I think Jefferson is an underrated contender here. The Louisiana Purchase set the stage for a lot of the subsequent acts of expansion/colonization/genocide. Maybe it's a naive view of history; some degree of expansion is probably inevitable, but it's possible that American expansion could have been slowed/reduced if they had more resistance from other European powers near the start (i.e. if they had to fight France to expand westward instead of getting carte blanche from them). There was not-insignificant opposition to the purchase and Jefferson had a role in pushing in favor of it, so perhaps you could argue that Jefferson has a significant responsibility in driving American colonialism and making it so powerful today. I think you could make an argument that he had a particularly harmful role in how he shaped early US history based on that (and of course due to the slave-owning and protecting slavery that most other early presidents did as well).
I got this today as well. Didn't know I was still getting Bernie emails. The subject was eyeroll-inducing, but I had to stop at the bit about Trump being the worst president in history. Left a pretty vicious message when unsubscribing and ended it with a cute little quote for good measure.
My god what a disappointment. To think I lost sleep after Super Tuesday in 2020 over this fool
I understand that there is a lot going on in this world today
God damn. Love for my Senate Grandpa to talk to me like a fucking baby.
Anyone else miss when he'd talk about doing Universal Medicare or ending the housing crisis, rather than having some ChatGPT ass intern whine about how they're afraid Republicans might win again?
Hard to agree with the statement Trump is the worst president in American history... One dropped 2 nuclear bombs, another genocided korea, turned Laos into the world's largest minefield, Vietnam... and Bush killed a million Iraqis.