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Dems Can Preach Unity and Still Kill the Filibuster | RealClearPolitics
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Dems Can Preach Unity and Still Kill the Filibuster
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| 2021-01-25T00:00:00 |
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"Dems Can Preach Unity and Still Kill the Filibuster | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-22T21:21:28 | null | 2021-01-22T00:00:00 |
Militarized Inauguration Showcases Dems' Insecurity | RealClearPolitics
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Militarized Inauguration Showcases Dems' Insecurity
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Nothing says, This was a perfectly normal election, and now it's time to come together as a united nation, like having your swearing-in behind 12-foot-high razor wire surrounded by 25,000 troops …
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"Nothing says, This was a perfectly normal election, and now it's time to come together as a united nation, like having your swearing-in behind 12-foot-high razor wire surrounded by 25,000 troops …",
"Militarized Inauguration Showcases Dems' Insecurity",
"Militarized Inauguration Showcases Dems' Insecurity | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-16T19:04:51 | null | 2021-01-16T00:00:00 |
How Biden Can Calm the Storm | RealClearPolitics
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How Biden Can Calm the Storm
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Because so many of us could use some words of optimism right now, here are mine: Joe Biden will make a difference. Things will be better. And sooner than you may think.
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| 2021-01-16T00:00:00 |
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"Because so many of us could use some words of optimism right now, here are mine: Joe Biden will make a difference. Things will be better. And sooner than you may think.",
"How Biden Can Calm the Storm",
"How Biden Can Calm the Storm | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-24T05:15:38 | null | 2021-01-23T00:00:00 |
Do Democrats Really Want Unity? | RealClearPolitics
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Do Democrats Really Want Unity?
Joe Biden has been silent about demands for unilateral actions.
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| 2021-01-23T00:00:00 |
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"Do Democrats Really Want Unity?\nJoe Biden has been silent about demands for unilateral actions.",
"Do Democrats Really Want Unity?",
"Do Democrats Really Want Unity? | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-27T18:46:53 | null | 2021-01-27T00:00:00 |
Racial Equity, Equality & Bureaucrats' Charter | RealClearPolitics
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Racial Equity, Equality & Bureaucrats' Charter
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Reading one of the first new presidential executive orders—titled “Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”—was for me a depressing experience.
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| 2021-01-27T00:00:00 |
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"Reading one of the first new presidential executive orders—titled “Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”—was for me a depressing experience.",
"Racial Equity, Equality & Bureaucrats' Charter",
"Racial Equity, Equality & Bureaucrats' Charter | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-06T13:20:36 | null | 2021-01-06T00:00:00 |
Voters Will Quickly Realize They Made a Mistake | RealClearPolitics
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Voters Will Quickly Realize They Made a Mistake
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This is not a dire prediction because we will recover from Joe Biden's more generalized failure as a president, but it could be quite a painful process for us to get back on the political track.
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| 2021-01-06T00:00:00 |
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"This is not a dire prediction because we will recover from Joe Biden's more generalized failure as a president, but it could be quite a painful process for us to get back on the political track.",
"Voters Will Quickly Realize They Made a Mistake",
"Voters Will Quickly Realize They Made a Mistake | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-23T21:48:04 | null | 2021-01-23T00:00:00 |
Trump's 1776 Commission Tried to Rewrite U.S. History | RealClearPolitics
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Trump's 1776 Commission Tried to Rewrite U.S. History
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The now-dead report is easy to dismiss as propaganda. But it also helps explain why conservatives seem so anxious about how Americans define democracy.
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| 2021-01-23T00:00:00 |
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"The now-dead report is easy to dismiss as propaganda. But it also helps explain why conservatives seem so anxious about how Americans define democracy.",
"Trump's 1776 Commission Tried to Rewrite U.S. History",
"Trump's 1776 Commission Tried to Rewrite U.S. History | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-27T22:43:01 | null | 2021-01-27T00:00:00 |
There's Really No Need to Compromise, Joe | RealClearPolitics
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There's Really No Need to Compromise, Joe
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After whittling down the originally promised $2,000 checks to $1,400, Joe Biden is now saying he's open to negotiating on the $1,400. Democrats need to stop preemptively compromising and use their electoral mandate to deliver immediate material benefits to workers.
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| 2021-01-27T00:00:00 |
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"After whittling down the originally promised $2,000 checks to $1,400, Joe Biden is now saying he's open to negotiating on the $1,400. Democrats need to stop preemptively compromising and use their electoral mandate to deliver immediate material benefits to workers.",
"There's Really No Need to Compromise, Joe",
"There's Really No Need to Compromise, Joe | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-13T15:00:07 | null | 2021-01-13T00:00:00 |
About 'Whataboutism' and Political Hypocrisy | RealClearPolitics
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About 'Whataboutism' and Political Hypocrisy
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Many things are complicated—but not everything. If you condemned the Antifa/Black Lives Matter violence that took place around the country in 2020, as all conservatives did, then you must condemn the Trumpist riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Period.
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"Many things are complicated—but not everything. If you condemned the Antifa/Black Lives Matter violence that took place around the country in 2020, as all conservatives did, then you must condemn the Trumpist riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Period.",
"About 'Whataboutism' and Political Hypocrisy",
"About 'Whataboutism' and Political Hypocrisy | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-24T20:47:54 | null | 2021-01-24T00:00:00 |
Regardless of What Media Say, Biden Wants to End Fracking | RealClearPolitics
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Regardless of What Media Say, Biden Wants to End Fracking
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Regardless of What Media Say, Biden Wants to End Fracking
We know Joe Biden wants to end fracking not only because his campaign literature promised to achieve “a 100 percent clean energy economy and net-zero emissions” in a few decades but because he explicitly asserted as much on numerous occasions.
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| 2021-01-24T00:00:00 |
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"Regardless of What Media Say, Biden Wants to End Fracking",
"Regardless of What Media Say, Biden Wants to End Fracking | RealClearPolitics"
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[] | 2021-01-28T18:28:14 | null | 2021-01-28T00:00:00 |
Thank Goodness Biden Is Lifting Trump's Abortion Gag Rule | RealClearPolitics
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Thank Goodness Biden Is Lifting Trump's Abortion Gag Rule
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The so-called Mexico City policy had blocked healthcare providers that get U.S. aid from providing abortion advice and services overseas.
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"Thank Goodness Biden Is Lifting Trump's Abortion Gag Rule",
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Important Takeaways From Trump's Deplatforming | RealClearPolitics
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[] | 2021-01-02T23:16:48 | null | 2021-01-02T00:00:00 |
In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of what is called the Roe...
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Who Speaks for the Unborn in Massachusetts?
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In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of what is called the Roe Act.
One day earlier, Monday, the state house had voted to override.
The Roe Act is now law in the Bay State. And what does it say?
Drafted and adopted to protect a woman's right to an abortion, should Roe vs. Wade be overturned by the Supreme Court, it guarantees 16-year-old girls the right to abort their unborn children, without their parents' consent, through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
At 24 weeks, an unborn baby has a 60% to 70% chance of survival.
But the Roe Act covers this problem as well. If the "mental health" of the teenager is imperiled, she can still get an abortion.
Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times quotes the reaction of the state's Catholic Action League. This measure "will reduce the age of parental or judicial consent for minors seeking abortions, remove born alive protections for infants who survived abortion, lower the medical criteria for late term abortions, and make abortions more dangerous for women by allowing [midwives] and nurse practitioners to perform them."
The ACLU, NARAL and Planned Parenthood hailed this as a victory for women's rights.
Speaking for the Catholic Action League, executive director C. J. Doyle blamed Catholic religious officials and Catholic organizations for their failure to rebuke lawmakers who routinely vote for abortion rights.
"None of the Catholics who voted for this life-ending measure will suffer a word of rebuke from any priest or prelate in Massachusetts. ... There will be no articles or editorials critical of them in the Catholic press. No one will be denied Holy Communion. No one will be expelled from the Knights of Columbus."
This silence, said Doyle, "equals consent." And given this silence, "no rational person can reasonably be expected to take seriously Catholic opposition to the killing of the unborn in Massachusetts."
Former New England Patriots' star, Benjamin Watson, a pro-lifer, described the absurdity of what the legislature did. A teenage girl still needs her parents' permission to get a Tylenol from the school nurse, but she doesn't need permission to have an abortion and kill their grandchild.
What the Bay State did, again in an exercise of democracy, raises questions that go beyond normal arguments among Americans on this most divisive of social issues since slavery.
In the 1950s, abortion was regarded as shameful, even criminal, mandating excommunication from the Catholic Church. Abortionists were social outcasts, often prosecuted and punished.
Now, within the span of a lifetime, abortion has been raised, in what was once "God's Country," into a constitutional and a human right.
To be accepted as a "progressive" today, it is almost an imperative to support a woman's right to terminate the life of her unborn child.
Even "devout Catholic" Joe Biden has come around.
He now favors repeal of the Hyde Amendment he had supported in the past, which bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the woman or if the pregnancy arises from rape or incest.
Something comparable has happened with homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Also once regarded as shameful, this, too, is now a civil and constitutional right and the LGBT flag flies atop U.S. embassies during Gay Pride Month.
As abortion and homosexuality have become new constitutional rights, the old rights of the First Amendment have taken on new meaning.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" has been interpreted to mean that God, the Bible, the Cross, prayer and Christian symbols all have no place in the schools that educate America's children.
"Freedom of speech" now protects blasphemy and the burning of the American flag.
"Freedom of the press" now protects dissemination of what used to be criminalized as pornography.
In brief, using democratic methods and means, and normal legal and judicial procedures, what was once immoral and even criminal has come to be officially declared both constitutional and morally correct.
Scores of millions in the "silent majority" may yet embrace the old beliefs about right and wrong and good and evil, and what is pro-American and what is not, but the nation has changed.
And it raises an even broader question.
Can moral truth be altered? Can the killing of unborn children, unjust and immoral in Christian teaching and Natural Law, be made right, and moral, if a legislature uses democratic processes to declare it so?
If right and wrong can be changed by plebiscites and political votes what do we do with those who refuse to go along?
Before we go to war again to defend "American values," ought we not be told exactly for what values our soldiers are fighting?
For if "democracy" inevitably produces the consequences we see in America today, what is the argument for killing people to persuade them to embrace it?
COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
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"In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of what is called the Roe Act.\nOne day earlier, Monday, the state house had voted to override.\nThe Roe Act is now law in the Bay State. And what does it say?\nDrafted and adopted to protect a woman's right to an abortion, should Roe vs. Wade be overturned by the Supreme Court, it guarantees 16-year-old girls the right to abort their unborn children, without their parents' consent, through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.\nAt 24 weeks, an unborn baby has a 60% to 70% chance of survival.\nBut the Roe Act covers this problem as well. If the \"mental health\" of the teenager is imperiled, she can still get an abortion.\nValerie Richardson of The Washington Times quotes the reaction of the state's Catholic Action League. This measure \"will reduce the age of parental or judicial consent for minors seeking abortions, remove born alive protections for infants who survived abortion, lower the medical criteria for late term abortions, and make abortions more dangerous for women by allowing [midwives] and nurse practitioners to perform them.\"\nThe ACLU, NARAL and Planned Parenthood hailed this as a victory for women's rights.\nSpeaking for the Catholic Action League, executive director C. J. Doyle blamed Catholic religious officials and Catholic organizations for their failure to rebuke lawmakers who routinely vote for abortion rights.\n\"None of the Catholics who voted for this life-ending measure will suffer a word of rebuke from any priest or prelate in Massachusetts. ... There will be no articles or editorials critical of them in the Catholic press. No one will be denied Holy Communion. No one will be expelled from the Knights of Columbus.\"\nThis silence, said Doyle, \"equals consent.\" And given this silence, \"no rational person can reasonably be expected to take seriously Catholic opposition to the killing of the unborn in Massachusetts.\"\nFormer New England Patriots' star, Benjamin Watson, a pro-lifer, described the absurdity of what the legislature did. A teenage girl still needs her parents' permission to get a Tylenol from the school nurse, but she doesn't need permission to have an abortion and kill their grandchild.\nWhat the Bay State did, again in an exercise of democracy, raises questions that go beyond normal arguments among Americans on this most divisive of social issues since slavery.\nIn the 1950s, abortion was regarded as shameful, even criminal, mandating excommunication from the Catholic Church. Abortionists were social outcasts, often prosecuted and punished.\nNow, within the span of a lifetime, abortion has been raised, in what was once \"God's Country,\" into a constitutional and a human right.\nTo be accepted as a \"progressive\" today, it is almost an imperative to support a woman's right to terminate the life of her unborn child.\nEven \"devout Catholic\" Joe Biden has come around.\nHe now favors repeal of the Hyde Amendment he had supported in the past, which bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the woman or if the pregnancy arises from rape or incest.\nSomething comparable has happened with homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Also once regarded as shameful, this, too, is now a civil and constitutional right and the LGBT flag flies atop U.S. embassies during Gay Pride Month.\nAs abortion and homosexuality have become new constitutional rights, the old rights of the First Amendment have taken on new meaning.\n\"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof\" has been interpreted to mean that God, the Bible, the Cross, prayer and Christian symbols all have no place in the schools that educate America's children.\n\"Freedom of speech\" now protects blasphemy and the burning of the American flag.\n\"Freedom of the press\" now protects dissemination of what used to be criminalized as pornography.\nIn brief, using democratic methods and means, and normal legal and judicial procedures, what was once immoral and even criminal has come to be officially declared both constitutional and morally correct.\nScores of millions in the \"silent majority\" may yet embrace the old beliefs about right and wrong and good and evil, and what is pro-American and what is not, but the nation has changed.\nAnd it raises an even broader question.\nCan moral truth be altered? Can the killing of unborn children, unjust and immoral in Christian teaching and Natural Law, be made right, and moral, if a legislature uses democratic processes to declare it so?\nIf right and wrong can be changed by plebiscites and political votes what do we do with those who refuse to go along?\nBefore we go to war again to defend \"American values,\" ought we not be told exactly for what values our soldiers are fighting?\nFor if \"democracy\" inevitably produces the consequences we see in America today, what is the argument for killing people to persuade them to embrace it?\nCOPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM",
"Who Speaks for the Unborn in Massachusetts?",
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Fox News Beaten by CNN, MSNBC for 1st Time in 20 Years | RealClearPolitics
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Fox News Beaten by CNN, MSNBC for 1st Time in 20 Years
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Both CNN and MSNBC scored a ratings win over Fox News for the first time in 20 years on Friday, January 8, according to Nielsen, via Mediaite.
