History Brief: The Ohio Gang and the Teapot Dome Scandal

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In this episode the scandals of the Ohio Gang and Warren G. Harding's presidency are documented.

[@redjirachi1]

Warren Harding: People love me! Ohio Gang: I'm about to ruin this man's whole afterlife

[@birdman4birdlegs]

I'm just here to see what MIllhouse was so deeply immersed in

[@DonaldSeymourjr]

Family Guy

[@marvinmagadan9501]

Who else is coming from a Classroom assignment

[@samanthadiaz1356]

Lets just say college isnt fun at times and rn is one😂im not too fond of presidential history

[@soleilove]

I'm from a book 'how to win friends and influence people'

[@SomeOneYouMightKnow606]

High school lol

[@HenryLowenstein]

me

[@notsuperhumain]

And i thank you for the history lesson

[@namenotavailable7365]

It would've been worth mentioning that Harding died before the scandal exploded in the media. This was a thumbnail sketch about events that merited more depth and detail.

[@scottsmith7419]

Interesting and VERY well done Luckily for us, we live in a very different time and such scandals are no longer known to us....

[@robertwillard8011]

Are you joking?

[@davethebabe9238]

Ya trump has not had a scandal on this scale

[@aa888zz]

>trump has not had a scandal on this scale Ya and neither did Obama, Clinton, and both Bushes.

[@maryannmays6578]

surely you being ironic!

[@aarone9000]

2/6/24 You need to update this post!

[@Trollamollex]

I'm really sorry for this but can I get the name of the song In this?

[@readingthroughhistor]

We get the music from Audioblocks. They have lots of 1920s music for creators to use.

[@utyfhktfv]

why are people mad about politicians sleeping with women. That's his own personal life, if he wants some puney, let him get some freakin puney

[@michaelolz]

It’s the fact that they were using women as exchangeable goods, like booze and even money in a way that was unethical and then lying about it under oath. I see where you’re pointing and THAT GUY was impeached for committing perjury, NOT for getting some puney.

[@danstuder2064]

what year`s did this happen in?

[@readingthroughhistor]

1921-1923

[@atown2k3]

Did Dale Carnegie bring you here?

[@chikachikaslimshady1]

Adam Hassan yes LOL

[@andrewsotelo5695]

family guy

[@mattlovell4213]

Nope, my three sons

[@BilaBaiq]

Yaaass

[@aryashetty3924]

Damn right sir

[@HarryStoltz]

I'm gonna tell my kids this was Brendan Cerling.

[@SuperDerezzed]

I don't know how I feel about judging a president by the actions of other people in his cabinet. I guess one could argue, if he put corrupt people around him, then he is also corrupt, or can at least be influenced to engage in similar behavior. But, still Harding is known for doing some great things as president.

[@StevenTorrey]

The historical consensus believes that Harding was aware of Fall's actions and was complicit in some kind of cover-up or protection of Fall.

[@TB86000]

This was just one of the more clear examples of a president who was the mere sock puppet of the rich, extraordinarily corrupt group that put him in office. A simpleton with enough scandal in his past to make it easy for his handlers to keep him in line and the money flowing their way. There have been plenty of them. I judge them harshly with no hesitation.

[@peterthayer4967]

This Harding site. Is full of falsehoods and does not tell the full story. And there was no Ohio Gang.

[@gregwalker1913]

Wow, 101 years later and Harding still has admirers. I see how Americans can be enamored with corrupt Presidents and never let it go.

[@jamesvignali6074]

Sell all my shares of Tea Pot Dome Oil Shale and Tar Sands LLC immediately!!!

[@JellyBabesXo1]

very helpful!

[@readingthroughhistor]

+Melissa Mukasa Thank you!

[@spartancticonsultoriait6356]

Who else come after reading "how to win friends and influence people "

[@maryannmays6578]

Now they have public relations advisors. Diogenes is still looking for an honest man. I am willing to accept that some persons in power may begin careers with ideals I can appreciate, but political life requires compromise and that's when the problems can arise.....and then there are those who will tell any lie and smile in any direction if it leads to power. If your old enough to remember the movies Elmer Gantry or All the King's Men or even Keeper of the Light you'll get a notion of the problem personalities . Or just read some of our newspapers' descriptions of the " wannabees" and " have beens" of politics.

[@StevenTorrey]

What so striking about the scandal, is that from the get go, Harding was nominated for the express purpose of obtaining these oil reserves for Sinclair; this was not a scandal that unfolded as his administration progressed, obtaining those massive oil preserves was the sole purpose of the Harding administration.

[@theilliad4298]

Steven Torrey that blew my mind

[@TB86000]

The sole purpose of the G W Bush presidency could easily have been Halliburton's no-bid war on terror contracts & the greed of the oil industry- VP Cheney received an unearned 81 million pension as a thank you. Then there was the Reagan campaign making a deal with Iran to hold our citizens hostage longer in exchange for armaments after the election. Dirty tricks abound. To a really disgusting degree.

