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The Darkness Descends
Sunday, August 31, 2025 Seven Months In, Forty-One Months to GoA nation can only look away for so long. For seven months we have endured a growing assault on America. Our values, our ideals our form of Government are being overturned. This is an assault the majority of Americans do not support. This assault has…
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Roberto Reveles Statement to the Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting, 5/7/25
Mr. Chairman, I’m glad to consistently be here exercising my freedom of speech regarding public policy issues affecting Pinal County residents Responding to challenges facing public education, housing, health, social security, veterans, and the economy, and our country’s original sin of racism. Responding not against a political party, but against the insanity emanating from the…
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A Reminder of What We Stand For!
🗽 FDR’s Second Bill of Rights (The “Economic Bill of Rights”) He declared that the original Bill of Rights had proved inadequate in assuring equality in the pursuit of happiness, and proposed these fundamental rights:
Guardian Opinion
Opinion and analysis from an established international outlet.
- The trillionaire Tesla owner has called the editor of the Economist a ‘traitor to the west’ after a clash-filled interview. How should the media respond?Elon Musk’s long interview with the editor of the Economist is as good a representation as any of the current clash between two worlds. In one corner, the editor of an […]
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- American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm electionsIn these days of extreme weather events, it seems odd to say that the US needs a big landslide. But a landslide defeat for President Donald Trump in November’s midterm elections is exactly what is required if the country is to […]
- Get your balls, pucks, Scrabble boards and packs of cards away from me – all I want is space to be together, ideally with a coffee or a glass of wineThe other day, I met a friend at the park for a catch-up. After 45 minutes of blissful note-swapping – my new tabi shoes, his […]
PBS Politics
Politics coverage from PBS NewsHour.
- A draft notice published Friday in the Federal Register says a nearly year-long review "provided sufficient data" to suggest the bond program effectively enforces compliance with visa conditions, and would be made permanent.
- There is a major development in the effort to bring lasting peace to Gaza. Hamas says it has agreed to a U.S.-backed framework that would ultimately see the militant group give up its weapons and control of Gaza, while Israeli forces withdraw from the territory. Nick Shifrin reports.
- Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a "flawed installation by the contractor" as well as "the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day […]
- As the Iran war enters its sixth month, the toll continues to grow. The UN says more than 2,500 children have been killed or injured in Iran alone. Amna Nawaz discussed more with New York Times reporter Yeganeh Torbati, whose reporting has focused on the lives of ordinary Iranians.
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