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Daily News readers weigh in on Mamdani
I knew a post-primary read of the Daily News’s Voice of the People (letters to the editor) would be fun. And it was. Ed, from Ridgewood, NJ, says that Trump had a great week bombing and the Democrats had a … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, MAGA, News media, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights
Tagged Alvin Bragg, AOC, Democratic Socialism, Nancy Pelosi, New York City primary election, New York Daily News, NYC billionaires, Zohran Mamdani
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Fearful historians. Combative lawyers. Everybody yelling at Democrats
Yesterday, I watched and listened to Paul Krugman having a penetrating conversation with a military historian, Phillips O’Brien, who teaches at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). They were discussing us, i.e., America in the throes of today. It was … Continue reading
Posted in DOJ, Fascism, Government, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, MAGA, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged Adam Schiff, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, BlueSky, Chris Murphy, Congress, Democratic Party, Elizabeth Warren, executive orders, Florida House District 1, Florida House District 6, Hakeem Jeffries, Jamie Raskin, Jasmine Crockett, Jerry Nadler, Just Security, MAGA, Marc Elias, MSNBC, NY House District 21, Paul Krugman, Phillips O'Brien, Robert Garcia, Ron Wyden, Ryan Goodman, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tim Snyder, Trump
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A time-honored way to resist and protest
When I was a kid, the greatest impact newspapers and TV news had on me was during the civil rights protests in the South. Those photos: young, well-dressed African-Americans sitting at a diner counter, quietly waiting for the service they … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Government, Human rights, Journalism, police violence, Politics, Racism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged 1960s civil rights movement, British Empire and India, civil rights movement, civil rights protests, Elon Musk, Evendale Ohio neo-Nazis, Haitian immigrants, India, Indivisible, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, neo-Nazis, passive resistance, protest marches, Springfield Ohio lawsuit v Nazis, Trump
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