...where would you want to be dropped? Would you want to be dropped in another Texas where you would be neglected, abused, lied to and trafficked with impunity? Or would you rather find yourself among civilized and decent human beings who will empathize with your plight and try to help you the best they can?
The Republican Party is no longer the vehicle for the Conservative Movement. It is now the vanguard for American Fascism. This may be a divisive statement, but it is true, and it does need to be said.
...loan forgiveness falls short in that it is a one-time deal that may benefit students today, but leaves students tomorrow holding the magic growing bag of debt.
Public goods make us more free.
As it looks right now, the 2024 election will be the last real election in U.S. history. The Democratic Party will go the way of the Whigs or may, at best serve as a neutered opposition party that offers nothing more than a patina of democratic legitimacy.
The January 6th Committee will almost certainly not bring the satisfaction that we are hoping for. It is an act of setting the record straight for history. Maybe our children or grandchildren will be able to benefit from it.
Our political talking heads wrapping their motives in the flag and lauding democracy while acting to either undermine or disregard the Demos creates an Orwell in Wonderland disassociation between the real and ideal world.
Guns don't buy themselves, and they don't pull their own triggers. The United States' gun crisis is socio-cultural and requires a socio-cultural solution.
Freedom means accepting the fact that at any given time our children might be massacred? Maybe we to rethink this arrangement.
Expecting working Americans to carry the weight of every economic challenge while ever effort is offered to ease the burden on investors is the default policy in the United States. How's that working for you?
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