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Gerrymandering: We are given reason to hope
OK, the Supreme Court Gill decision would have sunk me into the earth if I weren’t already there, given all the horrors surrounding us nowadays. And I was so, so crossing all my fingers and toes that Kennedy would determine … Continue reading
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Tagged Brennan Center, gerrymandering, Gill v Whitford, James McGill Buchanan, June 30 immigration protest, Justice Kennedy, Koch Bros final solution to democracy, Nancy MacLean, political gerrymandering, SCOTUS, SCOTUS decision on gerrymandering, Supreme Court of the United States, Thomas Paine Park, Tom Paine
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My favorite FF, Tom Paine: what he wrote will give you shivers
I thank Harvey Kaye, writing on BillMoyers.com for quoting my BFF, Tom, as he did in today’s essay, “Let Them Call Us Rebels.” I started reading Paine in 2004, just after Bush won re-election and I was bouncing off the … Continue reading
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Tagged First Amendment, The Constitution, Tom Paine
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