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| 2021-01-12T00:00:00 |
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[] | 2021-01-30T18:00:22 | null | 2021-01-30T00:00:00 |
Biden's Executive Orders Are Essential to Restoring Democracy | RealClearPolitics
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Biden's Executive Orders Are Essential to Restoring Democracy
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In the face of GOP attacks on his legitimacy, it's crucial for Joe Biden to demonstrate who is actually president.
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| 2021-01-30T00:00:00 |
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[
"In the face of GOP attacks on his legitimacy, it's crucial for Joe Biden to demonstrate who is actually president.",
"Biden's Executive Orders Are Essential to Restoring Democracy",
"Biden's Executive Orders Are Essential to Restoring Democracy | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-05T09:25:43 | null | 2021-01-04T00:00:00 |
Trump's Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office | RealClearPolitics
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Trump's Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office
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President Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost has gone beyond mere venting of grievances at the risk of damaging the very American democracy he is charged with defending.
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en
| 2021-01-04T00:00:00 |
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[
"President Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost has gone beyond mere venting of grievances at the risk of damaging the very American democracy he is charged with defending.",
"Trump's Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office",
"Trump's Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-05T09:24:28 | null | 2021-01-04T00:00:00 |
Biden Should Retain These Successful Trump Policies | RealClearPolitics
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Biden Should Retain These Successful Trump Policies
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There are at least four Trump initiatives that Biden should retain, which would help the country, both domestically and internationally.
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en
| 2021-01-04T00:00:00 |
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|
[
"There are at least four Trump initiatives that Biden should retain, which would help the country, both domestically and internationally.",
"Biden Should Retain These Successful Trump Policies",
"Biden Should Retain These Successful Trump Policies | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-17T16:19:27 | null | 2021-01-17T00:00:00 |
Why Biden Must Not Govern From the Center | RealClearPolitics
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Why Biden Must Not Govern From the Center
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Why Biden Must Not Govern From the Center
This Republican party traffics in conspiracy and thuggery â the new president must be bold on healthcare, equality and more
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/17/why_biden_must_not_govern_from_the_center_533688.html
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| 2021-01-17T00:00:00 |
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[
"Why Biden Must Not Govern From the Center\nThis Republican party traffics in conspiracy and thuggery â the new president must be bold on healthcare, equality and more",
"Why Biden Must Not Govern From the Center",
"Why Biden Must Not Govern From the Center | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-06T05:40:43 | null | 2021-01-05T00:00:00 |
Liberal Ignorance Reshaping U.S. Schools and Culture | RealClearPolitics
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Liberal Ignorance Reshaping U.S. Schools and Culture
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Liberal Ignorance Reshaping U.S. Schools and Culture
Meet Heather Levine, a teacher at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts. According to an article by Meghan Cox ...
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/05/liberal_ignorance_reshaping_us_schools_and_culture_532693.html
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| 2021-01-05T00:00:00 |
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[
"Liberal Ignorance Reshaping U.S. Schools and Culture\nMeet Heather Levine, a teacher at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts. According to an article by Meghan Cox ...",
"Liberal Ignorance Reshaping U.S. Schools and Culture",
"Liberal Ignorance Reshaping U.S. Schools and Culture | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-21T14:26:37 | null | 2021-01-21T00:00:00 |
1776 Report a Marvel, Makes Me Ashamed to Be British | RealClearPolitics
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1776 Report a Marvel, Makes Me Ashamed to Be British
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The 1776 Report is a thing of such beauty, dignity, and scholarship that it makes me wish I were American.
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/21/1776_report_a_marvel_makes_me_ashamed_to_be_british_533975.html
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en
| 2021-01-21T00:00:00 |
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[
"The 1776 Report is a thing of such beauty, dignity, and scholarship that it makes me wish I were American.",
"1776 Report a Marvel, Makes Me Ashamed to Be British",
"1776 Report a Marvel, Makes Me Ashamed to Be British | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-19T00:48:36 | null | 2021-01-18T00:00:00 |
Biden's Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious | RealClearPolitics
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Biden's Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious
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You can't help but wonder why the Trump administration left so many of these things undone.
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| 2021-01-18T00:00:00 |
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[
"You can't help but wonder why the Trump administration left so many of these things undone.",
"Biden's Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious",
"Biden's Covid-19 Plan Is Maddeningly Obvious | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-07T13:22:34 | null | 2021-01-07T00:00:00 |
It's Time for Mitch McConnell to Go | RealClearPolitics
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It's Time for Mitch McConnell to Go
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| 2021-01-07T00:00:00 |
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"It's Time for Mitch McConnell to Go",
"It's Time for Mitch McConnell to Go | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-19T18:02:49 | null | 2021-01-19T00:00:00 |
Trump's Presidency Was Defined by His 'New Lows' | RealClearPolitics
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Trump's Presidency Was Defined by His 'New Lows'
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Trump plumbed the depths of so many 'new lows' that the phrase became a cliché. Dramatic lows only lasted until an even worse moment came along.
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en
| 2021-01-19T00:00:00 |
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[
"Trump plumbed the depths of so many 'new lows' that the phrase became a cliché. Dramatic lows only lasted until an even worse moment came along.",
"Trump's Presidency Was Defined by His 'New Lows'",
"Trump's Presidency Was Defined by His 'New Lows' | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-03T07:12:34 | null | 2021-01-02T00:00:00 |
Here Are the 5 Biggest Acts of Media Malfeasance in 2020 | RealClearPolitics
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Here Are the 5 Biggest Acts of Media Malfeasance in 2020
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Here Are the 5 Biggest Acts of Media Malfeasance in 2020
News organizations often reported every poll without much scrutiny or many disclaimers around the fact that polling in the Trump era is increasingly difficult to execute accurately.
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/02/here_are_the_5_biggest_acts_of_media_malfeasance_in_2020_532488.html
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| 2021-01-02T00:00:00 |
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[
"Here Are the 5 Biggest Acts of Media Malfeasance in 2020\nNews organizations often reported every poll without much scrutiny or many disclaimers around the fact that polling in the Trump era is increasingly difficult to execute accurately.",
"Here Are the 5 Biggest Acts of Media Malfeasance in 2020",
"Here Are the 5 Biggest Acts of Media Malfeasance in 2020 | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-11T06:34:15 | null | 2021-01-10T00:00:00 |
We're Learning What Life Is Like in a One-Party State | RealClearPolitics
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We're Learning What Life Is Like in a One-Party State
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We're Learning What Life Is Like in a One-Party State
Commentary Did you ever wonder what it's like to live in a one-party state? Well, wonder no more. ...
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| 2021-01-10T00:00:00 |
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[
"We're Learning What Life Is Like in a One-Party State\nCommentary Did you ever wonder what it's like to live in a one-party state? Well, wonder no more. ...",
"We're Learning What Life Is Like in a One-Party State",
"We're Learning What Life Is Like in a One-Party State | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-16T19:04:21 | null | 2021-01-16T00:00:00 |
Biden Shouldn't Reverse Trump's Mideast Policy | RealClearPolitics
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Biden Shouldn't Reverse Trump's Mideast Policy
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By keeping American aims limited, Trump avoided his predecessors' pitfalls while still advancing American interests in the Middle East.
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| 2021-01-16T00:00:00 |
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[
"By keeping American aims limited, Trump avoided his predecessors' pitfalls while still advancing American interests in the Middle East.",
"Biden Shouldn't Reverse Trump's Mideast Policy",
"Biden Shouldn't Reverse Trump's Mideast Policy | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-07T13:22:44 | null | 2021-01-07T00:00:00 |
Manchin, Romney and Collins to Wield Serious Senate Power | RealClearPolitics
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Manchin, Romney and Collins to Wield Serious Senate Power
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After what appears to be a Democratic sweep of two runoffs in the formerly deep-red state of Georgia, it won't be the loudest voices on either side of the aisle who have more power, but the moderates.
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| 2021-01-07T00:00:00 |
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[
"After what appears to be a Democratic sweep of two runoffs in the formerly deep-red state of Georgia, it won't be the loudest voices on either side of the aisle who have more power, but the moderates.",
"Manchin, Romney and Collins to Wield Serious Senate Power",
"Manchin, Romney and Collins to Wield Serious Senate Power | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-17T16:19:12 | null | 2021-01-17T00:00:00 |
Welcome the Uighur Cotton Ban | RealClearPolitics
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Welcome the Uighur Cotton Ban
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We welcome the Trump administration's announcement that it will block the importation of goods made with forced Uighur labor. A Muslim minority ethnic group living in China's Xinjiang province, the Uighurs have been subjected to a 10-year campaign of tyranny by the Communist Party. The maltreatment…
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| 2021-01-17T00:00:00 |
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[
"We welcome the Trump administration's announcement that it will block the importation of goods made with forced Uighur labor. A Muslim minority ethnic group living in China's Xinjiang province, the Uighurs have been subjected to a 10-year campaign of tyranny by the Communist Party. The maltreatment…",
"Welcome the Uighur Cotton Ban",
"Welcome the Uighur Cotton Ban | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-25T20:47:32 | null | 2021-01-25T00:00:00 |
Decent People Can't 'Unite' With Racism and Homophobia | RealClearPolitics
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Decent People Can't 'Unite' With Racism and Homophobia
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America will not be saved at the expense of those who have too often been shut out of the. nation's lofty ideals, writes Leonard Pitts.
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| 2021-01-25T00:00:00 |
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[
"America will not be saved at the expense of those who have too often been shut out of the. nation's lofty ideals, writes Leonard Pitts.",
"Decent People Can't 'Unite' With Racism and Homophobia",
"Decent People Can't 'Unite' With Racism and Homophobia | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-20T18:38:54 | null | 2021-01-20T00:00:00 |
The Torch Is Passed. It's Up to Biden to Make it Glow | RealClearPolitics
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The Torch Is Passed. It's Up to Biden to Make it Glow
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The Torch Is Passed. It's Up to Biden to Make it Glow
A former presidential speechwriter explains what Biden needs to do in his inaugural address and what he can learn from Washington, Lincoln, and F.D.R.
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/20/the_torch_is_passed_its_up_to_biden_to_make_it_glow_533911.html
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| 2021-01-20T00:00:00 |
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[
"The Torch Is Passed. It's Up to Biden to Make it Glow\nA former presidential speechwriter explains what Biden needs to do in his inaugural address and what he can learn from Washington, Lincoln, and F.D.R.",
"The Torch Is Passed. It's Up to Biden to Make it Glow",
"The Torch Is Passed. It's Up to Biden to Make it Glow | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-24T20:47:24 | null | 2021-01-24T00:00:00 |
CNN Already Running PR for the Biden Administration | RealClearPolitics
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CNN Already Running PR for the Biden Administration
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The Biden administration sought to lower expectations for its vaccine distribution program and CNN was all too eager to play along
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/24/cnn_already_running_pr_for_the_biden_administration_534253.html
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| 2021-01-24T00:00:00 |
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[
"The Biden administration sought to lower expectations for its vaccine distribution program and CNN was all too eager to play along",
"CNN Already Running PR for the Biden Administration",
"CNN Already Running PR for the Biden Administration | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-08T20:18:52 | null | 2021-01-08T00:00:00 |
Utah Man With Antifa, BLM History Was Inside the Capitol | RealClearPolitics
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Utah Man With Antifa, BLM History Was Inside the Capitol
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We're beginning to learn more about the individuals who were inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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| 2021-01-08T00:00:00 |
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[
"We're beginning to learn more about the individuals who were inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.",
"Utah Man With Antifa, BLM History Was Inside the Capitol",
"Utah Man With Antifa, BLM History Was Inside the Capitol | RealClearPolitics"
] |
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[] | 2021-01-10T06:27:44 | null | 2021-01-09T00:00:00 |
Dems Seek a New Era of 'Total Political Correctness' | RealClearPolitics
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Dems Seek a New Era of 'Total Political Correctness'
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As the curtains come down on the Trump presidency, America is entering into an era of total political correctness the likes of which it has never seen.
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| 2021-01-09T00:00:00 |
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[
"As the curtains come down on the Trump presidency, America is entering into an era of total political correctness the likes of which it has never seen.",
"Dems Seek a New Era of 'Total Political Correctness'",
"Dems Seek a New Era of 'Total Political Correctness' | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-21T04:38:54 | null | 2021-01-20T00:00:00 |
When the FBI Spied on MLK | RealClearPolitics
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When the FBI Spied on MLK
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When the FBI Spied on MLK
The bureau's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. reflects a paranoia about Black activism that's foundational to American politics.
