#Nixon Tapes

[deadpresidents]

Who is the furthest back President whom Pres. Biden has met? He joined the Senate when Nixon was president, and would have been in the chamber with VP Ford. He likely didn’t meet Truman or LBJ, who both stayed around their homes toward the end of their lives.

I'm almost certain that it was Nixon. From time-to-time, up and coming young Democrats would pay their respects to LBJ in retirement at the LBJ Ranch, but Biden hadn't reached that point yet by the time LBJ died. LBJ died three weeks after Biden took his seat in the Senate, and the brief transition period between that point and Biden's surprising Senate election against a veteran incumbent in November 1972 was when Biden's first wife and young daughter were killed in a tragic car accident.

For those who have never heard it, you should check out the audio of President Nixon's phone to call to Senator-elect Biden the day after Biden's wife and daughter had been killed in December 1972. Biden's sons were also in the car during the accident and had been seriously injured, and Biden was strongly considering not taking the seat he had just been elected to in the Senate. Nixon called Biden to express his condolences, but even though Biden was from the opposing political party he also urged him to take his seat in the Senate because he felt that Biden had a promising future. Looking back, it's a pretty remarkable couple of minutes in Presidential history and also shows a different side of Nixon.

[smallblueandloud]

i feel half-dead but i remembered the good place existed and watched some clips on youtube and. man, now i remember why that show used to be my sick day show

[migrationtothenorth]

Article on Kissinger's role in propping up Pakistani General Yahya Khan's military crackdown on East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971, which led to the Bangladeshi Liberation War. The Pakistani crackdown resulted in a genocide of students, intellectuals and the Hindu minority population in the area, and it is estimated that 200000-400000 (or even more) Bengali women were raped by the invading forces by the end of the war.

[hotcocoandmarshmallows]

"You have to learn sign language, to speak Italian, because they talk so much with their hands"

All of you are unoriginal, give credit to Connie who made this joke in late October/early November of 1973 if I interpreted their comments about Nixon's impeachment right

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

If you redrew and posted half the panels from Jack Kirby's Forever People or Jimmy Olsen and claimed they were from modern comics conservatives would spend an hour lamenting how political comics have become.

[gorillaxyz]

i dont like rbing murdoc fan art here bc i dont want anyone else to see him... well not really but its sometjing like that

[linusjf]

Pat Nixon: Sacrifice

Photo of First Lady Pat Nixon (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my husband. “ —Pat Nixon.

[todayshistory]

August 5th 1974: President Nixon is forced to release the “Smoking Gun” tape clearly and…

August 5th, 1974: President Nixon is forced to release the “Smoking Gun” tape, clearly and unambiguously implicating him in the Watergate scandal.

[squishy-spear]

Hot Take of the Day

The Nixon Tapes were the original Discord Chat leak

[s-cullayy]

It’s been almost 60 years and I’m still mad they didn’t let Audrey Hepburn sing in My Fair Lady

[norelationtodonkeykong]

The thing with spec ops the line having all of those loading screen & death screen quotes is while its good to have all the profound quotes, imo they were trying to be too profound, they should have stuffed it with like, george w bush quotes, stuff from kissinger in the nixon tapes, just the most mindnumbing shit about hpw america is such a moral army, etc. Just drive home how fucking braindead and nakedly ideological the american empire can be

[mourning-again-in-america]

still laughing over Duterte's "human rights, son of a bitch" statement

[lizardsfromspace]

The mainstream obits for Kissinger exist in a world where his acts are vague accusations, and not things he openly discussed many times. So they make hazy nods to "controversial acts" before saying, hey, he was very nice at this private party he threw for journalists and politicians he wanted to like him, and so he must be a nice guy after all, and why are these leftists so mean to this guy who talked openly about his crimes on the Nixon tapes

Or nods to identity. Praising that he was the first Jewish Secretary of State without even mentioning that he was, you know, between apathetic and actively hostile to Jews? Henry "any people who has been persecuted for two thousand years must be doing something wrong" Kissinger. Henry "if they put Soviet Jews in gas chambers, it's not America's concern" Kissinger.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

“Former president Donald Trump urged Israel to speed up its brutal offensive in Gaza against terror group Hamas because images of the destruction there are creating bad publicity for Israel.

“Every night, they’re releasing tapes of a building falling down. They shouldn’t be releasing tapes like that. That’s why they’re losing the PR war. They, Israel, is absolutely losing the PR war,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in an interview Thursday.”

🖕🤡

[obessedwithfictionalmen]

Disguise

Ronald Speirs X Soldier! Reader

Summary: Y/n is hiding as a men in order to fight, but Speirs finds out...

Warning: Misgender/ use of Y/n/ inaccuracies of the show (it's been a while since I've watched it)/ swearing/

Word count: 1k

A/n: Band of Brothers fics! Yeah!!! Like I said, it's been a while since I've watched BoB, and I'm in my finals so it might not be 100% accurate.

Cold, she was cold. Y/n was hiding in her foxhole, freezing her tits off. But she couldn’t say it out loud, since she was under disguise. She wanted to do her part, not as a nurse or anything, she wanted to fight. So, she cut her hair, taped her boobs and talked in a low voice. But now, in Bastogne, she was afraid that she would be discovered. The only person that knew was Eugene Roe, because she got hurt on her rib and he saw the bandages holding her tits. He promised that he wouldn’t say anything, for now, he didn’t reveal her secrets.

