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Thomas Paine's writings embody the fight against fascism in which we are partaking.
We need a modern Thomas Paine.
The purpose of this profile is to bring Paine's pertinent quotes and the quotes of those that he would have alligned to today's headlines.
We need a modern Thomas Paine.
The purpose of this profile is to bring Paine's pertinent quotes and the quotes of those that he would have alligned to today's headlines.
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The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves. - Erin Morgenstern
Please be careful everyone.
Please be careful everyone.
Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. https://cnn.it/4tk2gUE
February 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves. - Erin Morgenstern
Please be careful everyone.
Please be careful everyone.
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Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. Kennedy
Against all odds, South Korea is finally having more babies. It's a rare bit of good news for a government that has spent billions of dollars for more than a decade encouraging people to do just that. Whether it can last, however, is another matter. https://cnn.it/4rG8IUy
South Korea is finally having more babies. But can it last? | CNN
Some of the reasons for the rise in fertility rate could suggest that it’s a temporary bump.
cnn.it
February 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. Kennedy
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Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul
Trump: I’m the least racist president you’ve had in a long time as far as I’m concerned.
February 7, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul
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Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. - Susan Sontag
Reporter: Did you see that the VP Vance got booed at the Olympics?
Trump: That’s surprising because people like him. He doesn’t get booed in this country.
Trump: That’s surprising because people like him. He doesn’t get booed in this country.
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. - Susan Sontag
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Hell is empty and all the devils are here. - William Shakespeare
WATCH: The Trump administration is pushing to expedite the deportation of five-year-old Liam Ramos, just weeks after he was reunited with his father.
Trump admin FAST-TRACKS Liam Ramos and his dad for deportation
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. - William Shakespeare
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Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine
Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
February 7, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine
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Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. - Thomas Paine
A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth. https://cnn.it/3Zpe9uP
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. - Thomas Paine
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When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. - Thomas Paine
At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. But then the president appeared to ad-lib – and claimed that he was the one who got Ibrahim freed.
‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president | CNN Politics
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. Ibrahim was unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to dea...
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. - Thomas Paine
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
Rigo Mendoza tearfully recalls the last conversation he had with his son Kevin before his death in early January. https://cnn.it/4kiWz58
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
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We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. - Thomas Paine
Well done Canada and France.
Well done Canada and France.
France and Canada opened consulates in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, a show of support for their NATO ally Denmark amid renewed demands from President Trump to acquire the arctic territory. https://cnn.it/4ahj85P
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. - Thomas Paine
Well done Canada and France.
Well done Canada and France.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. - Thomas Paine
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. - Thomas Paine
The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves. - Erin Morgenstern
Please be careful everyone.
Please be careful everyone.
Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. https://cnn.it/4tk2gUE
February 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves. - Erin Morgenstern
Please be careful everyone.
Please be careful everyone.
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. Kennedy
Against all odds, South Korea is finally having more babies. It's a rare bit of good news for a government that has spent billions of dollars for more than a decade encouraging people to do just that. Whether it can last, however, is another matter. https://cnn.it/4rG8IUy
South Korea is finally having more babies. But can it last? | CNN
Some of the reasons for the rise in fertility rate could suggest that it’s a temporary bump.
cnn.it
February 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. Kennedy
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul
Trump: I’m the least racist president you’ve had in a long time as far as I’m concerned.
February 7, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. - Susan Sontag
Reporter: Did you see that the VP Vance got booed at the Olympics?
Trump: That’s surprising because people like him. He doesn’t get booed in this country.
Trump: That’s surprising because people like him. He doesn’t get booed in this country.
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. - Susan Sontag
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. - William Shakespeare
WATCH: The Trump administration is pushing to expedite the deportation of five-year-old Liam Ramos, just weeks after he was reunited with his father.
Trump admin FAST-TRACKS Liam Ramos and his dad for deportation
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. - William Shakespeare
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine
Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
February 7, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. - Thomas Paine
A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth. https://cnn.it/3Zpe9uP
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. - Thomas Paine
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. - Thomas Paine
At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. But then the president appeared to ad-lib – and claimed that he was the one who got Ibrahim freed.
‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president | CNN Politics
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. Ibrahim was unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to dea...
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. - Thomas Paine
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
Rigo Mendoza tearfully recalls the last conversation he had with his son Kevin before his death in early January. https://cnn.it/4kiWz58
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. - Thomas Paine
Well done Canada and France.
Well done Canada and France.
France and Canada opened consulates in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, a show of support for their NATO ally Denmark amid renewed demands from President Trump to acquire the arctic territory. https://cnn.it/4ahj85P
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. - Thomas Paine
Well done Canada and France.
Well done Canada and France.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. - Thomas Paine
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. - Thomas Paine