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/01/20/when_the_fbi_spied_on_mlk_533765.html
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| 2021-01-20T00:00:00 |
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[
"When the FBI Spied on MLK\nThe bureau's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. reflects a paranoia about Black activism that's foundational to American politics.",
"When the FBI Spied on MLK",
"When the FBI Spied on MLK | RealClearPolitics"
] |
[] | 2021-01-17T01:54:08 | null | 2021-01-16T00:00:00 |
Is It Curtains for Donald Trump? | RealClearPolitics
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Is It Curtains for Donald Trump?
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Is It Curtains for Donald Trump?
He's about to metamorphose from world's most powerful human to financially and legally challenged pariah. His only ally? The mob.
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"Is It Curtains for Donald Trump?\nHe's about to metamorphose from world's most powerful human to financially and legally challenged pariah. His only ally? The mob.",
"Is It Curtains for Donald Trump?",
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Let the Senate’s Show Trial Begin | RealClearPolitics
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Joe Biden wants the Senate to “multitask” and conduct an impeachment trial that will include revisiting the 2020 election? Good—let’s roll.
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"Let the Senate’s Show Trial Begin",
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Hamas Scrambles for Relevance in Post-Normalization Middle East | RealClearPolitics
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Hamas Scrambles for Relevance in Post-Normalization Middle East
Egypt urges Palestinian reconciliation in midst of diplomatic surge, as Hamas keeps options open with Iran and Syria.
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"Hamas Scrambles for Relevance in Post-Normalization Middle East\nEgypt urges Palestinian reconciliation in midst of diplomatic surge, as Hamas keeps options open with Iran and Syria.",
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Expanded Natl Service Will Provide Boost to Pandemic Recovery | RealClearPolitics
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The Establishment Is Back in Power--But They Know It's Tenuous | RealClearPolitics
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They are now convinced that they have re-secured their complete and total hold on power in Washington. But I think they know that it's fleeting.
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Biden Pick for Civil-Rights Job Has Ugly History of Hate | RealClearPolitics
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Reasonable people probably agree that we should all get a pass for youthful indiscretions. But what if the mistakes involve advocating racism and anti-Semitism — and are then followed by post-college behavior that’s almost as bad, such as supporting racially motivated policies?
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Don't believe the Republican hype. It's a good plan that boosts incomes during the COVID crisis and paves a path to long-term prosperity
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Theologian John Calvin once noted men's hearts are
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Theologian John Calvin once noted men's hearts are "a perpetual factory of idols." As people across the political spectrum move away from religion and fill the void with politics, idol worship runs rampant.
All of us have a voice within us that whispers there is more to life. Many people go in search of it. Atheists spent an inordinate amount of energy turning the voice off, often turning science into the religion of scientism. Others, on the left and right, turn from, "Love your neighbor" and, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and embrace, "Save the culture, and win at all costs." This voice pulls them away from the Creator and toward creation.
Once a person has turned from Creator to creation and begins manufacturing idols, it is also necessary to turn from theology to mythology. The new mythology requires a new cosmogony, which is a theory of how the universe began.
The Greeks explained the sun's apparent move across the sky as the sun god Apollo driving a chariot across the sky each day. The seasons were caused by Persephone -- daughter of Demeter, the goddess of harvest -- descending each autumn to be with her husband, Hades, only to rise in the spring to be with her mother.
In the United States currently, some on the right have substituted the Creator of all things as their savior for President Donald Trump as their savior. They have descended into idolatry, which requires a mythology, and that mythology has spun up a new cosmogony for the origins of Trump. Because many of them are from Christian backgrounds, they have latched on to Isaiah 45, in which Isaiah prophesied about "Cyrus," and the Septuagint version called Cyrus "my anointed" or "messiah." The Christians fed by conspiracists related to QAnon, which claims a military background, believe Trump is God's anointed, a second Cyrus come to battle the deep state and a satanic global elite who traffic children.
Over the past few years, QAnon's conspiracies have settled into the minds of middle-American churchgoers, mostly over 50. Younger Americans are so used to slickly packaged TikTok and Snapchat videos that they tend to be dismissive of most things they see circulate on the internet. But the 50-and-older crowd sees the same and connects high production quality with truth. Thus, through internet channels, "citizen journalists" and a deep skepticism of the mainstream media, QAnon mythology and Donald Trump's cosmogony have taken parasitic root.
Many adherents of QAnon still believe Trump will be sworn in to a second term. Over the last week, on social media channels that promote Trump, wild claims circulated that banks will close on Jan. 18, which they will because it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But the conspiracists claim it will be to prevent the global child traffickers and traitors from fleeing. On the 19th, Trump will finally round up all the traitors in Washington, and he will be sworn in on the 20th. As proof of this scheme playing out, they claim the Pope was arrested the other night (do not ask which night) as part of the President's global sting operation against elite child traffickers.
It is fantastical. It is not true. It is mythology. But it is amazingly difficult to tell those who believe this stuff that they are wrong. What had been fringe is seeping into the mainstream, sometimes even shared by pastors. Idolatry happens as people replace religion with other things and politics takes on a disproportionate role in one's life. Mythologies then become easier, and they continue to grow thanks to a media that has traded fact for narrative and truth for tribalism.
A media that wants to tell stories instead of the truth, and relates less and less to one side in the political debate, has helped alienate many Americans, who turn to social networks for news. There, affirmation and confirmation bias reign supreme. There, QAnon, antifa and other radical elements await to reprogram minds. Myth becomes truth, and Americans turn against one another as new cosmogonies triumph over our shared national story.
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After descending the marble steps of the White House’s South Portico for his final time as president, Donald Trump couldn’t help himself. He stopped to chat with the press before lifting off aboard Marine One for his final farewell ceremony and unknown next chapter.
Clad in his trademark scarlet tie and black topcoat, Trump was far more subdued and succinct than usual as he addressed the bevy of reporters he had demonized daily as the “enemy of the people,” “a disgrace” and “fake news.”
Gone were the anger and the accusations – at least in this moment.
“It’s been a great honor – the honor of a lifetime,” he said. “… We’ve had an amazing four years. We’ve accomplished a lot. We love the American people, and again it has been something very special.”
First lady Melania Trump, standing by his side in all-black suit, dark sunglasses and stilettos, was the one to end the brief remarks with a tight smile and a wave.
“And I just want to say goodbye, but hopefully it’s not a long-term goodbye,” Trump concluded before clasping hands with Melania, turning and walking to helicopter. “We’ll see each other again.”
The brief, almost wistful remarks served as a telling send-off. The press and the reality-TV-star/ business-tycoon-turned-populist-president fed off each other for the five years Trump commanded the national political stage. Some critics of the 45th president have blamed CNN chief Jeff Zucker for Trump’s early GOP primary rise. CNN’s airing of Trump rallies became a ratings bonanza, and the network continued to stoke viewership by taking up the now-debunked Russia collusion narrative, funded by the Hillary Clinton camp and the Democratic National Committee, even before Trump moved into the White House.
Now CNN and MSNBC executives are reportedly fretting over how to operate in a post-Trump future after reaching new heights in ratings and revenues during his time in office.
The mutually beneficial open warfare between the combative president and an army of reporters who obsessively covered his every Twitter insult has come to an end – or will it be only a forced hiatus?
Trump’s over-the-top nationalistic tendencies and bombast energized supporters and unnerved his enemies, fueling even more media ratings wars.
Just steps away from the South Portico a few months ago, Trump again accepted his party’s nomination, this time on the South Lawn in front of a thousand supporters seated in rows of closely packed chairs, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Trump delivered his acceptance speech on a large stage, bedecked with red-white-and blue bunting and enormous campaign signs. Elaborate fireworks that spelled out “Trump” and “2020” against the backdrop of the Washington Monument capped his remarks, followed by an opera singer performing from the Blue Room balcony.
The extravaganza on the White House grounds was denounced by detractors as an obscene partisan tainting of a government building. Trump said he chose to deliver the speech there after being forced to cancel plans for a Florida-based convention because of COVID.
“Trump is going out of his way to blow off the Hatch Act,” the Washington Post railed, referencing the law designed to separate official actions at government buildings from partisan politicking.
The intervening five months, however, have been dark and anything but celebratory as Trump refused to acknowledge his loss to Joe Biden, asserting massive election fraud. He was forced to come to grips with his defeat only after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building, resulting in the deaths of five people and horrifying the nation. Trump’s widely assailed role in inciting the violence will forever taint his legacy. It also cast a pall over his final two weeks in office.
Even before the attack on the Capitol, Trump had declined to say whether he would attend Biden’s inauguration, a symbolic act marking the traditional peaceful transfer of power. In the days afterward, with Democrats and some Republicans blaming him for the ugly events on Jan. 6, Trump announced he would break with tradition and skip it. It was the first time in 152 years that an outgoing president didn’t attend the inauguration of his successor.
Instead, Trump focused on the symbolism of his own exit. He had envisioned a big, military-style send-off with a possible fly-over full of taxpayer-funded patriotic pageantry. In the end, he settled for speech against his favorite backdrop, Air Force One, after the military band played “Hail to the Chief” and a 21-gun salute echoed across the tarmac.
A close-knit crowd of aides, loyalists and family members were on hand at Joint Base Andrews for the departure. His own vice president, Mike Pence, however, opted to honor tradition and attend Biden’s swearing-in.
Before leaving for Florida, Trump touted his White House achievements, including enacting tax cuts, placing three conservative justices on the Supreme Court, overseeing a soaring economy before the pandemic, developing a COVID vaccine in record time, rebuilding the U.S. military, creating a new Space Force and ensuring better care for veterans. Of course, he left out that the U.S. coronavirus death toll had topped 400,000 or that jobless claims had surged this week to the highest total since August.
Just creating a Space Force itself would be a major accomplishment for “a regular administration,” he insisted. “We were not a regular administration” -- a characterization the media deemed a rare instance of honest self-reflection and understatement.
Trump didn’t mention Joe Biden’s name once in his remarks but wished the new administration well, while seeming to take credit in advance for any future Biden achievements.
“I will always fight for you,” he said. “I will be watching. I will be listening. And I will tell you that the future of this country has never been better. I wish the new administration great luck and great success. I think they’ll have a great the foundation to do something really spectacular.
“Goodbye. We love you. We’ll be back in some form. Have a good life.”
As his remarks ended, the Village People’s “YMCA,” the upbeat Trump campaign rally staple, roared out form the loudspeakers, as the departing president clapped to the music, though he didn’t bop along, happily punching the sky per post-rally usual. In a new twist, as Air Force One began to roll along the tarmac, Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” boomed from the speakers.
Even his most ardent political foes couldn’t argue with that swan song. Exactly what the next act holds now for Trump is the subject of great nationwide debate. Will the 45th president further fracture the GOP by launching a new political party, dubbed the Patriot Party, as several media outlets have reported?
At least one conservative strategist thinks Trump will realize that taking such as step is a monumental undertaking with little upside. His populist persona and massive following are far better suited for showcasing on a media platform forged in his image, the strategist argued.
“With Trump off social media, there’s just massive pent up demand for him that’s only going to grow,” the strategist, who requested anonymity, told RealClearPolitics. “I think a media outlet is a way better way forward for him than a third party. He’s comfortable in that arena. He can still do rallies, his network would cover them if no one else does, and they would still draw great ratings.”
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy and Trump are already good friends, and that conservative outlet has been stealing the Trump audience from Fox News since election night, prompting a staff shakeup and several firings at the latter in recent days. A Trump-Newsmax partnership would provide the former president a ready-made platform and further erode Fox’s longtime hold on conservative viewers.
Just 11 minutes before his term ended and Biden became president, Trump arrived at his Mar-a-Lago home. Supporters had gathered along the boulevard between the airport and the lavish resort. The final presidential motorcade slowly moved along, as Trump waved to throngs of well-wishers, some in tears, some holding signs displaying their undying loyalty.
“Trump 4 ever my president,” one sign said. Others offered kind words: “Praying 4 Trump!” “Thank you. We Love You.” Still another included an expletive aimed at Biden.
One notable political figure stood out in the crowd: Roger Stone, who lives in Fort Lauderdale. Stone, who served as a campaign adviser to Trump, was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated whether Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
“I came to pay my respects because I love the man,” he told the Florida Sun-Sentinel. Trump pardoned Stone last month after commuting his sentence in July.
Earlier in the day, Stone appeared at a rally for Trump in West Palm Beach and predicted his friend would not recede from the political landscape. “You view this as the end. I view it as the beginning,” he told a local news outlet. “…I don’t think you’ve seen the last of Donald Trump by any means at all.”
