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Sweden has announced it plans to deport immigrants who have acquired Swedish citizenship but have failed to integrate into Western society. Do you agree with Sweden’s decision?
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The “Chris Hemsworth bodyweight workout.” Lots of compound movements to build functional strength in < 3 minutes, no fancy equipment or clothing needed. (If you prefer to see him do it, in 1 minute — and who’d blame you? — I’ll leave the link in comments.) #WorkoutWednesday
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McConnell’s hypocrisy and ability to lie while acting outraged never ceases to astound, but even more disturbing is the inability of any media entity to hold him accountable
Agree Suzanne, and the greatest offense is the silence of the press (broadcast media). This is so long past due addressing, and to our mutual peril. What, I ask is a "free press" that might be deserving of the constitutional protections afforded it ? Further, what responsibilities must be demanded of this "free press" ?
D4N, I read what you are talking about in The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, VOX and other sources. HCR's 'NOTES' are full of links to the 'free press'. We are suffering from the loss of local, journalistic outlets. There are gulfs and gaps, but the landscape is not barren either. As citizens we deserve and need more; we also need to work together to get the 'free press' democracies cannot survive without.
An important point is support of the outlets we read. Subscriptions pay for the work. I can’t afford to pay them all, but my budget has been increasingly being targeted toward substack while maintaining a local, state and national newspaper, along with the Atlantic, Propublica, and Wapo. Spread the money around folks. Freedom isn’t free
Thomas Frank in his seminal book, "What's the Matter With Kansas," explains how propaganda promulgated by extreme right-wing groups use wedge issues (abortion, immigration, undeserving folks getting government handouts, gay rights, women's rights, etc.) to get ordinary people to vote against their best economic and social interests. That $32 trillion national debt has gone mostly into the pockets of the wealthy, at the expense of 98% of our population. The Right uses culture wars to drain our treasury.
And, in addition to Thomas Franks' book, there is the one by Nancy MacLean entitled "Democracy in Chains," described as The deep history of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America," a piercing examination of the Right's relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, stop action on climate change and alter the constitution."
In a word - we've got trouble, big time. They've got a 40-year lead on us.
Nancy is very good and thorough. She puts to rest any question about whether we're striving to save our democracy. I feel that our goal is that articulated by Frances Perkins last century: "The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to provide all the people undere its jurisdiction the best possible life." And, add to that Albert Einstein's theory of government: "I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy , although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of…