. A motley crowd is fashioned into an instant militia.


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FALL OF USSR: Part 3 - Athens vs. Sparta

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From 2011 where I discussed the 1968 Chicago Convention, with an added note about today's events and the 2024 election and a bit about Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley's broadcast during the '68 convention. 
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THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - 1968 Chicago Convention and Election

Stories of Presidential inflation fighting and fund-raising that seem to have a similar ring to today's events, in this episode. Nixon's plans to cut housing costs by reducing prices on the key element of housing inspires timber companies but riles environmentalist.
Johnson uses his air fleet to shuttle the right people around to get the price of electrical wiring down.
Eisenhower, Reagan, Hoover and Clinton raise the gas tax.
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Nixon Versus Plywood, and Other Presidential Inflation Stories

With Jerry Landry of The Presidencies of The United States Podcast [https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/] we talk about a decisive point in John Adam's presidency where the capital moved to Trenton, and Adams had gone to Massachusetts. He comes back to take a decisive stand that will mean a lot for the history of the U.S. Presidency.
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HIGH NOON IN TRENTON - John Adams Takes a Stand w/ Jerry Landry of The Presidencies of The United States Podcast

We look at the Maine and Nebraska congressional district system of Presidential elector assignment and its history as both the NE2 and ME2 went for different candidates than the statewide winner for the first time in history. That and other 2020 Election thoughts.  
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Why Do Nebraska and Maine Vote for President The Way They Do?  And Other Esoterica of The 2020 Election

Only one person has been elected President twice in non-consecutive terms. But it was not easy. To do it Grover Cleveland had to pass a few difficult tests. From Goody-Goodies to Anti-Snappers, to Anti-Egoists and Scarecrow Festivals; from entering opposing party contests in secret ways to placing bets for your own candidate, to pretending to run in states and letting a third party win, to taking forceful honest stands, 1892 had everything. It was a triumph of navigating complex steampower politics.
The first being, did he really want to run again?
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FALL OF USSR: Part 3 - Athens vs. Sparta

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