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"After descending the marble steps of the White House’s South Portico for his final time as president, Donald Trump couldn’t help himself. He stopped to chat with the press before lifting off aboard Marine One for his final farewell ceremony and unknown next chapter.\nClad in his trademark scarlet tie and black topcoat, Trump was far more subdued and succinct than usual as he addressed the bevy of reporters he had demonized daily as the “enemy of the people,” “a disgrace” and “fake news.”\nGone were the anger and the accusations – at least in this moment.\n“It’s been a great honor – the honor of a lifetime,” he said. “… We’ve had an amazing four years. We’ve accomplished a lot. We love the American people, and again it has been something very special.”\nFirst lady Melania Trump, standing by his side in all-black suit, dark sunglasses and stilettos, was the one to end the brief remarks with a tight smile and a wave.\n“And I just want to say goodbye, but hopefully it’s not a long-term goodbye,” Trump concluded before clasping hands with Melania, turning and walking to helicopter. “We’ll see each other again.”\nThe brief, almost wistful remarks served as a telling send-off. The press and the reality-TV-star/ business-tycoon-turned-populist-president fed off each other for the five years Trump commanded the national political stage. Some critics of the 45th president have blamed CNN chief Jeff Zucker for Trump’s early GOP primary rise. CNN’s airing of Trump rallies became a ratings bonanza, and the network continued to stoke viewership by taking up the now-debunked Russia collusion narrative, funded by the Hillary Clinton camp and the Democratic National Committee, even before Trump moved into the White House.\nNow CNN and MSNBC executives are reportedly fretting over how to operate in a post-Trump future after reaching new heights in ratings and revenues during his time in office.\nThe mutually beneficial open warfare between the combative president and an army of reporters who obsessively covered his every Twitter insult has come to an end – or will it be only a forced hiatus?\nTrump’s over-the-top nationalistic tendencies and bombast energized supporters and unnerved his enemies, fueling even more media ratings wars.\nJust steps away from the South Portico a few months ago, Trump again accepted his party’s nomination, this time on the South Lawn in front of a thousand supporters seated in rows of closely packed chairs, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Trump delivered his acceptance speech on a large stage, bedecked with red-white-and blue bunting and enormous campaign signs. Elaborate fireworks that spelled out “Trump” and “2020” against the backdrop of the Washington Monument capped his remarks, followed by an opera singer performing from the Blue Room balcony.\nThe extravaganza on the White House grounds was denounced by detractors as an obscene partisan tainting of a government building. Trump said he chose to deliver the speech there after being forced to cancel plans for a Florida-based convention because of COVID.\n“Trump is going out of his way to blow off the Hatch Act,” the Washington Post railed, referencing the law designed to separate official actions at government buildings from partisan politicking.\nThe intervening five months, however, have been dark and anything but celebratory as Trump refused to acknowledge his loss to Joe Biden, asserting massive election fraud. He was forced to come to grips with his defeat only after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building, resulting in the deaths of five people and horrifying the nation. Trump’s widely assailed role in inciting the violence will forever taint his legacy. It also cast a pall over his final two weeks in office.\nEven before the attack on the Capitol, Trump had declined to say whether he would attend Biden’s inauguration, a symbolic act marking the traditional peaceful transfer of power. In the days afterward, with Democrats and some Republicans blaming him for the ugly events on Jan. 6, Trump announced he would break with tradition and skip it. It was the first time in 152 years that an outgoing president didn’t attend the inauguration of his successor.\nInstead, Trump focused on the symbolism of his own exit. He had envisioned a big, military-style send-off with a possible fly-over full of taxpayer-funded patriotic pageantry. In the end, he settled for speech against his favorite backdrop, Air Force One, after the military band played “Hail to the Chief” and a 21-gun salute echoed across the tarmac.\nA close-knit crowd of aides, loyalists and family members were on hand at Joint Base Andrews for the departure. His own vice president, Mike Pence, however, opted to honor tradition and attend Biden’s swearing-in.\nBefore leaving for Florida, Trump touted his White House achievements, including enacting tax cuts, placing three conservative justices on the Supreme Court, overseeing a soaring economy before the pandemic, developing a COVID vaccine in record time, rebuilding the U.S. military, creating a new Space Force and ensuring better care for veterans. Of course, he left out that the U.S. coronavirus death toll had topped 400,000 or that jobless claims had surged this week to the highest total since August.\nJust creating a Space Force itself would be a major accomplishment for “a regular administration,” he insisted. “We were not a regular administration” -- a characterization the media deemed a rare instance of honest self-reflection and understatement.\nTrump didn’t mention Joe Biden’s name once in his remarks but wished the new administration well, while seeming to take credit in advance for any future Biden achievements.\n“I will always fight for you,” he said. “I will be watching. I will be listening. And I will tell you that the future of this country has never been better. I wish the new administration great luck and great success. I think they’ll have a great the foundation to do something really spectacular.\n“Goodbye. We love you. We’ll be back in some form. Have a good life.”\nAs his remarks ended, the Village People’s “YMCA,” the upbeat Trump campaign rally staple, roared out form the loudspeakers, as the departing president clapped to the music, though he didn’t bop along, happily punching the sky per post-rally usual. In a new twist, as Air Force One began to roll along the tarmac, Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” boomed from the speakers.\nEven his most ardent political foes couldn’t argue with that swan song. Exactly what the next act holds now for Trump is the subject of great nationwide debate. Will the 45th president further fracture the GOP by launching a new political party, dubbed the Patriot Party, as several media outlets have reported?\nAt least one conservative strategist thinks Trump will realize that taking such as step is a monumental undertaking with little upside. His populist persona and massive following are far better suited for showcasing on a media platform forged in his image, the strategist argued.\n“With Trump off social media, there’s just massive pent up demand for him that’s only going to grow,” the strategist, who requested anonymity, told RealClearPolitics. “I think a media outlet is a way better way forward for him than a third party. He’s comfortable in that arena. He can still do rallies, his network would cover them if no one else does, and they would still draw great ratings.”\nNewsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy and Trump are already good friends, and that conservative outlet has been stealing the Trump audience from Fox News since election night, prompting a staff shakeup and several firings at the latter in recent days. A Trump-Newsmax partnership would provide the former president a ready-made platform and further erode Fox’s longtime hold on conservative viewers.\nJust 11 minutes before his term ended and Biden became president, Trump arrived at his Mar-a-Lago home. Supporters had gathered along the boulevard between the airport and the lavish resort. The final presidential motorcade slowly moved along, as Trump waved to throngs of well-wishers, some in tears, some holding signs displaying their undying loyalty.\n“Trump 4 ever my president,” one sign said. Others offered kind words: “Praying 4 Trump!” “Thank you. We Love You.” Still another included an expletive aimed at Biden.\nOne notable political figure stood out in the crowd: Roger Stone, who lives in Fort Lauderdale. Stone, who served as a campaign adviser to Trump, was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated whether Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.\n“I came to pay my respects because I love the man,” he told the Florida Sun-Sentinel. Trump pardoned Stone last month after commuting his sentence in July.\nEarlier in the day, Stone appeared at a rally for Trump in West Palm Beach and predicted his friend would not recede from the political landscape. “You view this as the end. I view it as the beginning,” he told a local news outlet. “…I don’t think you’ve seen the last of Donald Trump by any means at all.”",
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WASHINGTON -- Walk toward Anderson House on Massachusetts Avenue, just off Dupont Circle, and the first thing you see is a remarkable bronze of George Washington guarding the entryway.
Walk inside and your breath will be nearly taken away by the opulent beauty and all the splendor of the Gilded Age.
This was once the winter home of American diplomat Larz Anderson. His wife, Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson, donated their Beaux Arts mansion and much of its furnishings to The Society of the Cincinnati in 1938 to serve as their headquarters.
Anderson was a member of the patriotic hereditary society formed in 1783 by Gen. Henry Knox and other officers who served in the Revolutionary War. Its purpose remains to perpetuate the memory of the War for Independence, remind citizens to remain vigilant in the defense of their liberties and keep alive the memory of the virtuous sacrifices that secured those liberties.
To be a member, you have to have descended from an officer who served in that war. Anderson was the great-grandson of Lt. Richard Clough Anderson Sr.
Despite the opulence of the grand hall, the elegant foyers, the Flemish tapestries, imported marble floors, French furniture and Asian ivories, the image that stayed with me throughout the entire tour was the haunting portrait of Joseph Winters in the "America's First Veterans" exhibition.
The portrait was done over 40 years after the Revolutionary War when artist John Neagle stumbled upon an old, near-naked man huddled in the snow in a Philadelphia alley.
"I found him much benumbed with cold and scantily clad," Neagle wrote in his diary. "His outer dress was ragged -- His flannel and coat scarcely covered his naked body and he had an apology for a shirt -- all were in rags and strings."
Neagle took the man home with him, fed him and, discovering that he only spoke German, brought back the local grocer to help translate his story. Winters had immigrated from Germany, was a weaver by trade and had outlived his wife and two children.
Then his story took a profound twist. The elderly homeless man had served in the Revolutionary War and told Neagle he had "fought very hard to establish the liberties of our country."
Neagle wrote that Winters became "a lone wanderer in a world evincing but little feeling or sympathy for him." Neagle would eventually paint his portrait, capturing all of the appalling sadness of how quickly society and government forget those who served when it becomes convenient.
Less than one-half of 1% of Americans currently serve in our armed forces, making them nearly invisible to most of us in our daily lives despite their call to serve all of us every waking hour of their lives.
Politicians sometimes use them to rally around or as a political wedge issue. Their service often takes more from them than any of us ever give, costing them marriages, friendships, life, limb or mind.
They become the lone wanderers among us who we don't see until tragedy strikes or someone publicly dismisses them. This isn't something of yesteryear. It happened yesterday when Capitol Police asked National Guard troops to move out of the congressional buildings and into garages.
They had little access to bathroom facilities and had cramped conditions that could be perilous during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the reaction across Washington and both sides of the aisle was outrage, someone made that decision, and someone with power found them disposable.
Let's be clear here: The men and women in our National Guard are tough; they can handle and have handled worse than sleeping on a cold garage floor when it is 38 degrees out. The outrage here lies not in the deed but in the dismissal -- the lack of respect for their fulfillment of duty.
It is a dismissive attitude many in our society have carried too long through too many generations.
Winters disappeared into the night after Neagle captured his old face fixed in sadness and fatigue. No record remains of where he spent his last days.
The elegant bronze of Washington has been removed from its graceful sentry outside the Anderson House. The receptionist confirmed it was a preventive measure in reaction to the riots and statue destruction that raged across the district last summer.
The "Lone Wanderer" will still be on exhibition when Anderson House opens at the end of March. It is an extraordinary hall where dignitaries such as former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and former President Ronald Reagan met with the descendants of the officers who led an often-ragtag Army filled with brave men like Winters, who, despite not knowing the language and having not lived here very long, found liberty a cause worth defending.
It is worth a visit, just as a reminder of why we should never forget.
COPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS.COM
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Liz Cheney's Political Support Collapses in Wyoming | RealClearPolitics
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Liz Cheney's Political Support Collapses in Wyoming
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House GOP Conference Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has seen her political support completely collapse in Wyoming.
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"House GOP Conference Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has seen her political support completely collapse in Wyoming.",
"Liz Cheney's Political Support Collapses in Wyoming",
"Liz Cheney's Political Support Collapses in Wyoming | RealClearPolitics"
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Biden Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage a Jobs Destroyer | RealClearPolitics
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Biden Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage a Jobs Destroyer
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President-elect Joe Biden's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour would exacerbate the devastating impact economic lockdowns are having on small businesses, while doing great harm to 10.7 million Americans who are unemployed.
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| 2021-01-18T00:00:00 |
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"President-elect Joe Biden's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour would exacerbate the devastating impact economic lockdowns are having on small businesses, while doing great harm to 10.7 million Americans who are unemployed.",
"Biden Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage a Jobs Destroyer",
"Biden Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage a Jobs Destroyer | RealClearPolitics"
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Assange Exposes Ruling Class Myths About Freedom, Tyranny | RealClearPolitics
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Assange Exposes Ruling Class Myths About Freedom, Tyranny
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The real measure of how free is a society is not how its mainstream, well-behaved ruling class servants are treated, but the fate of its actual dissidents.
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| 2021-01-02T00:00:00 |
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"The real measure of how free is a society is not how its mainstream, well-behaved ruling class servants are treated, but the fate of its actual dissidents.",
"Assange Exposes Ruling Class Myths About Freedom, Tyranny",
"Assange Exposes Ruling Class Myths About Freedom, Tyranny | RealClearPolitics"
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Can GA Save U.S. From a Disastrous Dem Takeover? | RealClearPolitics
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Can GA Save U.S. From a Disastrous Dem Takeover?
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After criticism of their angry cries to defund the police Democrats have backpedaled for fear of losing votes, but they remain hostile to law enforcement. This is yet another reason why voters in Georgia should elect Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday
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| 2021-01-02T00:00:00 |
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"After criticism of their angry cries to defund the police Democrats have backpedaled for fear of losing votes, but they remain hostile to law enforcement. This is yet another reason why voters in Georgia should elect Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday",
"Can GA Save U.S. From a Disastrous Dem Takeover?",
"Can GA Save U.S. From a Disastrous Dem Takeover? | RealClearPolitics"
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Facial Recognition Firm Claims Antifa Infiltrated Protesters | RealClearPolitics
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Facial Recognition Firm Claims Antifa Infiltrated Protesters
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Trump supporters say that antifa members disguised as one of them infiltrated the protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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| 2021-01-07T00:00:00 |
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"Trump supporters say that antifa members disguised as one of them infiltrated the protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.",
"Facial Recognition Firm Claims Antifa Infiltrated Protesters",
"Facial Recognition Firm Claims Antifa Infiltrated Protesters | RealClearPolitics"
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How Pete Buttigieg Could Save Mass Transit | RealClearPolitics
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How Pete Buttigieg Could Save Mass Transit
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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- When President-elect Joe Biden's cabinet takes office later this month, all eyes will be on the public-health officials coping with Covid-19. But one of the most difficult and important post-pandemic tasks — restoring America's deteriorating mass-transit systems — will rest with the secretary of Transportation.The question is not so much whether Pete Buttigieg is ambitious enough to try to do something big with what's traditionally been a small job.
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"(Bloomberg Opinion) -- When President-elect Joe Biden's cabinet takes office later this month, all eyes will be on the public-health officials coping with Covid-19. But one of the most difficult and important post-pandemic tasks — restoring America's deteriorating mass-transit systems — will rest with the secretary of Transportation.The question is not so much whether Pete Buttigieg is ambitious enough to try to do something big with what's traditionally been a small job.",
"How Pete Buttigieg Could Save Mass Transit",
"How Pete Buttigieg Could Save Mass Transit | RealClearPolitics"
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GA Confirms Pre-Trump Republican Party Is Dead & Gone | RealClearPolitics
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GA Confirms Pre-Trump Republican Party Is Dead & Gone
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Trump leaves his party in better shape than his previous two predecessors left theirs, but the GOP is still at war with itself.
