Eric Brody
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Brutality and inhumanity toward immigrants is a vital focus of appeal to a Great Awakening. The moral and ethical challenges that we face are far broader. I will revisit all of this soon.
In the meantime, enjoy Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year.
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In the meantime, enjoy Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year.
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For a New Great Awakening
Let’s All Mobilize Ourselves and Others in the Cause of Justice and Dignity, Decency and Sense
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December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Brutality and inhumanity toward immigrants is a vital focus of appeal to a Great Awakening. The moral and ethical challenges that we face are far broader. I will revisit all of this soon.
In the meantime, enjoy Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year.
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In the meantime, enjoy Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year.
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I sent the message at the link below to Lauren Boebert. Do likewise for her and those of her fellow Republican signers of the discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, and Thomas Massie).
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Principled Independence, the UCMJ, and the Rule of Law
A message to U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert
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November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I sent the message at the link below to Lauren Boebert. Do likewise for her and those of her fellow Republican signers of the discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, and Thomas Massie).
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Three times in his excellent column today David French used the word “decent” or “decency.” I appeal to all readers to stand up for decency and sense and help pull us back from the destination in which we are headed.
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Decency and Sense Must Overcome Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage
Everyone can help with this.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Three times in his excellent column today David French used the word “decent” or “decency.” I appeal to all readers to stand up for decency and sense and help pull us back from the destination in which we are headed.
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Liz Cheney on May 11, 2021:
“[We must] love our country...so much that we will stand above politics to defend her...We must love America so much that we will never yield in her defense.”
No Kings.
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“[We must] love our country...so much that we will stand above politics to defend her...We must love America so much that we will never yield in her defense.”
No Kings.
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Love America
No Kings
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October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Liz Cheney on May 11, 2021:
“[We must] love our country...so much that we will stand above politics to defend her...We must love America so much that we will never yield in her defense.”
No Kings.
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“[We must] love our country...so much that we will stand above politics to defend her...We must love America so much that we will never yield in her defense.”
No Kings.
decencyandsense.substack.com/p/love-america
If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.
– Arlo Guthrie
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– Arlo Guthrie
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You Gotta Sing Loud
…also soft
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October 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.
– Arlo Guthrie
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– Arlo Guthrie
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This Constitution Day, I speak about the First Amendment.
I it especially appropriate and urgent to do so in light of vastly increased threats emanating from the federal government in the aftermath of events last week.
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I it especially appropriate and urgent to do so in light of vastly increased threats emanating from the federal government in the aftermath of events last week.
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Constitution Day Reflections on the Stifling of Speech
After and Before...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This Constitution Day, I speak about the First Amendment.
I it especially appropriate and urgent to do so in light of vastly increased threats emanating from the federal government in the aftermath of events last week.
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I it especially appropriate and urgent to do so in light of vastly increased threats emanating from the federal government in the aftermath of events last week.
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Some thoughts on Mona Charen's piece today on the Epstein scandal:
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The Epstein Scandal Reveals MAGA’s True Face
They all knew Trump was a louse and a liar. Now they’re desperate to deny the obvious.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some thoughts on Mona Charen's piece today on the Epstein scandal:
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Last week, a state representative maligned her opponents in the other major party with a blatant falsehood. I take this opportunity to promote the Pro-Truth Pledge. Take it yourself and request that elected officials and other influential people likewise do so!
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Encourage Influential People To Take the Pro-Truth Pledge
And do so yourself, for the good of our civil society
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September 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Last week, a state representative maligned her opponents in the other major party with a blatant falsehood. I take this opportunity to promote the Pro-Truth Pledge. Take it yourself and request that elected officials and other influential people likewise do so!
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I reflect upon the October 2021 "Open Letter in Defense of Democracy."
What will it take to galvanize an effective united front to confront this dire challenge to the very existence of the republic? How can what already exists be brought to necessary scale?
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What will it take to galvanize an effective united front to confront this dire challenge to the very existence of the republic? How can what already exists be brought to necessary scale?
