A Liberal Lives In Wisconsin

     Tear gas rained downed as a few hundred officers faced off against a mob nearly three times their size. Barricades were thrown about and priceless antiques significant to American democracy were stained with blood as officers continued to fall, being stabbed with American flags, Confederate flags, and "Blue Lives Matter" flags, having their bodies crushed between people and property alike, and being sent into medical emergencies in attempted lynchings with their own weapons. A scene one might expect in Baghdad or Benghazi, not at the cradle of democracy in the Western world.      Still, in spite of the deniers and conspiracy theorists refusing to shut up, the insurrection of January 6th, 2021, happened, and it was the result of a man's injured pride and the scared legions of lawmakers who decided disillusioning the entire nation with their democratic process was better than losing an election that anyone who paid attention to reasonable people predicted he would lose

       Influenced by cousin Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt was an early leader in the modern conservation movement. Aside from planting 500,000 trees in his home state, he also secured the passage of eight conservation bills as a New York state senator. In the White House, he did not forget this.       On April 5th, 1933, he signed an executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of his First New Deal to end the Great Depression. In doing so, he put millions of young men to work creating trails, building bridges, and performing necessary maintenance in America's national parks. During his presidency, total park attendance nearly quadrupled.       Aside from this, he also expanded the Park Service's mission to include national military parks, national cemeteries, and national memorials. He created some of America's most recognizable landmarks, including Camp David and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.