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| 2021-01-08T00:00:00 |
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"Trump leaves his party in better shape than his previous two predecessors left theirs, but the GOP is still at war with itself.",
"GA Confirms Pre-Trump Republican Party Is Dead & Gone",
"GA Confirms Pre-Trump Republican Party Is Dead & Gone | RealClearPolitics"
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The Never-Ending Coup Against Black Americans | RealClearPolitics
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The Never-Ending Coup Against Black Americans
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The last time I visited my grandparents’ hometown, I was researching an article about lynching. In 1918, a white mob tore through Valdosta, Georgia, and the neighboring county and murdered at least 11 Black people, including Mary Turner, who was eight months pregnant and found suspended by her ankles and disemboweled.
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"The last time I visited my grandparents’ hometown, I was researching an article about lynching. In 1918, a white mob tore through Valdosta, Georgia, and the neighboring county and murdered at least 11 Black people, including Mary Turner, who was eight months pregnant and found suspended by her ankles and disemboweled.",
"The Never-Ending Coup Against Black Americans",
"The Never-Ending Coup Against Black Americans | RealClearPolitics"
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America's Covid Vaccine Campaign Is Not a Disaster | RealClearPolitics
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America's Covid Vaccine Campaign Is Not a Disaster
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As just over 2 million Americans have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, Kent Sepkowitz explains why the rollout, rather than a disaster, has been mediocre. But it is still an achievement, he says.
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"As just over 2 million Americans have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, Kent Sepkowitz explains why the rollout, rather than a disaster, has been mediocre. But it is still an achievement, he says.",
"America's Covid Vaccine Campaign Is Not a Disaster",
"America's Covid Vaccine Campaign Is Not a Disaster | RealClearPolitics"
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New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy | RealClearPolitics
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New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy
Runoff elections were designed under Jim Crow laws to blunt the Black voting power. This time, historic Black turnout made Warnock and Ossoff winners.
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"New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy\nRunoff elections were designed under Jim Crow laws to blunt the Black voting power. This time, historic Black turnout made Warnock and Ossoff winners.",
"New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy",
"New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy | RealClearPolitics"
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Good morning, it’s Jan. 8, 2021, a Friday -- the day of the week when I pass along a quotation intended to be inspirational or thought-provoking. On this date 10 years ago, popular Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was grievously injured in a Tucson parking lot by a deranged gunman who shot 18 other people, killing six.
The level of discourse in this country being what it is, predictable political players and commentators quickly sought partisan advantage from the tragedy. Sarah Palin was to blame, some said, citing an ad Republicans had run targeting Giffords’ seat -- complete with a bulls-eye. The shooter was anti-Semitic, others said, or a Christian fanatic with ties to right-wing groups.
None of this was true. Jared Lee Loughner was an atheist who disliked Christians, didn’t follow the news, had no discernible political philosophy, and harbored grudges against two politicians: Gabby Giffords and George W. Bush.
Severe mental illness, probably exacerbated by sustained drug abuse, had turned him from the “sweet, caring Jared” high school friends recalled into an incoherent and frightening young man who kept getting fired from jobs and was banned from his junior college for creeping out classmates. Yet, he was legally allowed to purchase firearms.
I’ll have a further word on this episode in recent American history in a moment. First, I’d point you to RCP’s front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion pieces spanning the political spectrum. Today’s lineup includes Alan Dershowitz (The Hill), Susan Glasser (The New Yorker), John Kass (Chicago Tribune), and Sarah Zhang (The Atlantic). We also offer original material from our own reporters, columnists, and contributors, including the following:
* * *
Organization Bans Realtor “Hate Speech.” Anywhere. 24/7. At RealClearInvesitgations, John Murawski reports on the National Association of Realtors’ decision that governs its 1.4 million members, even in their private lives.
The Church’s Problematic Embrace of Donald Trump. RealClearReligion editor Chandler Lasch laments many believers’ failure to admit that a leader’s character matters when it damages the Christian message.
Commission on Unalienable Rights: Lessons Learned. At RealClearWorld, Peter Berkowitz and Mary Ann Glendon spotlight gains achieved by the State Department panel’s work to promote principles of freedom worldwide.
Toward a Stable Nuclear Deterrent. At RealClearDefense, Steve Cimbala and Adam Lowther urge Joe Biden to reconsider his promise to reduce the U.S. arsenal at a time when China and Russia are bolstering theirs.
Time to Reassess the New Deal? At RealClearMarkets, Christopher Baecker argues that a lingering ill effect from FDR’s program is the belief that government can cure what ails us.
Importance of Civic Education in a Creedal Nation. Professor Robert George tells Mike Sabo that absent widespread civic knowledge, America is “on its way to oblivion.”
Funniest Side Effects of Returning From Space. RealClearScience editor Ross Pomeroy writes that gravity reasserts itself in messy ways once astronauts find themselves back on Earth.
* * *
The ill-fated Jan. 8, 2011, event in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson was Giffords’ first “Congress on Your Corner” event. The idea was to meet with constituents and listen to their concerns. Giffords was that kind of public servant. Instead, the scene became a bloodbath. The innocents slain that day were respected federal Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, a 30-year-old aide in Gifford’s office; retirees Dorothy Morris, Dorwan Stoddard, and Phyllis Schneck; and a lovely 9-year-old girl named Christina-Taylor Green.
“One day we were a beautiful family of four, and the next day, we woke up, and we had three -- with no real preparation, no warning, no nothing,” her father recalled on the fifth anniversary of that awful day. “It jars every part of your life.”
“Really, we were a balanced family” -- a father and mother, a son and daughter – “and then when that happened, we were unbalanced,” he added. “We are still unbalanced, but we are learning how to deal with that unbalance. That’s always going to be there.”
Gabby Giffords survived a gunshot to the head, but was left severely unbalanced in other ways. A promising young moderate Democrat with charisma and character, her future in politics seemed limitless. All that was taken from her in a moment. Well, not the character part; she kept that while embarking on a long and painful rehabilitation that included dealing with paralysis and aphasia. She appeared in the House of Representatives chamber in August 2011 where she received a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle, but she was obliged to give up her seat a year after the shooting.
Yet the 10th year of her recovery, a deeply trying one in our country, brought some measure of success to Giffords and her family. In the summer, she made an evocative appeal for Joe Biden at the Democratic Party’s virtual convention. In the autumn, her husband, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, won an Arizona Senate seat. This morning, the New York Times published a powerful essay by Gabby Giffords seeking to put all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, in touch with their better angels:
“That January morning, I had been looking forward to spending time with the people I represented, talking about hopes and needs,” she wrote. “It was the part of the job I loved the most. Since then, I have fought every day to regain all that I lost, from walking to speaking to being able to serve my country. I have had to re-examine my own hopes and expectations. It is exhausting. But I stick to my purpose: I still want to make the world a better place. All of the sense of possibility I felt when I arrived in that parking lot 10 years ago has stayed with me.”
And that’s our quote of the week.
Carl M. Cannon
Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics
@CarlCannon (Twitter)
[email protected]
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Bush.\nSevere mental illness, probably exacerbated by sustained drug abuse, had turned him from the “sweet, caring Jared” high school friends recalled into an incoherent and frightening young man who kept getting fired from jobs and was banned from his junior college for creeping out classmates. Yet, he was legally allowed to purchase firearms.\nI’ll have a further word on this episode in recent American history in a moment. First, I’d point you to RCP’s front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion pieces spanning the political spectrum. Today’s lineup includes Alan Dershowitz (The Hill), Susan Glasser (The New Yorker), John Kass (Chicago Tribune), and Sarah Zhang (The Atlantic). We also offer original material from our own reporters, columnists, and contributors, including the following:\n* * *\nOrganization Bans Realtor “Hate Speech.” Anywhere. 24/7. At RealClearInvesitgations, John Murawski reports on the National Association of Realtors’ decision that governs its 1.4 million members, even in their private lives.\nThe Church’s Problematic Embrace of Donald Trump. RealClearReligion editor Chandler Lasch laments many believers’ failure to admit that a leader’s character matters when it damages the Christian message.\nCommission on Unalienable Rights: Lessons Learned. At RealClearWorld, Peter Berkowitz and Mary Ann Glendon spotlight gains achieved by the State Department panel’s work to promote principles of freedom worldwide.\nToward a Stable Nuclear Deterrent. At RealClearDefense, Steve Cimbala and Adam Lowther urge Joe Biden to reconsider his promise to reduce the U.S. arsenal at a time when China and Russia are bolstering theirs.\nTime to Reassess the New Deal? At RealClearMarkets, Christopher Baecker argues that a lingering ill effect from FDR’s program is the belief that government can cure what ails us.\nImportance of Civic Education in a Creedal Nation. Professor Robert George tells Mike Sabo that absent widespread civic knowledge, America is “on its way to oblivion.”\nFunniest Side Effects of Returning From Space. RealClearScience editor Ross Pomeroy writes that gravity reasserts itself in messy ways once astronauts find themselves back on Earth.\n* * *\nThe ill-fated Jan. 8, 2011, event in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson was Giffords’ first “Congress on Your Corner” event. The idea was to meet with constituents and listen to their concerns. Giffords was that kind of public servant. Instead, the scene became a bloodbath. The innocents slain that day were respected federal Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, a 30-year-old aide in Gifford’s office; retirees Dorothy Morris, Dorwan Stoddard, and Phyllis Schneck; and a lovely 9-year-old girl named Christina-Taylor Green.\n“One day we were a beautiful family of four, and the next day, we woke up, and we had three -- with no real preparation, no warning, no nothing,” her father recalled on the fifth anniversary of that awful day. “It jars every part of your life.”\n“Really, we were a balanced family” -- a father and mother, a son and daughter – “and then when that happened, we were unbalanced,” he added. “We are still unbalanced, but we are learning how to deal with that unbalance. That’s always going to be there.”\nGabby Giffords survived a gunshot to the head, but was left severely unbalanced in other ways. A promising young moderate Democrat with charisma and character, her future in politics seemed limitless. All that was taken from her in a moment. Well, not the character part; she kept that while embarking on a long and painful rehabilitation that included dealing with paralysis and aphasia. She appeared in the House of Representatives chamber in August 2011 where she received a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle, but she was obliged to give up her seat a year after the shooting.\nYet the 10th year of her recovery, a deeply trying one in our country, brought some measure of success to Giffords and her family. In the summer, she made an evocative appeal for Joe Biden at the Democratic Party’s virtual convention. In the autumn, her husband, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, won an Arizona Senate seat. This morning, the New York Times published a powerful essay by Gabby Giffords seeking to put all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, in touch with their better angels:\n“That January morning, I had been looking forward to spending time with the people I represented, talking about hopes and needs,” she wrote. “It was the part of the job I loved the most. Since then, I have fought every day to regain all that I lost, from walking to speaking to being able to serve my country. I have had to re-examine my own hopes and expectations. It is exhausting. But I stick to my purpose: I still want to make the world a better place. All of the sense of possibility I felt when I arrived in that parking lot 10 years ago has stayed with me.”\nAnd that’s our quote of the week.\nCarl M. Cannon\nWashington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics\n@CarlCannon (Twitter)\[email protected]",
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After Republican Losses in GA, Let the Blame Game Begin | RealClearPolitics
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After Republican Losses in GA, Let the Blame Game Begin
The recriminations about the likely loss of two GOP incumbents in Georgia will ripple through Republican circles in a display of total acrimony.
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What if Twitter Had Banned Trump Sooner? | RealClearPolitics
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Dean Obeidllah writes that new research confirms that President Donald Trump's social media peddling of his lie about election fraud was a driving factor in spreading misinformation to his followers.
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Trump Is Out. Can We Now Talk About How He Got In? | RealClearPolitics
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Fences: The Perfect Symbol of the Trump Years | RealClearPolitics
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David Gergen writes that the new, 7-feet-tall fence now surrounding the Capitol should eventually find a home in the Smithsonian. Pieces of it would be an appropriate remembrance of just how dangerous and frightening the Trump years have been.
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Trump's Twitter Ban Brings Peace | RealClearPolitics
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Trump's incitement was crucial whipping right-wing mobs to violence. Muting him helped settle them down
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The Flight of Terrified Techies From California to Texas | RealClearPolitics
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Big Tech Bullies Discover the Power of Suppressing Info | RealClearPolitics
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The liberal establishment has found a way to win — by silencing those who dared to disagree with it. Big Tech was the main culprit
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Cyberbullying is always wrong unless it serves the cause of social justice. Then the victims are simply collateral damage in the long march toward a...
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Cyberbullying is always wrong – unless it serves the cause of social justice. Then the victims are simply collateral damage in the long march toward a progressive utopia.
That message, delivered daily by Twitter mobs and public shaming campaigns, was endorsed by the New York Times on Dec. 26 in a long article headlined “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning.” The piece demands scrutiny because it reveals how the news organization that corrupted our nation’s history to claim America is irredeemably racist in its “1619 Project” continues to normalize false assumptions and frameworks to advance leftist ideology.
First, the background. The Times article focuses on two high school seniors – Mimi Groves, who is white, and Jimmy Galligan, who has a white father and African American mother – who grew up in the well-to-do Northern Virginia town of Leesburg. Groves thought her years of hard work had paid off last May when she earned a spot on the University of Tennessee’s national champion cheerleading squad.
Her world crumbled a few weeks later when, ironically, she joined the social justice caravan by urging her Instagram followers to “protest, donate, sign a petition, rally, do something” in support of Black Lives Matter following George Floyd’s death.
