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Global war originating in Europe, 1914–1918
Scholarly and popular sources indicate that sexual commerce involving minors did occur in Germany before 1933 — especially in urban centers during and after World War I — but the scale, organization i...
centered on a few simple, emotionally charged themes: the deification of and promise of national renewal, vicious scapegoating, portrayal of external enemies to justify and expansion, and the myth of ...
Scholarly and popular sources agree that —ranging from streetwalking to regulated brothels—expanded in after , especially in , and contemporary and later accounts include reports of sexual commerce in...
Peace researchers distinguish a ceasefire—a temporary suspension or limitation of fighting—from the actual “ending” of a war, which is typically marked by a peace agreement or treaty that resolves und...
President Trump called a group of Democratic lawmakers’ video “seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH,” prompting condemnation and fact-checking: U.S. civilian law does not have a standalone “seditio...
Wartime laws expanded government power to prosecute speech and disloyal conduct: World War I’s Espionage Act and the Sedition Act authorized fines up to $10,000 and prison terms up to 20 years and pro...
The Senate cloture rule was first adopted on March 8, 1917, when the Senate approved Rule XXII to allow limiting debate with a supermajority; and became the institutional basis for later cloture pract...
The available documents provided contain that companies pulled their advertisements from Bill O’Reilly’s podcast; the materials instead reference advertiser losses tied to other Fox personalities and ...