FYI January 02, 2020

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On This Day

1920 – The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.[13]
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 during the First Red Scare by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected radical leftists, mostly Italian and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants with suspected radical leftist ties, with particular focus on Italian anarchists and immigrant leftist labor activists. The raids and arrests occurred under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, with 3,000 arrested. Though 556 foreign citizens were deported, including a number of prominent leftist leaders, Palmer’s efforts were largely frustrated by officials at the U.S. Department of Labor, which had authority for deportations and objected to Palmer’s methods.

The Palmer Raids occurred in the larger context of the Red Scare, the fear of and reaction against communist radicals in the U.S. in the years immediately following World War I and the Russian Revolution.[1] There were strikes that garnered national attention, race riots in more than 30 cities, and two sets of bombings in April and June 1919, including one bomb mailed to Palmer’s home.

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Born On This Day

1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)[50]
Martha Carey Thomas (January 2, 1857 – December 2, 1935) was an American educator, suffragist, linguist. She was the second president of Bryn Mawr College, a women’s liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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FYI

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One bullet.
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By Stephen Starr, Ozy: River Surfing Makes a Splash in the Midwest
Why you should care
Because outdoor enthusiasts are using rivers in new ways.

 
 
 
 

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Ideas

By Stephan24au: Softdrink Bottle Hothouse

 
 
 
 

Recipes