In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet that gave voice to the discontent of a nation struggling to free itself from a tyrannical ruler who believed power flowed from his own will rather than the consent of the governed.
Tag: United States
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MAKING IMPERIALISM GREAT AGAIN?
It did not take long for President Trump to change the reason for sending the US military to “arrest” Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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‘PEACE’ PRESIDENT TRUMP EMBRACES ‘THE IRON LAWS OF THE WORLD’
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last week to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, seize oil tankers, threaten to take over Greenland, and threaten war with Iran was seen as evidence that his second term in office will be devoted to expansionism through military means.
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AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLIC
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas More, More argues with the attorney general of Wales about the law.
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THE U.S. HAS BECOME A HYPER-DEBT REGIME ON A GALACTIC LEVEL. (AMERICA IS DYING).
What’s missing from the headlines as of late? ANY talk of recession… its just gone.
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DEMOCRATS SEE A BIG REPUBLICAN VULNERABILITY: AFFORDABILITY
Democrats have been able to weaponize the word “affordability” to resonate with the American voter who feels like the Trump administration has dropped the ball on the subject, and Republicans seem to be struggling to take back control of the narrative.
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A BATTERED AMERICA AWAITS TRUMP’S NEXT MOVE
President Donald Trump’s end of year speech to the American public that took place on December 17th was full of conceits over how the United States under the new regime in power is moving ahead on all fronts to benefit the American people.
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THE SURVEILLANCE STATE IS MAKING A NAUGHTY LIST—AND YOU’RE ON IT
The Surveillance State is making a naughty list, and we’re all on it. Unlike Santa’s naughty list, however, the consequences of landing on the government’s “naughty list” are far more severe than a stocking full of coal.
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HAS AMERICA BECOME A RAGE NATION?
I have been thinking, with increasing concern, about the spectacle of violence in America — not merely the violence itself, but the way it has become normalized, rationalized, and woven into the fabric of our daily lives.
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GOVERNMENT UNCHAINED: THE YEAR THE CONSTITUTION LOST ITS GUARDRAILS
We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice.