There is very little that is new in American politics.
That is so true. Reading about our founders and the issues they argued over is like reading a newspaper today (e.g., powerful central government vs limited gov).
On the lighter side of it, around Preakness time, the horse racing industry was doing its usual, give us money and tax breaks or our industry will go under. It also happened to be the centennial observation of the Baltimore fire. The Sun reprinted a page from the day after the fire, and what was in there, you guessed it, an article bemoaning the fact that with subsidies the horse racing industry in MD would disappear.