Groves’ Instagram post infuriated Galligan, who commented: “You have the audacity to post this, after saying the N-word.”
Later that afternoon, the Times reports, “Mr. Galligan, who had waited until Ms. Groves had chosen a college,” posted a three-second video Groves made in 2016, as a 15-year old, upon receiving her learner’s permit. “I can drive, niggah,” she said joyfully into the camera, echoing the idiom of hip-hop culture so familiar to her generation.
A national controversy ensued. The Tennessee cheer squad booted Groves, who subsequently withdrew from the university under mounting pressure. She is now taking remote classes at a community college.
The Times does not tell its readers that this is a textbook case of cyberbullying, which the U.S. government defines as “sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else … causing embarrassment or humiliation.”
While noting in a single sentence that the incident reflects broader efforts of “public shaming” and “cancellation” that can include “harassment,” the paper of record devotes thousands of words to providing misleading context that works to justify the punishment of Groves’ alleged crime. “The story behind the backlash,” reporter Dan Levin writes, “also reveals a more complex portrait of behavior that for generations had gone unchecked in schools in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties, where Black students said they had long been subjected to ridicule.”
The Times’ presents a cherry-picked version of history to depict Leesburg and surrounding Loudoun County – where Democrat Joe Biden won 61% of the vote – as a hotbed of racism, embodied and embraced by the then-15-year-old Groves in her three-second video.
The dishonesty begins with the paper’s headline, which states that Groves used a racial slur. She did not. Merriam-Webster defines a slur as “an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo.” Groves had no such intent. This is obvious as her video was made in a youthful moment of celebration – “I can drive!” – not racial hatred.
The Times also muddied the waters by refusing to print the offending word, only alluding to her damning language as a “racial slur” and the “N-word.” Nuance matters, so it is essential to note that Groves did not use N-word per se but a softer variant. The African American linguist John McWhorter describes this crucial difference in his 2017 book “Talking Back, Talking Black”: “Nigger is a slur associated with disrespect from whites but nigg-ah [the term Groves used] … is different. Nigga is friendly.”
Both words are ubiquitous in rap music; her use of the benign term reflected the broad reach of this genre. Groves herself told the Times the word was in “all the songs we listened to,” while adding, “I’m not using that as an excuse.”
Granted, this may still offend some people. But it seems cruel and vindictive to attack what was, at worst, an honest mistake by a naïve 15-year-old. Frankly, the larger issue is the bizarre circumstance in which white children are inundated with words they must never repeat but which their African Americans cohorts are allowed to use with impunity. This double-standard may make sense on one level, but it is also Kafkaesque.
Ignoring Groves’ innocent use of the N-word allows the Times to engage in another left-wing trope – the misuse of history – to provide false context aimed at justifying Galligan’s actions and Groves’ fate. The third paragraph of the article is an exercise in tendentious innuendo. It informs readers that Leesburg was “named for an ancestor of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee” without noting that Col. Thomas Lee died in 1750, decades before the Revolutionary War and more than a century before the Civil War. It also states that Loudoun County’s “school system had fought an order to desegregate for more than a decade after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling.” It does not tell readers that ruling occurred in 1954. Later Levin finds it relevant to report that "slave auctions were once held on the courthouse grounds."
As it did in the “1619 Project,” the Times cynically invokes unmoored pieces of history to paint a false picture of the present. It commits memory malpractice by failing to show that these historical facts influenced Groves’ behavior. For the left, the recitation of past sins is the only evidence required for contemporary indictments.
The Times does report that Loudoun County schools, like those in almost every other system in the nation, are still grappling with racial disparities. However, it ignores African American achievement – 97% of black students in the county graduate from high school, 57% of whom earn “advanced diplomas.”
The Times also fails to mention that just 8% of the district’s students are black, a statistic that is hard to interpret on its own but suggests one reason why some African Americans, according to a 2019 district report, “feel marginalized within the school division and do not feel that they are supported in developing a sense of cultural or academic identity.”
Instead, the paper focuses on its interviews with “current and former students of color [who] described an environment rife with racial insensitivity, including casual uses of slurs.”
A long article detailing how and when such slurs are used in Loudoun County schools would have been illuminating. Ironically, by focusing on Groves’ situation, the Times gives license to those who want to downplay racial issues by relying on an example that can be dismissed as harmless.
In creating the impression that Groves got what was coming to her, the Times reflects two other poisonous aspects of left-wing ideology – the ideas of racial collective guilt and the disposability of individuals in the cause for justice.
For the Times, Groves, like all whites, is inescapably responsible for past, present – and future – racial injustices in Leesburg. The complicating particulars of her case are irrelevant because it can be used to shine a light on larger issues. And even if she is paying an unfair price, well, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
This callousness was articulated by one of the 20 comments – out of 1,622 – Times editors chose to highlight in response to the article: “Ms. Groves and her family keep claiming that her life is ruined, but it's not. She's white and her family is well off. She will be fine. She'll go to *gasp" [sic] community college for a year, and then she'll matriculate at some nice school. Hopefully, she learned a little about racism and how harmful racist language can be.”
The tragedy of Mimi Groves is alarming because it reflects the dangerous mindset the radical left that is ascendant in America. The punishment meted out to her by the University of Tennessee and others demonstrates the triumph of ideology over reason and compassion. The efforts by the Times to legitimize these actions provide further proof of how many of our nation’s most influential institutions have embraced bullying as a form of justice.
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"Cyberbullying is always wrong – unless it serves the cause of social justice. Then the victims are simply collateral damage in the long march toward a progressive utopia.\nThat message, delivered daily by Twitter mobs and public shaming campaigns, was endorsed by the New York Times on Dec. 26 in a long article headlined “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning.” The piece demands scrutiny because it reveals how the news organization that corrupted our nation’s history to claim America is irredeemably racist in its “1619 Project” continues to normalize false assumptions and frameworks to advance leftist ideology.\nFirst, the background. The Times article focuses on two high school seniors – Mimi Groves, who is white, and Jimmy Galligan, who has a white father and African American mother – who grew up in the well-to-do Northern Virginia town of Leesburg. Groves thought her years of hard work had paid off last May when she earned a spot on the University of Tennessee’s national champion cheerleading squad.\nHer world crumbled a few weeks later when, ironically, she joined the social justice caravan by urging her Instagram followers to “protest, donate, sign a petition, rally, do something” in support of Black Lives Matter following George Floyd’s death.\nGroves’ Instagram post infuriated Galligan, who commented: “You have the audacity to post this, after saying the N-word.”\nLater that afternoon, the Times reports, “Mr. Galligan, who had waited until Ms. Groves had chosen a college,” posted a three-second video Groves made in 2016, as a 15-year old, upon receiving her learner’s permit. “I can drive, niggah,” she said joyfully into the camera, echoing the idiom of hip-hop culture so familiar to her generation.\nA national controversy ensued. The Tennessee cheer squad booted Groves, who subsequently withdrew from the university under mounting pressure. She is now taking remote classes at a community college.\nThe Times does not tell its readers that this is a textbook case of cyberbullying, which the U.S. government defines as “sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else … causing embarrassment or humiliation.”\nWhile noting in a single sentence that the incident reflects broader efforts of “public shaming” and “cancellation” that can include “harassment,” the paper of record devotes thousands of words to providing misleading context that works to justify the punishment of Groves’ alleged crime. “The story behind the backlash,” reporter Dan Levin writes, “also reveals a more complex portrait of behavior that for generations had gone unchecked in schools in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties, where Black students said they had long been subjected to ridicule.”\nThe Times’ presents a cherry-picked version of history to depict Leesburg and surrounding Loudoun County – where Democrat Joe Biden won 61% of the vote – as a hotbed of racism, embodied and embraced by the then-15-year-old Groves in her three-second video.\nThe dishonesty begins with the paper’s headline, which states that Groves used a racial slur. She did not. Merriam-Webster defines a slur as “an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo.” Groves had no such intent. This is obvious as her video was made in a youthful moment of celebration – “I can drive!” – not racial hatred.\nThe Times also muddied the waters by refusing to print the offending word, only alluding to her damning language as a “racial slur” and the “N-word.” Nuance matters, so it is essential to note that Groves did not use N-word per se but a softer variant. The African American linguist John McWhorter describes this crucial difference in his 2017 book “Talking Back, Talking Black”: “Nigger is a slur associated with disrespect from whites but nigg-ah [the term Groves used] … is different. Nigga is friendly.”\nBoth words are ubiquitous in rap music; her use of the benign term reflected the broad reach of this genre. Groves herself told the Times the word was in “all the songs we listened to,” while adding, “I’m not using that as an excuse.”\nGranted, this may still offend some people. But it seems cruel and vindictive to attack what was, at worst, an honest mistake by a naïve 15-year-old. Frankly, the larger issue is the bizarre circumstance in which white children are inundated with words they must never repeat but which their African Americans cohorts are allowed to use with impunity. This double-standard may make sense on one level, but it is also Kafkaesque.\nIgnoring Groves’ innocent use of the N-word allows the Times to engage in another left-wing trope – the misuse of history – to provide false context aimed at justifying Galligan’s actions and Groves’ fate. The third paragraph of the article is an exercise in tendentious innuendo. It informs readers that Leesburg was “named for an ancestor of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee” without noting that Col. Thomas Lee died in 1750, decades before the Revolutionary War and more than a century before the Civil War. It also states that Loudoun County’s “school system had fought an order to desegregate for more than a decade after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling.” It does not tell readers that ruling occurred in 1954. Later Levin finds it relevant to report that \"slave auctions were once held on the courthouse grounds.\"\nAs it did in the “1619 Project,” the Times cynically invokes unmoored pieces of history to paint a false picture of the present. It commits memory malpractice by failing to show that these historical facts influenced Groves’ behavior. For the left, the recitation of past sins is the only evidence required for contemporary indictments.\nThe Times does report that Loudoun County schools, like those in almost every other system in the nation, are still grappling with racial disparities. However, it ignores African American achievement – 97% of black students in the county graduate from high school, 57% of whom earn “advanced diplomas.”\nThe Times also fails to mention that just 8% of the district’s students are black, a statistic that is hard to interpret on its own but suggests one reason why some African Americans, according to a 2019 district report, “feel marginalized within the school division and do not feel that they are supported in developing a sense of cultural or academic identity.”\nInstead, the paper focuses on its interviews with “current and former students of color [who] described an environment rife with racial insensitivity, including casual uses of slurs.”\nA long article detailing how and when such slurs are used in Loudoun County schools would have been illuminating. Ironically, by focusing on Groves’ situation, the Times gives license to those who want to downplay racial issues by relying on an example that can be dismissed as harmless.\nIn creating the impression that Groves got what was coming to her, the Times reflects two other poisonous aspects of left-wing ideology – the ideas of racial collective guilt and the disposability of individuals in the cause for justice.\nFor the Times, Groves, like all whites, is inescapably responsible for past, present – and future – racial injustices in Leesburg. The complicating particulars of her case are irrelevant because it can be used to shine a light on larger issues. And even if she is paying an unfair price, well, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.\nThis callousness was articulated by one of the 20 comments – out of 1,622 – Times editors chose to highlight in response to the article: “Ms. Groves and her family keep claiming that her life is ruined, but it's not. She's white and her family is well off. She will be fine. She'll go to *gasp\" [sic] community college for a year, and then she'll matriculate at some nice school. Hopefully, she learned a little about racism and how harmful racist language can be.”\nThe tragedy of Mimi Groves is alarming because it reflects the dangerous mindset the radical left that is ascendant in America. The punishment meted out to her by the University of Tennessee and others demonstrates the triumph of ideology over reason and compassion. The efforts by the Times to legitimize these actions provide further proof of how many of our nation’s most influential institutions have embraced bullying as a form of justice.",
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Hunter Biden's Guilty Laptop | RealClearPolitics
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The most charitable reading of the sleazy saga is that Joe Biden, one of the most powerful men in the world, is an incredibly gullible idiot.
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New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy | RealClearPolitics
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New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy
Runoff elections were designed under Jim Crow laws to blunt the Black voting power. This time, historic Black turnout made Warnock and Ossoff winners.
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"New Georgia Senators Point to New Southern Strategy\nRunoff elections were designed under Jim Crow laws to blunt the Black voting power. This time, historic Black turnout made Warnock and Ossoff winners.",
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Tech Giants Can't Be Trusted to Police Speech | RealClearPolitics
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Tech Giants Can't Be Trusted to Police Speech
The job of regulating incendiary discourse belongs to democratically elected governments, not powerful private interests.
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"Tech Giants Can't Be Trusted to Police Speech\nThe job of regulating incendiary discourse belongs to democratically elected governments, not powerful private interests.",
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The Only Way to Save American Democracy Now | RealClearPolitics
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The Only Way to Save American Democracy Now
Things are going to get much worse if the Democrats—who in two weeks will have united control of the federal government—do not act quickly and decisively.
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After Capitol Riots, We Must Strengthen Our Democracy | RealClearPolitics
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Democrats must use our majorities to defend America from those who fueled and supported the riots. That means making it easier for every American to vote.
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Stop Trying To Make the Capitol Riot Into a Race Issue | RealClearPolitics
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Stop Trying To Make the Capitol Riot Into a Race Issue
A vast mob of rioters breached the U.S. Capitol building this week after President Trump asked them personally to march on the People's House to protest the results of the 2020 election.
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How a Vaccine Was Developed in Record Time | RealClearPolitics
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How a Vaccine Was Developed in Record Time
Credit for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine belongs in part to discoveries dating back 15 years. The team behind it was inspired by two infant deaths.
