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There are but those two options for America when it comes to the abortion issue: either everyone gets to live in accordance with their own beliefs (and some are not happy with the choices of others) or some get to force their views on all. The American...
by AndySchmookler
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 07:33 AM PDT
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“Small government” is the antithesis of the creeping authoritarianism that can be readily seen within the Republican Party Republicans have claimed to favor “small government” for decades, but their policy positions contradict that assertion. Ronald...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 05:53 AM PST
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I was commenting on another article and realized that one of the two trends that I think are the most danger didn’t actually fit as a response to that post so I decided to split it of. That separate issue is POPULISM. In 2017 or 2018, I was involved in...
by jwgarman
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on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 06:37 PM PST
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Freedom and Liberty — America is supposed to be all about the two. But freedom for whom? Freedom from what. Liberty — or license? Freedom — or privilege? Where does someone’s freedom end and another’s begin? What is freedom, without freedom to...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Oct 08, 2023 at 09:33 AM PDT
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From the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Tue Jul 04, 2023 at 09:27 AM PDT
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No doubt. The possibilities are endless. With a quick news check at Tom Paine Today's news source collection I scrolled down to the Hong Kong Free Press . It gave me a peek at one such possibility: Yesterday Tim Hamlett wrote, “Why I am giving up...
by AnotherOklahoman
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on Sat May 13, 2023 at 02:42 PM PDT
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Near the top of the Declaration of Independence are several key words that have left a lasting impact on our culture. These words state that every citizen has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Looking back to the time when this...
by RussellWriter
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on Mon Apr 24, 2023 at 07:25 AM PDT
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Join us as Americans sends a message: Trump is Not Above the Law. Community Members Demand Accountability as Trump and others violated campaign finance laws and acted unlawfully to disrupt US elections. Indictment News: Politico PM is reporting: An...
by LaurieAtBrowardforProgress
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on Mon Mar 20, 2023 at 01:41 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Thursday, Feb 23, 2023 · 11:58:06 PM +00:00 · wjhamilton29464 Lowcountry Students Joining National Education Protection Effort- Students Protecting Education empowers students to stand up for their own schools and the type of diverse, nurturing...
by wjhamilton29464
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on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 01:20 PM PST
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I clipped the below a long time ago, from the WSJ I believe. I thought it incredibly wise then and even more so now. What great counter to the MAGA view of freedom: “I get to do whatever I gall dern want, whenever wherever and however I want! And ef...
by zman1527
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 10:16 AM PST
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Charleston, SC, USA From Lowcountry Up is Good, PAC Dated Feb. 16, 2023 Image, Right, HANDS button design colored by activist in button making machine Charleston, SC- Activists who have sat out years of Charleston County School District controversies...
by wjhamilton29464
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on Sat Feb 18, 2023 at 06:57 AM PST
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As 2022 came to a close- a hell of a year that started with our hospitals being crushed by Omicron, was pancaked in the middle by an unprecedented assault on the fundamental rights of every American ...
by SquireForYou
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on Tue Jan 03, 2023 at 06:41 AM PST
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The pun was too good to pass up. Liberty University started off so well. They got into the top 25 of the FBS! They would’ve been such a wonderful cinderella story, if not for all the bigotry, corruption, and Jerry Falwell being Jerry Falwell. They got...
by Andrew S
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on Sat Nov 26, 2022 at 01:09 PM PST
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I recently joined a private group where I was asked about my religious/philosophical beliefs. This is not something I spend a lot of time thinking about, though like most folks in the US whose parents were born in the US, I was raised to believe in...
by NotYourRobot
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on Wed Nov 16, 2022 at 11:22 AM PST
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Vote for your rights to continue!�
by laloalcaraz
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on Mon Nov 07, 2022 at 04:00 PM PST
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The propaganda value of using “others” to distract is immense. If you, as an elected public official, are busy lying, cheating, &/or stealing, but then are caught … with the media and public now focused on your crimes and punishment, just go on camera...
by daddybunny
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on Tue Dec 27, 2022 at 02:48 AM PST
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Today we remember the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. Many things have happened in the past two and a half centuries. Some of them have been good, others not. As Lincoln said, though, this document created a nation dedicated to the...
by David Pax
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on Mon Jul 04, 2022 at 06:48 AM PDT
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With the official decision by the six radical theocratic clerics on the Supreme Court to take away reproductive rights, so-called “trigger” laws have come into question. In Mississippi, a 2007 trigger law is set to go into effect on Jan. 7 that will...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jun 30, 2022 at 03:56 PM PDT
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by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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One of the reasons the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs is so upsetting and infuriating is that it denies people have a right to privacy. The right to privacy is such a bedrock American ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 04:00 PM PDT
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- Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...376 comments 242 Recs
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- Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they heard (we couldn’t “witness” it because Republicans on the Supreme Court won’t allow their proceedings to be televised) yesterday as an attorney for Donald Trump, at least three different times in...94 comments 264 Recs
- All our fears to the contrary, Trump actually has little real chance of winning the upcoming election. The key is demographics. There are, of course, a number of factors that influence which voters vote for which candidates, and these factors can...70 comments 80 Recs
- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...303 comments 623 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...16 comments 131 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...24 comments 139 Recs
- Happy Freidai, Peeps! Some of us donât have to sweat out a workweek, but even so, sometimes Freidai makes us want to dance. But what KIND of dance? But FIRST: A gentle reminder of how we do ...77 comments 74 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...417 comments 790 Recs
- The demented drivel that emanates from Fox News on any given day is relentlessly ridiculous. They find fault with President Biden and Democrats on everything from the atrocity of eating an ice cream cone to the flagrantly false fear mongering about...19 comments 17 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...133 comments 282 Recs
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