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Eric Brody (@decencyandsense)
William Kristol wrote:
*****Here in the United States, distinguished liberals would not tie themselves in knots with hand-wringing. Here in the United States, proud conservatives would not put party ...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I reflect upon the October 2021 "Open Letter in Defense of Democracy."
What will it take to galvanize an effective united front to confront this dire challenge to the very existence of the republic? How can what already exists be brought to necessary scale?
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What will it take to galvanize an effective united front to confront this dire challenge to the very existence of the republic? How can what already exists be brought to necessary scale?
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Gov. Ralph Carr issued a warning:
“[I]f a majority may deprive a minority of its freedom, contrary to the terms of the Constitution today, then you as a minority may be subjected to the same ill-will of the majority tomorrow.”
Please read the essay.
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“[I]f a majority may deprive a minority of its freedom, contrary to the terms of the Constitution today, then you as a minority may be subjected to the same ill-will of the majority tomorrow.”
Please read the essay.
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Ralph Carr’s Warning Reverberates this Colorado Day
“[I]f a majority may deprive a minority of its freedom, contrary to the terms of the Constitution today, then you as a minority may be subjected to the same ill-will of the majority tomorrow.”
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August 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Gov. Ralph Carr issued a warning:
“[I]f a majority may deprive a minority of its freedom, contrary to the terms of the Constitution today, then you as a minority may be subjected to the same ill-will of the majority tomorrow.”
Please read the essay.
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“[I]f a majority may deprive a minority of its freedom, contrary to the terms of the Constitution today, then you as a minority may be subjected to the same ill-will of the majority tomorrow.”
Please read the essay.
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The final paragraph:
*****The widespread susceptibility to propaganda and the abdication of civic responsibility to resist it has been and will continue to be our downfall. All who recognize this problem ought energetically address it.*****
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*****The widespread susceptibility to propaganda and the abdication of civic responsibility to resist it has been and will continue to be our downfall. All who recognize this problem ought energetically address it.*****
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Eric Brody (@decencyandsense)
Andrew Egger wrote (prefatory to his explanation of the regime's deceitful claims about documents purportedly proving the "the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax"):
*****Put yourself in the shoes of a speci...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The final paragraph:
*****The widespread susceptibility to propaganda and the abdication of civic responsibility to resist it has been and will continue to be our downfall. All who recognize this problem ought energetically address it.*****
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*****The widespread susceptibility to propaganda and the abdication of civic responsibility to resist it has been and will continue to be our downfall. All who recognize this problem ought energetically address it.*****
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The point of my latest edition of Decency and Sense is not to promote my or any side of the debate topic. It is, rather, to provide a glimpse of a Braver Angels debate.
Please take a look and a listen.
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Please take a look and a listen.
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Braver Debate
Seek mutual understanding, not rhetorical dominance
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July 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The point of my latest edition of Decency and Sense is not to promote my or any side of the debate topic. It is, rather, to provide a glimpse of a Braver Angels debate.
Please take a look and a listen.
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Please take a look and a listen.
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Share this truism from Jonathan V. Last:
*****Not every slide into illiberalism ends in genocide. But every genocide starts with a slide into illiberalism. And we won’t arrest this slide by pretending it can’t possibly happen here.*****
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*****Not every slide into illiberalism ends in genocide. But every genocide starts with a slide into illiberalism. And we won’t arrest this slide by pretending it can’t possibly happen here.*****
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Jonathan V. Last wrote:
*****Not every slide into illiberalism ends in genocide. But every genocide starts with a slide into illiberalism. And we won’t arrest this slide by pretending it can’t possibl...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Share this truism from Jonathan V. Last:
*****Not every slide into illiberalism ends in genocide. But every genocide starts with a slide into illiberalism. And we won’t arrest this slide by pretending it can’t possibly happen here.*****
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*****Not every slide into illiberalism ends in genocide. But every genocide starts with a slide into illiberalism. And we won’t arrest this slide by pretending it can’t possibly happen here.*****
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Concluding passage:
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How willing are we to stand up for those whom one’s leaders and peers have attacked and demonized in bad faith, as the president routinely does?
In other words, how willing are we to stand up stoutly for decency and sense?