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Biden Can Unite the Country by Being Boring | RealClearPolitics
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In his Inaugural Address Wednesday, Joe Biden will surely issue an appeal for unity—a plea that all Americans raise our sights and lower our voices, that we work together to restore faith in government, and in each other. And so on.
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"In his Inaugural Address Wednesday, Joe Biden will surely issue an appeal for unity—a plea that all Americans raise our sights and lower our voices, that we work together to restore faith in government, and in each other. And so on.",
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In the pre-COVID-19 days, there were those large, intergenerational Sunday dinners when nothing was off the table for discussion in America.
Even now, if we...
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In the pre-COVID-19 days, there were those large, intergenerational Sunday dinners when nothing was off the table for discussion in America.
Even now, if we were sitting down together, we'd talk of President Donald Trump lying to his supporters about overturning the election, before he incited a mob to storm the Capitol.
We might even talk of the push for political purges and tribal revenge fantasies, and of a nation that worries it is tearing itself apart.
America was tearing itself apart when I was a boy, back in the 1960s. And we'd talk about it at our Greek immigrant family Sunday dinners.
It was my first university.
Around the table were older liberal and conservative cousins, liberal and conservative uncles and aunts. Everybody could talk, even the kids like me. Snowflakes weren't allowed. You had to defend your position. This is what we called "discussion" in the ancient times.
We talked politics, race, sports, family crises, Cousin Pete's hatred of blue jeans, and stories of the village, about the horse falling into the well or Truman the family mule.
We'd talk about old "Twilight Zone" episodes like "The Obsolete Man," when we imagined that it would be the political right, not the left, that would cancel ideas and cripple dissent.
When some would become angry, the wise aunts would tell us to hush and to put some slack back in our ropes. Then they'd bring out the galaktoboureko and coffee for dessert and we'd all settle down.
We were family. We didn't split up over politics. And there was always next Sunday.
But there was one thing we hardly ever talked about.
It happened to the family only 20 years before. It hurt too much. It had been terrifying and unspeakably ugly, and the wounds were still too raw:
The Greek Civil War.
The occupation by the Germans and Italians was bad enough, and Athens starved. But when they left and the Communists tried to take over, the unspeakable things began.
"It starts out as politics," my late father once said about the Greek Civil War. "But when the blood gets in your eyes, it's not about politics anymore. It's personal."
It all becomes license for personal revenge. That man who didn't want you to marry his daughter; the family that may have bested you in business; that teacher who blocked you from entering university; that farmer who moved the border stones marking the fields to take your water.
Or now, I suppose, it might involve those trying to deny you employment and a place in civil society because you're on the wrong side of their politics.
I'm not saying we're at the brink of armed conflict now. I would never advocate violence. I condemned Trump for inciting the riot, demanding those who stormed the Capitol be sent to prison.
Many conservatives and Republicans who agreed with Trump's economic and anti-war foreign policy have said the same thing.
But what I'm seeing now worries me, with Democrats in power, in control of the executive branch and both houses of Congress because of Trump.
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," said former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. "And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."
Like purging political opponents?
That kind of thing does encourage clicks on news sites, but there might come a time when things go beyond clicks.
Trump voters have already been kicked to the margins of society, beginning in 2016. They've been labeled as "deplorables," and collectively as Nazis and racists, branded as subhumans by the ministers of political culture in media.
This might shock some pundits and political actors seeding the ground for Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. But would the creation of an enemies list make for a more stable nation, or make things worse?
Not all those who voted against Hillary Clinton in 2016 deserve to be painted by the same, broad, left-handed brush. In Washington the other day, many of the thousands who gathered to hear Trump were peaceful.
So too were many of those Democrats who protested in the cities in the summer when looters took over and arson fires burned businesses and killed the downtowns.
But the summer rioters weren't condemned as evil by much of mainstream media. And Democrats hardly mentioned them at their convention.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about nonviolent protests. But he understood his nation too.
"But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?" he asked in 1967.
That quote was used by many in the media to excuse the violence in the Democratic cities in the summer.
But now, those in power and control of national politics, culture, the social media platforms and much of corporate media are making something clear.
They really don't want to hear from the 74 million Americans who voted for Trump and who disagree with them. Instead, they condemn them. Or at least that's what many of those 74 million people think.
And those who voted for Trump aren't eager to hear from the 81 million who voted for President-elect Joe Biden.
My aunts who brought out the sweets and coffee to settle us down at those family Sunday dinners have long passed.
They didn't go to college. They read the newspapers for recipes, not punditry. But they knew firsthand what happens when politics becomes personal.
It's unspeakable.
It's what we didn't want to talk about at those Sunday dinners when I was a boy.
(C)2021 Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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"In the pre-COVID-19 days, there were those large, intergenerational Sunday dinners when nothing was off the table for discussion in America.\nEven now, if we were sitting down together, we'd talk of President Donald Trump lying to his supporters about overturning the election, before he incited a mob to storm the Capitol.\nWe might even talk of the push for political purges and tribal revenge fantasies, and of a nation that worries it is tearing itself apart.\nAmerica was tearing itself apart when I was a boy, back in the 1960s. And we'd talk about it at our Greek immigrant family Sunday dinners.\nIt was my first university.\nAround the table were older liberal and conservative cousins, liberal and conservative uncles and aunts. Everybody could talk, even the kids like me. Snowflakes weren't allowed. You had to defend your position. This is what we called \"discussion\" in the ancient times.\nWe talked politics, race, sports, family crises, Cousin Pete's hatred of blue jeans, and stories of the village, about the horse falling into the well or Truman the family mule.\nWe'd talk about old \"Twilight Zone\" episodes like \"The Obsolete Man,\" when we imagined that it would be the political right, not the left, that would cancel ideas and cripple dissent.\nWhen some would become angry, the wise aunts would tell us to hush and to put some slack back in our ropes. Then they'd bring out the galaktoboureko and coffee for dessert and we'd all settle down.\nWe were family. We didn't split up over politics. And there was always next Sunday.\nBut there was one thing we hardly ever talked about.\nIt happened to the family only 20 years before. It hurt too much. It had been terrifying and unspeakably ugly, and the wounds were still too raw:\nThe Greek Civil War.\nThe occupation by the Germans and Italians was bad enough, and Athens starved. But when they left and the Communists tried to take over, the unspeakable things began.\n\"It starts out as politics,\" my late father once said about the Greek Civil War. \"But when the blood gets in your eyes, it's not about politics anymore. It's personal.\"\nIt all becomes license for personal revenge. That man who didn't want you to marry his daughter; the family that may have bested you in business; that teacher who blocked you from entering university; that farmer who moved the border stones marking the fields to take your water.\nOr now, I suppose, it might involve those trying to deny you employment and a place in civil society because you're on the wrong side of their politics.\nI'm not saying we're at the brink of armed conflict now. I would never advocate violence. I condemned Trump for inciting the riot, demanding those who stormed the Capitol be sent to prison.\nMany conservatives and Republicans who agreed with Trump's economic and anti-war foreign policy have said the same thing.\nBut what I'm seeing now worries me, with Democrats in power, in control of the executive branch and both houses of Congress because of Trump.\n\"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,\" said former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. \"And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.\"\nLike purging political opponents?\nThat kind of thing does encourage clicks on news sites, but there might come a time when things go beyond clicks.\nTrump voters have already been kicked to the margins of society, beginning in 2016. They've been labeled as \"deplorables,\" and collectively as Nazis and racists, branded as subhumans by the ministers of political culture in media.\nThis might shock some pundits and political actors seeding the ground for Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. But would the creation of an enemies list make for a more stable nation, or make things worse?\nNot all those who voted against Hillary Clinton in 2016 deserve to be painted by the same, broad, left-handed brush. In Washington the other day, many of the thousands who gathered to hear Trump were peaceful.\nSo too were many of those Democrats who protested in the cities in the summer when looters took over and arson fires burned businesses and killed the downtowns.\nBut the summer rioters weren't condemned as evil by much of mainstream media. And Democrats hardly mentioned them at their convention.\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about nonviolent protests. But he understood his nation too.\n\"But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?\" he asked in 1967.\nThat quote was used by many in the media to excuse the violence in the Democratic cities in the summer.\nBut now, those in power and control of national politics, culture, the social media platforms and much of corporate media are making something clear.\nThey really don't want to hear from the 74 million Americans who voted for Trump and who disagree with them. Instead, they condemn them. Or at least that's what many of those 74 million people think.\nAnd those who voted for Trump aren't eager to hear from the 81 million who voted for President-elect Joe Biden.\nMy aunts who brought out the sweets and coffee to settle us down at those family Sunday dinners have long passed.\nThey didn't go to college. They read the newspapers for recipes, not punditry. But they knew firsthand what happens when politics becomes personal.\nIt's unspeakable.\nIt's what we didn't want to talk about at those Sunday dinners when I was a boy.\n(C)2021 Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.",
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Can Biden Avoid Obama's First-Term Mistake? | RealClearPolitics
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The left will try to convince the new president he has a mandate for progressive change. He doesn't.
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How Can America Recover From Its Trump-Induced Trauma? | RealClearPolitics
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How Can America Recover From Its Trump-Induced Trauma?
The inauguration of Joe Biden means more than just a change in administration. It means an escape from Trump's relentless demand for attention.
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"How Can America Recover From Its Trump-Induced Trauma?\nThe inauguration of Joe Biden means more than just a change in administration. It means an escape from Trump's relentless demand for attention.",
"How Can America Recover From Its Trump-Induced Trauma?",
"How Can America Recover From Its Trump-Induced Trauma? | RealClearPolitics"
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Germany and France Oppose Trump's Twitter Ban | RealClearPolitics
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Germany and France Oppose Trump's Twitter Ban
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Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.
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"Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.",
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States Can Still Reject Democrats' Critical Race Theory | RealClearPolitics
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President Biden has reinstituted the pernicious philosophy at the federal level, but governors and local legislators can still fight it off.
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"States Can Still Reject Democrats' Critical Race Theory",
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In January 1838, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered an address in Springfield, Ill., condemning a series of vigilante attacks that had recently taken place...
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Abe Lincoln’s Warning About the Perils of Mob Rule
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In January 1838, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered an address in Springfield, Ill., condemning a series of vigilante attacks that had recently taken place across the young republic. Just weeks before, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, ardent abolitionist and editor of the St. Louis Observer, was shot to death outside his warehouse in Alton, Ill., by a pro-slavery mob.
“Whenever the vicious portion of population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thousands,” Lincoln said, “and burn churches, ravage and rob provision-stores, throw printing presses into rivers, shoot editors, and hang and burn obnoxious persons at pleasure, and with impunity; depend on it, this government cannot last.”
Lincoln’s warning about the mob’s threat to the nation is suddenly -- and unfortunately -- relevant again. In the last year we’ve witnessed months of rioting and looting sparked by Black Lives Matter protests over the deaths of George Floyd and others, the destruction of a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., the illegal occupation of a portion of downtown Seattle, and finally the invasion of the U.S. Capitol last week by violent supporters of Donald Trump.
It’s now all too common to read stories of activists showing up at the homes of elected officials at night, and either implicitly or explicitly threatening them and their families. It is still disturbing, but no longer surprising, to see videos clips of private citizens and innocent bystanders being bullied, and in some cases assaulted, by “protesters” in the streets of America’s cities.
Equally as unforgiving is the digital mob, which descends upon its prey with a vengeance for real or perceived transgressions, some current and some decades old. These keyboard warriors destroy careers, reputations, and livelihoods. It is capricious, devoid of grace or forgiveness, and responds only to submission.
Although our country is rife with tribalism, recognizing and condemning the mob should not be, cannot be, a partisan exercise. Peaceful protests are a foundational right of our democratic republic. Mob violence is the antithesis of it. It cannot be excused, whatever the underlying motivation, as a benign byproduct of protests that were -- as the media kept describing them last summer -- “mostly peaceful.” That phrase is an oxymoron, as this country’s moral leaders have always known.
Mobs are fueled by passions that arise out of a sense of grievance, and modern elected leaders from both parties and the media have spent years stoking those passions, not lowering them. Is it fair to judge rioters by their stated intentions, rather than the crimes they commit? Well, it’s human nature to give the benefit of the doubt to those we agree with. Americans who believe that many police officers in this country are too brutal, especially when operating in communities of color, were willing to overlook the excesses of last summer’s protests. Among those making excuses for violent behavior were the nation’s most prominent Democrats. Those who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week convinced themselves (against all available evidence) that they were righting some great wrong: i.e., the “stealing” of an election. In the end, it doesn’t matter what they thought. What matters is what they did. That’s what Abraham Lincoln was telling his countrymen 183 years ago.
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law,” young Abe Lincoln said. Although he was still trying to reason with slavery’s proponents in 1838, Lincoln’s own sympathies were with Elijah Lovejoy.
A native of Maine, Lovejoy had been radicalized on the slavery question. He was less diplomatic than Lincoln, and less cautious. After graduating first in his class at Waterville College, he headed to St. Louis where he opened a school and purchased an interest in a local newspaper, the St. Louis Times. By 1832, he was the editor, but his passions were caught up in a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening. Lovejoy returned temporarily to the East where he attended the theological seminary at Princeton, emerging two years later as an ordained Presbyterian minister.
He returned to Missouri to pastor a small Presbyterian congregation while editing the St. Louis Observer. When his former newspaper endorsed mob action against a woman who ran a Sunday school for slaves, Lovejoy joined the fight. His initial essay sought a middle ground. But as Lovejoy’s anti-slavery writing escalated, so did the violent threats against him.
Three times his printing presses were destroyed by domestic terrorists. After a white mob broke into a local jail and burned a black man to death, a St. Louis judge with an apt name (Luke Lawless) directed a grand jury to indict no one in the lynching. In the kind of demagoguery that would be familiar to modern American ears, Lawless then embarked on a rant against the abolitionist press in general, and Elijah Lovejoy in particular. With mob rule essentially endorsed by Missouri courts, the pastor/publisher moved across the river to Illinois.
