the first republican president elected after the creation of social security, former general dwight dhower, who conquered germany in world war two, said at the end of the second year of his presidency, 14 years after the first social security check was issued. in a letter to his brother, quote, should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. in that same letter, president eisenhower referred to some rich right wing republicans who wanted to end social security in the 1950s. he called them a tiny splinter group and said their number is negligible and they are stupid. they are stupid. that is the clear wisdom of dwight d eisenhower speaking from the grave about what is happening at social security tonight and the person who is doing it, elon musk. 58,000 people work at social security. only 58,000 people. that is a hyper efficient agency that is approximately one worker at social security for each million people who receive benefits from soci

that is the clear wisdom of dwight d eisenhower. speaking from the grave about what is happening at social security tonight and the person who is doing it, elon musk, 58,000 people work at social security. only 58,000 people. that is a hyper efficient agency that is approximately one worker at social security for each million people who receive benefits from social security. that means that those 58,000 people are also processing and crediting the tax payments of 170 million workers every week in this country. there is no entity in the history of private enterprise that is as efficient as the social security administration, with its 58,000 employees. donald trump promised in the presidential campaign that he would not cut social security. but elon musk did not make that promise. elon musk has no other mission in the government other than cutting payments. and now he's inside social security. franklin delano roosevelt was right. no damn politician could ever scrap his social security program. but elon musk is not a damn politician. e

larger even than that of president dwight d. eisenhower. you know he was sort of a moderate guy.g on the fact he didn't want people pouring into our country from owl over the world. very tough. he had the record, we now have the record. it's not a record i'm really proud of. don't like to do that. but we have no choice. we can't let them come in. they let criminals, many, many criminals, hundreds of thousands of probably millions of criminals, 21 million people i believe is the number and of that millions of people are hard stone cold criminals. in the past four weeks, illegal border crossings have plummeted by nearly 100% and the tiny number of illegals that do make it across are being apprehended and sent right back to their home where they belong. all countries are taking the illegal aliens back. every single one. even though they said and strongly, we're never taking them back don't even try. they said that during the biden administration. didn't work. they're taking them back. they have no choice. they're taking them back. they know we're not playing games. you remember vene

well, a commission in 1955, established under dwight d eisenhower, you know, commission to for a cultural kennedy center comes from. that's the history of it. and i do think it's a big deal, because culture, we keep using the term culture nowadays, and culture isn't just about one specific type of person, type of thing, type of genre. culture is expansive. it it runs the gamut across the board. and the thing that the kennedy center has been a good had been good at in the past, from democratic and republican presidents, regardless of who was in office, is ensuring that they are inclusive of the expansive culture in this country. just last night, there was a for love of go-go event at the kennedy center. >> they want to define. >> what that. >> culture is, and that culture is not the expansion into a go go night. it is not having talented african american, hispanic, asian american artists on stage who do all kinds of creative things. this, for me, was summed up in an article i read in which one of the interviewees was quoted as saying, this is great. now maybe, maybe we can get some country

even larger than that of president dwight d. eisenhower. very moderate man. he was very strong.dn't like people running into our country and taking over our country. i tell you, i had four years -- i don't know if you had this -- i can't saskatoon it! i couldn't stand it don't get angry. donald, don't get angry, please. i couldn't stand it! watching these people come in from jails and mental institutions and the worst criminals in the street, gang members being dropped off in buses and bused into our country. i couldn't stand it! so i said, are i'm going to run for president again. now we don't have that problem. now we don't have that problem. anymore. we don't have that problem anymore. we now have the best border we've ever had and by the way, if they could ever find my world's favorite chart ever in history, i'll show you what it was when i left and now it's even slightly better. can you drop that chart, do you think? i don't know. i never tell them about this, but they used to drop it like magic. if they can, they'll drop it. who the hell knows? it's my favorite chart, my f

begun the largest deportation operation in american history, larger than that even of president dwight d. eisenhower, a very moderate man. [applause] he was very strong on that. he didn't like people running into our country and taking over our country. i'll tell you, i had four years, i don't know if you had this, i couldn't stand it! [laughter] don't get angry. donald, don't get angry. [laughter] i can't stand it! watching these people come in from jails and mental institutions and the worst criminals, expect street gang members being -- and the street gang members being dropped off on buses into our cup, i couldn't stand it. so -- into our country. i couldn't stand it. so i said, i'm going to the run for president again, and now we don't have that problem. [cheers and applause] now we don't have that problem anymore. [cheers and applause] we don't have that problem anymore. we now have the best border we've ever had. and, by the way, if they could ever find my world's favorite chart ever in history, i'll show you what it was when i left, and now it's even slightly were the. better. ca

from an 1832, a president's defiance of the supreme court to brown versus board of education and dwight d eisenhower sending the military in to force the desegregation of schools in the south. how? over the course of 140 years, we got from point a to point b, and he was very explicit, saying, it's part of our national history and getting to the point in time in which the american public has, quote, not only just taken a system that is based off of the constitutional liberties, that is simply fine words on paper, but quote, also of habits, customs, expectations, settled modes of behavior engaged in by judges, by lawyers, by the general public. those were the words of stephen breyer 20 years ago. and i think that it is notable to hear the current vice president not only several years ago, but then to echo those very statements now in the actual position of vice president, suggesting that the executive branch, when it is just for them to do so in defense of the constitution, may defy the courts, and that potentially could even be the supreme court. ali. >> so, melissa, we, we talk a lot and

begin the largest deportation operation in american history, larger even than that of president dwight d. eisenhower. he was a moderate guy but he was very strong on the fact that he didn't want people pouring in from our country. he was very tough. he has a record. we now have a record. it's not the record that i'm proud of but we have no choice. i mean, they let criminals, many, many criminals, hundreds of thousands, probably millions of criminals, 21 million people, i believe, is the number, and of nats, millions of people are hard, stone cold criminals. in the past four weeks, illegal border crossings have plummeted by nearly 100% and the tiny number of illegals that do make it across that are being apprehended are sent right back to their home where they belong. every single one, even though they said and strongly, we're never taking them back. they said that during the biden administration and it didn't work. they're taking them back. they have no choice. they're taking them back. they know we're not playing games. [applause] host: and this is "the washington post" -- a relentless

in the channel, on d-day. dwight eisenhower goes, you what?t to be on a ship and finally the king, george the sixth intervenes and says, if he's going to be on the ship, i'd like to be on the ship too. and so, they decide winston churchill that finally agreed will not be there on d-day. >> we thank you for being here tonight and round of applause for professor robert. thank you for joining us. >>> up next, more american history tv. >> it's more pleasure to introduce the author on

d-day. and dwight goes, you what? you want to be on ship and? finally, the king george, the six intervened and says, if he's going to be the ship, i want to be on the ship, too. and so they decide that winston churchill, who finally had agreed, will not be there on d-day. and we thank you for here tonight. and a round of applause for professor robert small.and now'o introduce the author featured in this session, angela beecham is a film and television historian who teaches courses in film history and serves as the film and digital arts department administrator at the university of new mexico in albuquerque. she's a ph.d. candidate in film and television studies. the university of east anglia in the united kingdom and has been a lifelong roosevelt i'm sorry, eleanor roosevelt enthusiast. eleanor roosevelt on screen. her first book, please join me in welcoming ms. beachum to the roosevelt reading festival. well, thanks for that introduction and thanks, everybody, for being here. thanks also to the archivists here who are so important to all this w

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