[@peterthayer4967]

Total nonsense. The hatred of Harding today nearly matches the Trump hatred.

[@tristramcoffin926]

Doesn't answer the opening question.

[@richmondkadyata6260]

Am here because am reading Dale Carnegie.... please give me a like to remind me of him

[@jagvirdhatt9232]

He had relationships with four women? Damn the president at that must’ve been a player lol 😂 (I’m Canadian btw)

[@snorttroll4379]

how did he manage? just set the terms and the girls accepted?

[@peterthayer4967]

Where is the proof of 4 women. Political propaganda.

[@x_8643]

at least his veep was alright

[@christophersharpe2555]

General billy mitchell

[@sabrinaveksler9795]

Imagine if Harding had his own personal Sean Hannity to whitewash all of his misdeeds to the public.

[@brosefmcman8264]

you'll always have the popular vote and NO ONE can ever take that away from you! bwahahahahhahahahaha #KAG

[@bruh8784]

Who where the people running from the tea pot

[@readingthroughhistor]

Albert Bacon Fall and his cronies.

[@Ace-lc1sy]

Who’s here from mr Collins

[@kaightlyng9531]

Who’s here from school in general 🙄💀

[@bubba400]

Same ole same ole

[@mattlovell4213]

My three sons

[@midnightgalaxy3793]

Who came here because of Family Guy

[@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane]

Donald Trump

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane #45 brought me here........hatred is a very strong primal emotion. Hence his supporters will support him all the way to the gates of hell. His job isn't to make their awful lives better......RATHER TO MAKE THE OBJECT PEOPLE OF HIS SUPPORTER'S SCORN WORSE.

[@JDiaz-pz9gv]

Harding administration: "One of the most corrupt presidential administrations in history" Trump administration: Hold my beer

[@alexandrajuarez-pacheco6158]

W.Harding really said peace and love The Ohio Gang woke up and chose violence

[@CycloneStorm]

Sound's fake

[@aarone9000]

geeee.. With the republicans; the more things change; the more they stay the same! What really POs me is Harding could have cut off the effects of the depression if he wasn't such a laz-eifaire (lazy;.… fair)

[@artkahn888]

Sounds like #45

[@treelineractual1671]

I married into the Doheny family, great people

[@dLimboStick]

Narrator: To this day, the Harding administration is known as one of the most corrupt in history. Trump administration: Hold my beer.

[@carstencastaneda8514]

comment copper

[@daviddegraff5137]

I believe that the Obama administration will be outed as the most corrupt.

[@johnnyblaze9217]

@@daviddegraff5137 you wish haha Obama want corrupt

[@kayw1230]

Wrong

[@Boogers32150]

“It is remember med to this day as the most corrupt presidential administrations in history” Trump: “hold my beer...”

[@ransomdeal2999]

haha, nerd!

[@abh3land]

Sometimes it sounds like the democratic Trying to do that all over again

[@GovenorMcLovin]

You mean today's Republicans.

[@arlopear7136]

3:45 To this day the Harding administration is known as one of the most corrupt in American history The Trump administration: LOL. Hold my beer

[@lisaroberts8556]

Obama the biggest snake to ever hold office. What Obama did to General Flynn. (Outrageous! ) No one in Trump’s Cabinet has a fraction of dirt under their finger nails. As those in the Obama Administration. What the hell was CHINA paying Biden’s son a Billion Dollars for!? What the hell!!!? Thats excluding the Russian kick backs Hillary got. During the Uranium One scam. Don’t think we forgot about that crooked Hag!

[@arlopear7136]

@@lisaroberts8556 cool story. It's all bullshit but it sounds cool in dim witted shit for brained MAGA-land lol. Meanwhile in the real world the Trump administration has a total of about 80 indictments against them. The Trump Foundation, a charitable organization was forced to disband because it stole money for Trump's personal gain. Let's not forget Trump University, another disbanded Trump entity because it was a FRAUD! Meanwhile in 8 years the Obama administration has no indictments against them. The Trump administration will ironically go down in history as one of the Swampiest & most corrupt in American history except in the mind of MAGA cultist who feed off of the lies & bullshit from their pathologically lying cult leader. Now go ingest some disinfectant or Hydroxychloroquine & stay off my comment dummy

[@robertwillard8011]

What about Trump?

[@Thedude2283]

Robert Willard What about him?

[@StevenTorrey]

Then along came the Trumpster do outdo Harding!

[@Thedude2283]

Steven Torrey only to be outdone by Killary, Fusion GPS and The Uranium One Deal

[@StevenTorrey]

@@Thedude2283 All of which have been debunked as RIGHT WING PSYCHOTIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES! Conspiracy theories which the Republican Party has been chasing after for too many years (30+)! (Starting with Whitewater...)