2026-07-06 08:20 UTC
I've been pretty quiet lately because I've been telling people America was actually founded in 1789 and they Do. Not. Want. To. Hear. It.
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus 2026-07-06 10:59
@HG@beige.party That isn't actually accurate, though. The United States of America had a functioning federal government well before July 4, 1776, even if it was on an ad hoc basis—the Continental Congress—and the formal federal government was actually established with the Articles of Confederation, adopted Novermber 15, 1777. The federal government operated under that charter until the new Constitution took effect on March 4, 1789. The first President of the United States of America was really John Hancock.
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@HG@beige.party 2026-07-06 08:21
I declared myself independent yesterday. But nothing fucking happened because of course it didn't.
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@thejessiekirk@ohai.social 2026-07-06 10:46
@HG@beige.party When the Constitution replaced the Articles?