J. L. Bell
@Boston1775
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History, analysis & unabashed gossip about the American Revolution. Author of “The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War.”
Massachusetts
Joined August 2009
This appears to raise the amount of money Trump had to pay back after frauds over the past five years to $91,000,000. I’m pretty sure he can make it past a hundred.
Exclusive: An investigation by The New York Times found that Trump supporters who thought they were donating just once were charged over and over by his campaign. Late last year, $64 million was refunded in contributions.
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For the love of god, why isn't every major headline about the National Security Strategy — THE major US strategy for the next 3 years — highlighting the fact that this document is based on the false claim that western European nations aren't democratic?
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Freedom of Press: The 🇺🇸 US ranks 55th and 19 🇪🇺 European countries are in the top 23, but the US government believes it can lecture Europe about Freedom of Press. 🤣
The United States currently ranks below Ghana, Namibia and nearly every single European country when it comes to freedom of press. You don't get to lecture anyone on this.
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James Lovell to George Washington, 6 December 1775 From James Lovell Boston Prison Decr 6th 1775. I address your Excellency upon a Matter greatly important in its Consequences to more than myself. And, though I am personally unknown to you, I shall proceed without any other
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Our latest blog post by @salinabbaker on our website. Dr. Joseph Warren's "1775 Boston Massacre Oration" that describes not only his oration but also the incendiary circumstances revolving around the event. We hope you enjoy it! https://t.co/8FpMSkI2yK
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Seven days to go. Lanterns, artillery, living historians—feel history move in real time. [ https://t.co/bxVs0BiQa0]
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
theonion.com
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide....
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The Trump administration just removed two national holidays (MLK and Juneteenth) as free entry days to National Parks and put his birthday as a free day instead. Yes, this is actually real.
sfgate.com
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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Allegations of people being pressured into signing deportations is not new, and we know it happens, but threatening someone with denying them dialysis unless they sign away their rights is a new low.
This is beyond disturbing. A 27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure was detained in last month’s “Charlotte’s Web” immigration sweep… and then denied dialysis while ICE officers pressured him to sign a “voluntary” deportation order. Yes, you read that correctly:
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During his late-night posting spree on Monday, the president promoted bonkers conspiracy theories about Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, the Biden White House, US elections, and more:
cnn.com
President Donald Trump promoted a bunch of unfounded conspiracy theories during a late-night social media posting spree on Monday.
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US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
Stop fear-mongering. ICE does NOT arrest or deport U.S. citizens. If a U.S. citizen is arrested, it is because they have obstructed or assaulted law enforcement. What makes someone a target for immigration enforcement is if they are illegally in the U.S.—NOT their skin color,
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🚨BREAKING: ICE/Border Patrol just illegally pepper-sprayed a sitting member of congress in Tucson, Arizona. Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva said, “Moments ago, while my staff and I were on our way to get lunch, we encountered an ICE raid taking place at one of my favorite local
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Knox’s arrival at Lake George wasn’t just logistics—it was survival. See how modern interpretation brings that moment back. https://t.co/cnwAfTialh
#saratoga250…
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🗓️ December 5, 1797 — John Quincy Adams Appointed U.S. Ambassador to Prussia On this day in 1797, President George Washington appointed John Quincy Adams as U.S. Ambassador to Prussia — one of several distinguished diplomatic posts he held before becoming the nation’s sixth
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Torture on US soil: Per Amnesty International, guards have tortured non-citizen detainees in "Alligator Alcatraz," shackling them & confining them in small boxes in the sun. The brutal methods pioneered at Gitmo & Bagram have come home. Another perilous rubicon crossed...
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Hi @DHSgov, We’re the folks who reported the facts you’re now dismissing. So just a reminder: We found 170+ cases of immigration agents detaining U.S. citizens this year. In dozens of cases, charges have never been filed or the cases were dismissed. Among the detained: nearly
propublica.org
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And...
Stop fear-mongering. ICE does NOT arrest or deport U.S. citizens. If a U.S. citizen is arrested, it is because they have obstructed or assaulted law enforcement. What makes someone a target for immigration enforcement is if they are illegally in the U.S.—NOT their skin color,
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The statue of Dr. Joseph Warren covered in snow! The statue was crafted by Cincinnati sculptor John Hebenstreit and erected in Lebanon, Ohio in Warren County on the Harmon Museum lawn on June 17, 2025. This is the only statue of Warren that depicts him as a doctor and not a major
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This is crazy. The DoD Inspector General couldn't get a transcript of the DoD chat because it was on a private phone, which the SecDef refused to turn over. So, they relied on The Atlantic's records.
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5 DECEMBER 1775, ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX: “I wish for our own sakes, that we were not quite so confident”: Abigail Adams’s cousin Isaac Smith writes to Massachusetts of how little of an effect the loss of Continental trade has had on British commerce:
founders.archives.gov
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Next Fri., 12/12 at 12:30 pm! Join Library Director Thomas Lannon for a virtual Lunch Bite discussing the American invasion of Canada in 1775 and a letter by Loyalist Thomas Ainslie recalling his experiences during the Siege of Quebec. Learn more: https://t.co/9CwxddlzW5
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Colonial Colonel Henry Knox reaches Fort Ticonderoga and begins the massive task of dismantling its cannon for transport south to Massachusetts over the winter. It will be hard going: the roads are bad and covered in snow in many places.
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