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mourning-again-in-america · 1 year

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I love the state level progressives too much. Such a shame that being an isolationist in public office during the World Wars was considered worse than being a flagrant adulterer by many.

#its not JUST a wisconsin thing #also a dakota and probably Minnesota thing #anyways v funny to have learned that the commies in the Milwaukee CIO helped push their enemy #bob la follette jr out of the senate and ended up giving joe mccarthy a surprise win #(they were trying to make WI a Dem state so they pushed their members to the dem primary #so La Follette got crushed by McCarthy in the Rep primary and then beat the Dems #because the Dems had been assuming they could take over the Progressive machinery)

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