It's been a while since she could get her hands on scissors to cut her hair, the only pair that she could find were immediately seized by Eugene, he needed it. Her hair was long enough for her to braid, so that’s what she did at night, her hair was in a crowned braid, it was easy to hide under her helmet. Some boys were questioning her lack of beard, her answer was that she couldn’t grow facial hair. In the beginning, it was easy to hide herself, but when Ronald Spiers came, it was hard. He was one of the best soldiers she’d ever seen, he saved them from Lieutenant Dike and the mess he put Easy into. That night, Spiers talked to Y/n and she began to have a crush on him. ‘’What’s on y’a mind?’’ Eugene asked her. They shared the same foxhole; it was his way to protect her in case guys discovered that she was a woman and they wanted to touch her in an inappropriate way. ‘’Nothing, I’m just fucking cold’’ she replied. ‘’Renee gave me chocolate, want some?’’ he offered her a piece of candy, she took it, thanked him and ate the piece.

The sun was rising, the smell of soup filled her nostrils. ‘’Reed, want some?’’ Bill Guarnere asked, handing a cup to her. ‘’Yeah, thanks’’ she replied in her men voice, she got up from her foxhole and took the cup. ‘’Boys’’ Captain Winters greeted the men. ‘’Captain’’ they all said, saluting him. ‘’Got any words on Dike?’’ he asked. ‘’Nope, he ran away like a little girl!’’ Lipton joked, making the men laugh. Y/n laughed with a deep voice. Speirs came walking towards the men, Y/n took a cup and filled it with soup. ‘’Lieutenant, soup?’’ she offered, he took the cup and began eating. Nixon called Winters, the two men began talking, Winters smiled. That’s how Y/n understood that they were leaving the cold hell. ‘’Guys! Good news, we’re leaving Bastogne! Pack your things we’re leaving at 1000’’ he ordered. Men started to cheer around, Y/n smiled and pat Gene’s back.

The Sisters were signing, Y/n was in another room. When Easy arrived in that church, one Sister took the ‘men’ aside and instantly knew her secret. So, Y/n was put in another room so she could take the bandage off, to free a breast a little. They also allowed her to take a shower. ‘’Sister, you won’t tell anyone about me, are you?’’ she questioned. The older woman shook her head. ‘’You, my dear, are a soldier. Not a man, not a woman, a soldier, you fight for us, and I’m grateful for that’’ she took Y/n’s hands and she explained. ‘’Thank you’’ Y/n whispered. She could hear the singing, but she just wanted to rest. Y/n laid on the small bed and waited for sleep to get her, but it never did. Instead, someone barged in the small room, unaware of the woman. Y/n didn’t try to cover herself, since she thought it was Sister Margaret, but it wasn’t. ‘’Private Reed?’’ Ronald Speirs asked, confused by the situation. He opened the door to reveal a woman laid in a bed, that woman looked just like Private Reed. ‘’Shit, fuck’’ he heard the woman mumble as she tried to cover up. ‘’Uh, yes, Lieutenant Spiers?’’ she stuttered. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. ‘’You’re a, uh, girl?’’ he asked confused. Y/n took a deep breath and scoffed at the word girl. ‘’Woman, yes, I am’’ she replied, a little offended.

He closed the door behind him, to avoid anyone else finding out about her. ‘’How?’’ he asked, sitting in the small stairs in front of the door. ‘’How what?’’ He pointed her body. ‘’Put bandages on my breasts, cut my hair, braided them when they were too long, and I used my middle and last name to enter. Blake Reed’’ she explained. ‘’What’s your real name?’’ he asked. ‘’Y/n, sir’’ she said, afraid that he was going to rat her out. ‘’Nice to really meet you, Y/n’’ he said, smiling. She smiled nervously, what was going on. She was risking a lot, she could die! ‘’Are you going to tell everyone?’’ she asked, her voice cracking at the same time. He shook his head. ‘’What would be the benefit of that? We don’t have enough soldiers, and from what I’ve heard, you’re a goddamn good soldier’’ he simply said. Y/n bit the inside of her cheek at the semi compliment. ‘’Uh, thank you, Lieutenant’’ she stuttered. He checked her out, she had an amazing body, her uniform was definitely hiding stuff. ‘’Can I offer you a smoke?’’ he proposed. She smirked, was he going to kill her? ‘’Thank you, but, uh, I don’t smoke’’ she politely declined. ‘’You should get ready; we’re getting sent to another place’’ he said. She nodded as an agreement as he left the room.

When she gets into the bigger room, she sees Speirs talking with Winters. Her mind starts to spin, what the hell is he talking about? ‘’Blake? Where have you been?’’ Luz asks. ‘’I’ve been walking around town’’ she lied with her man voice. ‘’Boys, sit down!’’ Winters ordered, Y/n went to sit beside Lipton, with a lump in her throat. She was nervously playing with her fingers. ‘’We’re going to another town. Dike is nowhere to be seen, so Lieutenant Spiers is now your captain’’ Winters announces. Y/n takes a deep breath as she rises from the bench, just like the others, to salute their new Captain. As he was being saluted, Spiers looked at Y/n and smiled, she was a brave and beautiful woman, he had a lot of respect for her, and a little bit of a crush…