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How willing are we to stand up for those whom one’s leaders and peers have attacked and demonized in bad faith, as the president routinely does?
In other words, how willing are we to stand up stoutly for decency and sense?
Defy Demagoguery
Stand Up for Decency and Sense
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July 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Concluding passage:
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How willing are we to stand up for those whom one’s leaders and peers have attacked and demonized in bad faith, as the president routinely does?
In other words, how willing are we to stand up stoutly for decency and sense?
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decencyandsense.substack.com/p/defy-demag...
How willing are we to stand up for those whom one’s leaders and peers have attacked and demonized in bad faith, as the president routinely does?
In other words, how willing are we to stand up stoutly for decency and sense?
decencyandsense.substack.com/p/no-tyrants
It is the duty of every patriot to commit to stand up against the “unworthy passions” of those among us – starting with the occupant of the presidency – who would throw away what Jefferson and the other founders granted to us and to the world.
It is the duty of every patriot to commit to stand up against the “unworthy passions” of those among us – starting with the occupant of the presidency – who would throw away what Jefferson and the other founders granted to us and to the world.
No Tyrants
Jeffersonian reflections on Independence Day
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July 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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It is the duty of every patriot to commit to stand up against the “unworthy passions” of those among us – starting with the occupant of the presidency – who would throw away what Jefferson and the other founders granted to us and to the world.
It is the duty of every patriot to commit to stand up against the “unworthy passions” of those among us – starting with the occupant of the presidency – who would throw away what Jefferson and the other founders granted to us and to the world.
We who fight for our republic also must not yield to fatalism. We must counter propaganda with truth.
Most importantly, we must go far beyond grousing amongst ourselves and reach those who do not already agree with us.
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Most importantly, we must go far beyond grousing amongst ourselves and reach those who do not already agree with us.
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William Kristol wrote:
*****[T]he Trump administration isn’t going to sit around and accept an unfavorable political fate. The bill’s unpopular now. But who knows how things will look after months of ...
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July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We who fight for our republic also must not yield to fatalism. We must counter propaganda with truth.
Most importantly, we must go far beyond grousing amongst ourselves and reach those who do not already agree with us.
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Most importantly, we must go far beyond grousing amongst ourselves and reach those who do not already agree with us.
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We elect officials to exercise their best judgment, not rely upon a "sincere hope" that an eventuality outside of their control will bail them out.
Perhaps Murkowski will find a way to redeem herself. That she do so soon is my sincere hope.
More at the link.
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Perhaps Murkowski will find a way to redeem herself. That she do so soon is my sincere hope.
More at the link.
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William Kristol wrote:
*****The Senate passed a massive budget reconciliation bill that stands out, probably more than any other recent piece of legislation, for comforting the very comfortable while ...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We elect officials to exercise their best judgment, not rely upon a "sincere hope" that an eventuality outside of their control will bail them out.
Perhaps Murkowski will find a way to redeem herself. That she do so soon is my sincere hope.
More at the link.
substack.com/@decencyands...
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Perhaps Murkowski will find a way to redeem herself. That she do so soon is my sincere hope.
More at the link.
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Reconciliation rules required that the 2017 tax cuts expire.
A razor-thin majority nearly identical to that in 2017 has nullified the stricture that made possible the filibuster-free passage of the original bill to enable filibuster-free passage of this monstrosity.
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A razor-thin majority nearly identical to that in 2017 has nullified the stricture that made possible the filibuster-free passage of the original bill to enable filibuster-free passage of this monstrosity.
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Sam Stein wrote:
*****We’ve written repeatedly this year about the ridiculous budget gimmick at the heart of the Senate’s Big Beautiful Bill. Rather than count the 2017 Trump tax cuts as lapsing (as ...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Reconciliation rules required that the 2017 tax cuts expire.
A razor-thin majority nearly identical to that in 2017 has nullified the stricture that made possible the filibuster-free passage of the original bill to enable filibuster-free passage of this monstrosity.
substack.com/@decencyands...
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A razor-thin majority nearly identical to that in 2017 has nullified the stricture that made possible the filibuster-free passage of the original bill to enable filibuster-free passage of this monstrosity.
