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Amen!!!

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"...withhold information vital to our survival as a democracy in order to get a lucrative book contract." That drives me 🤬

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I'm not the professor, I am not a professor. I'm a retired cop who saw a street's view of law enforcement in a pretty much homogenous (that is to say lily white) area of Oregon. The bulk of the arrests that I made fell into three catigories: DUII, Warrant Arrests, and misdemeanor arrests (there were of course some felony arrests; in our agency, unless the probable cause was STRONG, we did not make a custodial arrest and thereby "start the clock" as to when there had to be a Grand Jury indict…

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Obviously the personhood that gets conferred on you at conception gets revoked at birth if you're unlucky enough to be born into the wrong ethnic group or class.

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I'm repeating myself, but I just can't seem to get my mind around the fact that white male Christians have coopted the name of Christ, who never called himself Christ and who, by the way, was a brown-skinned Jewish Rabbi. This from me, a theologian and pastor in the United Church of Christ. The White Christian male overreach is much more akin to the so-called scribes and pharisees - the keepers of the law, who Jesus criticized.

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Me too. I alternate between fiction and historical stuff - bios in particular. The more I read, the more I realize how little I know. I was looking for something to dig into and decided to use the "favorite author path". Ron Chernow is at the top of my list. I don't care about plays of any kind but Hamilton was one of the best books I have ever read. And his Grant was a revelation.

Here is an interesting convergence of events. HCR writes about this time of our history and all the parallels with …

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Mine too. I was thrilled (and embarrassed) to be schooled by Keith Wheelock (hope I have the name right) regarding the downfall of the Nixon presidency ( I have lacked the time or ability to relocate the statement without my computer). I learn a lot at LFAA-U.

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The republican paradox never ends: Musk and republicans want "free speech," but they're banning books.

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Thank you, M.S.

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Michael, I believe the budget reconciliation plan (BBB) reflects the pledge you referenced to help remedy the country’s grotesque inequalities of wealth and income. I also believe, when reconciliation failed to pass, that Dems, rightfully, expected Biden to go make the argument in West Virginia, and also in the red parts of Mississippi and Alabama, and in other states and say, “This is what we have tried to deliver and these folks have voted against it.” Simply stated, Dems have to be willing t…

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I am surprised there are no revelations from Democrat insiders or investigative reporting to explain the apparent lack of aggression of the Democrats. More than one commenter has stated that democracy has failed already by not providing a strong response to July 6th. I would apply the same logic to nothing having been done to curb future presidential over reach that was so apparent under Trump. A bit of bad luck that Joe Manchin just happened to be in office at this critical time. The perfect storm.