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Tillis did not acknowledge his responsibility to "represent[] the great people of North Carolina to the best of [his] ability" until after he surrendered his political ambition. Let him to the fullest take this opportunity to reclaim his integrity.
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Andrew Egger wrote:
*****After the news broke, Tillis started behaving like a man from whom a great weight has been lifted. “I look forward to having the pure freedom to call the balls and strikes as ...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tillis did not acknowledge his responsibility to "represent[] the great people of North Carolina to the best of [his] ability" until after he surrendered his political ambition. Let him to the fullest take this opportunity to reclaim his integrity.
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William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift wrote:
*****Our fearless leader, Sarah Longwell, doesn’t spend all her time in focus groups or on Bulwark podcasts. Today, she and a group of likeminded Ne...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Democrats in the House ought to conduct minority panels to highlight the executive branch's gross corruption, malfeasance, and trampling of the Constitution. Such sessions, publicized to the hilt, would also shine a light on their Republican colleagues' complicity.
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William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift wrote:
*****Musk went running after one Social Security conspiracy theory after another, insisting that he’d uncovered millions of active accounts belongi...
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June 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Democrats in the House ought to conduct minority panels to highlight the executive branch's gross corruption, malfeasance, and trampling of the Constitution. Such sessions, publicized to the hilt, would also shine a light on their Republican colleagues' complicity.
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The protests yesterday were neither frivolous nor partisan. There are people of decency and sense of all political leanings who see the danger as I do. In seeking to spread awareness, we are acting in accordance with our duty as responsible citizens.
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No Kings
Exercising a Duty of Citizenship in Dangerous Times
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June 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The protests yesterday were neither frivolous nor partisan. There are people of decency and sense of all political leanings who see the danger as I do. In seeking to spread awareness, we are acting in accordance with our duty as responsible citizens.
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To understand a major contributor to the American political crisis, consider the president's condemnation of NAFTA, his first-term renaming it as the USMCA, and his current abbrogation of the USMCA.
Unreasoning people support the president in all three.
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Unreasoning people support the president in all three.
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William Kristol wrote:
*****I’ve never been, and don’t intend ever to be, a supporter of Donald Trump. But I wish the president and his administration well in this crisis.
Do I, as Walt Whitman famo...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To understand a major contributor to the American political crisis, consider the president's condemnation of NAFTA, his first-term renaming it as the USMCA, and his current abbrogation of the USMCA.
Unreasoning people support the president in all three.
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Unreasoning people support the president in all three.
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If the aftermath of the original Kent State massacre is any guide – two years later, Nixon won reelection in a landslide – one ought have little expectation that something similar now would cause a backlash that would significantly harm 45th/47th politically.
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JVL wrote:
*****So what happens if Trump gets the Kent State he has always wanted?
If we get to the point where the military opens fire on civilians, everything changes. The gravity of the situation ...
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June 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If the aftermath of the original Kent State massacre is any guide – two years later, Nixon won reelection in a landslide – one ought have little expectation that something similar now would cause a backlash that would significantly harm 45th/47th politically.
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My bottom line:
*****We, the subset of the polity who together make up "the country of George Washington," must ever strive to elevate the force of his character over that of our low counterparts who align with Benedict Arnold, George Wallace, and the 45th/47th.*****
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*****We, the subset of the polity who together make up "the country of George Washington," must ever strive to elevate the force of his character over that of our low counterparts who align with Benedict Arnold, George Wallace, and the 45th/47th.*****
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William Kristol quoted George Washington and commented:
***** ***And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country—as you value your own sacred honor—as you respect the rights of humanity, ...
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June 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My bottom line:
*****We, the subset of the polity who together make up "the country of George Washington," must ever strive to elevate the force of his character over that of our low counterparts who align with Benedict Arnold, George Wallace, and the 45th/47th.*****
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*****We, the subset of the polity who together make up "the country of George Washington," must ever strive to elevate the force of his character over that of our low counterparts who align with Benedict Arnold, George Wallace, and the 45th/47th.*****
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