Lovejoy was now in a free state, but not in a safe city. And there, in the autumn of 1837, a fourth printing press was delivered to him. A mob congregated at the Alton warehouse to seize it. This time, Lovejoy stood his ground. But he and other armed men were overwhelmed. Two days short of his 35th birthday, this crusading newspaperman was felled by gunfire. The warehouse was torched, and his presses were thrown into the Mississippi.
“At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?” asked Lincoln. “By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some trans-Atlantic military giant to step the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the Earth (our own excepted) in the military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, would not by force take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.”
No, they couldn’t, as Lincoln knew, but his point was that the danger lay within. On some days -- Jan. 6, 2021, was one of them -- it seems that way again. So how do we proceed, short of re-fighting the Civil War that subsumed Lincoln’s presidency and cost him, and nearly 700,000 other Americans, their lives? Lincoln’s answer to combat the rise of the “mobocratic sprit” was for the public to rededicate itself to “reverence for the laws.” Fidelity to the law, he insisted, must “become the political religion of the nation.”
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"In January 1838, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered an address in Springfield, Ill., condemning a series of vigilante attacks that had recently taken place across the young republic. Just weeks before, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, ardent abolitionist and editor of the St. Louis Observer, was shot to death outside his warehouse in Alton, Ill., by a pro-slavery mob.\n“Whenever the vicious portion of population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thousands,” Lincoln said, “and burn churches, ravage and rob provision-stores, throw printing presses into rivers, shoot editors, and hang and burn obnoxious persons at pleasure, and with impunity; depend on it, this government cannot last.”\nLincoln’s warning about the mob’s threat to the nation is suddenly -- and unfortunately -- relevant again. In the last year we’ve witnessed months of rioting and looting sparked by Black Lives Matter protests over the deaths of George Floyd and others, the destruction of a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., the illegal occupation of a portion of downtown Seattle, and finally the invasion of the U.S. Capitol last week by violent supporters of Donald Trump.\nIt’s now all too common to read stories of activists showing up at the homes of elected officials at night, and either implicitly or explicitly threatening them and their families. It is still disturbing, but no longer surprising, to see videos clips of private citizens and innocent bystanders being bullied, and in some cases assaulted, by “protesters” in the streets of America’s cities.\nEqually as unforgiving is the digital mob, which descends upon its prey with a vengeance for real or perceived transgressions, some current and some decades old. These keyboard warriors destroy careers, reputations, and livelihoods. It is capricious, devoid of grace or forgiveness, and responds only to submission.\nAlthough our country is rife with tribalism, recognizing and condemning the mob should not be, cannot be, a partisan exercise. Peaceful protests are a foundational right of our democratic republic. Mob violence is the antithesis of it. It cannot be excused, whatever the underlying motivation, as a benign byproduct of protests that were -- as the media kept describing them last summer -- “mostly peaceful.” That phrase is an oxymoron, as this country’s moral leaders have always known.\nMobs are fueled by passions that arise out of a sense of grievance, and modern elected leaders from both parties and the media have spent years stoking those passions, not lowering them. Is it fair to judge rioters by their stated intentions, rather than the crimes they commit? Well, it’s human nature to give the benefit of the doubt to those we agree with. Americans who believe that many police officers in this country are too brutal, especially when operating in communities of color, were willing to overlook the excesses of last summer’s protests. Among those making excuses for violent behavior were the nation’s most prominent Democrats. Those who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week convinced themselves (against all available evidence) that they were righting some great wrong: i.e., the “stealing” of an election. In the end, it doesn’t matter what they thought. What matters is what they did. That’s what Abraham Lincoln was telling his countrymen 183 years ago.\n“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law,” young Abe Lincoln said. Although he was still trying to reason with slavery’s proponents in 1838, Lincoln’s own sympathies were with Elijah Lovejoy.\nA native of Maine, Lovejoy had been radicalized on the slavery question. He was less diplomatic than Lincoln, and less cautious. After graduating first in his class at Waterville College, he headed to St. Louis where he opened a school and purchased an interest in a local newspaper, the St. Louis Times. By 1832, he was the editor, but his passions were caught up in a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening. Lovejoy returned temporarily to the East where he attended the theological seminary at Princeton, emerging two years later as an ordained Presbyterian minister.\nHe returned to Missouri to pastor a small Presbyterian congregation while editing the St. Louis Observer. When his former newspaper endorsed mob action against a woman who ran a Sunday school for slaves, Lovejoy joined the fight. His initial essay sought a middle ground. But as Lovejoy’s anti-slavery writing escalated, so did the violent threats against him.\nThree times his printing presses were destroyed by domestic terrorists. After a white mob broke into a local jail and burned a black man to death, a St. Louis judge with an apt name (Luke Lawless) directed a grand jury to indict no one in the lynching. In the kind of demagoguery that would be familiar to modern American ears, Lawless then embarked on a rant against the abolitionist press in general, and Elijah Lovejoy in particular. With mob rule essentially endorsed by Missouri courts, the pastor/publisher moved across the river to Illinois.\nLovejoy was now in a free state, but not in a safe city. And there, in the autumn of 1837, a fourth printing press was delivered to him. A mob congregated at the Alton warehouse to seize it. This time, Lovejoy stood his ground. But he and other armed men were overwhelmed. Two days short of his 35th birthday, this crusading newspaperman was felled by gunfire. The warehouse was torched, and his presses were thrown into the Mississippi.\n“At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?” asked Lincoln. “By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some trans-Atlantic military giant to step the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the Earth (our own excepted) in the military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, would not by force take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.”\nNo, they couldn’t, as Lincoln knew, but his point was that the danger lay within. On some days -- Jan. 6, 2021, was one of them -- it seems that way again. So how do we proceed, short of re-fighting the Civil War that subsumed Lincoln’s presidency and cost him, and nearly 700,000 other Americans, their lives? Lincoln’s answer to combat the rise of the “mobocratic sprit” was for the public to rededicate itself to “reverence for the laws.” Fidelity to the law, he insisted, must “become the political religion of the nation.”",
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Trump's Second Impeachment Defends the Constitution | RealClearPolitics
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Trump's Second Impeachment Defends the Constitution
Republican arguments against impeachment misunderstand history, the intentions of the Founding Fathers and the law.
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It's Alarming How Much Trump Has Transformed the Nation | RealClearPolitics
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It's Alarming How Much Trump Has Transformed the Nation
The presidency of Donald J. Trump is ending not with a whimper but with something like blissful silence.
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Biden's New Challenge: Holding Trump Accountable | RealClearPolitics
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It seems almost inevitable now that the new Attorney General, Merrick Garland, will have to launch a criminal investigation.
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Buckle Up for Biden and the Return of the Blob | RealClearPolitics
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Buckle Up for Biden and the Return of the Blob
The Beltway's blob of foreign policy experts has consistently and professionally stuck America into one disastrous mess after another
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"Buckle Up for Biden and the Return of the Blob\nThe Beltway's blob of foreign policy experts has consistently and professionally stuck America into one disastrous mess after another",
"Buckle Up for Biden and the Return of the Blob",
"Buckle Up for Biden and the Return of the Blob | RealClearPolitics"
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Israel Must Prepare for Biden's Appeasement of Iran | RealClearPolitics
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Israel needs to prepare for this new reality where its ability to combat Iranian forces and proxy groups is concerned.
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"Israel needs to prepare for this new reality where its ability to combat Iranian forces and proxy groups is concerned.",
"Israel Must Prepare for Biden's Appeasement of Iran",
"Israel Must Prepare for Biden's Appeasement of Iran | RealClearPolitics"
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Ron DeSantis' Craven Dodge on Covid | RealClearPolitics
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Faced with tough questioning about his state's tumultuous problem-riddled vaccine rollout, the Florida governor mocked, dodged, weaved and blamed others, writes Jill Filipovic -- strategies out of the Trump playbook that do nothing to help constituents facing a life and death pandemic.
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"Ron DeSantis' Craven Dodge on Covid",
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Forty-eight years after he was first sworn in as a U.S. senator just two weeks after his wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident; 33 years after...
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Forty-eight years after he was first sworn in as a U.S. senator just two weeks after his wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident; 33 years after his first presidential campaign dissolved ignominiously; 12 years after Barack Obama gave him the consolation prize of the vice presidency with the understanding that he’d never run again; and 14 days after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a mob determined to keep him out of the White House, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. took the oath of office as the 46th U.S. president of the United States.
“This is a great nation. We are good people. And over the centuries, through storm and strife, in peace and in war, we've come so far, but we still have far to go,” Biden said in a speech that was one long ringing plea for national unity.
Few generations in America’s have faced more daunting challenges than those confronting the nation today, Biden said. And he named them: A “once in a century virus” that has claimed as many lives in one year as America lost in all of World War II; millions of lost jobs; hundreds of thousands of businesses closed; and “a cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making … a cry for survival comes from planet itself … and now a rise of political extremism.”
Overcoming them, said the new president, will take more than words. “It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy, unity. Unity.” Biden recalled that on another January day, in 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, explaining as he did, “If my name ever goes down into history, it’ll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.”
On January 20, 2021, Biden told his countrymen that his whole soul is in this project: “Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause.”
The year after the Emancipation Proclamation, as President Lincoln ran for reelection, he suggested to voters that denying him a second term in the middle of a war would be akin to trading horses in the middle of a river crossing, a 19th century aphorism later shortened and adopted by Franklin Roosevelt, Biden’s birth president, as “Don’t swap horses in the middle of a stream.”
The analogy is apt for Joe Biden for another reason: The theme of unity wasn’t a passing fancy for him. He ran for president on it -- and it may be why he won. In the snows of Iowa and New Hampshire, when it looked as though his campaign had run adrift, Biden stubbornly kept vowing that, as president, he would work with congressional Republicans. Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives dismissed Biden as naïve for believing political compromise was still possible, or even desirable. But when the primary season migrated to sunnier climes, Democrats in places such as South Carolina warmed to Biden’s more soothing message.
During the toxic 2020 general election campaign against Donald Trump, who became the first U.S. president in 152 years to snub the inauguration ceremony, Biden doubled down on this theme. He repeatedly vowed to work as hard for Americans who didn’t vote for him as those who did. When this promise generated some sniping from Democrats to his left, Biden doubled down again, repeating the promise in every major speech. It turned out that Biden had his finger on the pulse of the electorate more than his primary opponents, more than an increasingly partisan press, and certainly more than the incumbent president he defeated in November. Joe Biden, the 78-year-old fixture of American politics who now becomes the second Roman Catholic president in U.S. history -- the man who invited Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to join him at an Inauguration Day mass at St. Matthew Cathedral -- was convinced that unity was more than his calling card. It was what a majority of Americans were craving.
“I know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days,” he said in Wednesday’s inaugural address. But then he told Americans why it is not.
“Through Civil War, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifices, and setbacks, our better angels have always prevailed,” he said, invoking Lincoln for the second time. “History, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity,” he continued. “We can see each other, not as adversaries, but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. … If we do that, I guarantee you, we will not fail. We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together.”
He then reprised his familiar refrain: "For all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you placed in us. To all those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear me out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart. If you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peaceably within the guardrails of our republic is perhaps this nation's greatest strength. Yet hear me clearly. Disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you. I will be a president for all Americans. All Americans. And I promise you, I will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did."
History also teaches us that few inaugural speeches are memorable. Lincoln’s second such speech, FDR’s first, John F. Kennedy’s only inaugural address stand out. George W. Bush’s 2001 speech was rated as noble and eloquent, even by Democrats. Whether Joe Biden joins this pantheon remains to be seen, but the environment of Wednesday’s ceremony won’t soon be forgotten. Guests wore masks. Hundreds, not hundreds of thousands, of people were in attendance as a ghostly quiet continued to envelop Washington, a surreal scene brought about because of exigencies due to the pandemic and even more so to the security lockdown in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. Future generations will note that many more members of the National Guard saw the 46th president take the oath of office in person than did civilians.
Yet, as both political parties did at their summer political conventions, the inaugural committee managed to pull off a spectacular made-for-television event, and one adhering closely to the unity theme of Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Lady Gaga performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” passionately -- does she sing any other way? Jennifer Lopez punctuated her singing of “This Land Is Your Land,” Woody Guthrie’s famous progressive anthem, by shouting in Spanish, “One nation, with liberty and justice for all!” Garth Brooks played against type, but not against the spirit of the day, with a soulful version of “Amazing Grace.” Afterward, the enthusiastic country star gave impromptu hugs to Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and George W. Bush.
As always, there were minor glitches: Justice Sonia Sotomayor inexplicably mispronounced Kamala Harris’ first name. A pool camera every-so-briefly caught Bill Clinton napping during Biden’s speech. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s co-emcee, Sen. Roy Blunt, garbled the title of poet Amanda Gorman. But considering that a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Capitol was in the control of a raging mob while police fought for their lives, well, such little things seemed of little consequence.
In her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” Amanda Gormon put an exclamation point on Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s day. “We are striving to form not a perfect union, but a union with purpose,” she said. “So we lift our gaze not to what stands between us, but what stands before us.”
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And he named them: A “once in a century virus” that has claimed as many lives in one year as America lost in all of World War II; millions of lost jobs; hundreds of thousands of businesses closed; and “a cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making … a cry for survival comes from planet itself … and now a rise of political extremism.”\nOvercoming them, said the new president, will take more than words. “It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy, unity. Unity.” Biden recalled that on another January day, in 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, explaining as he did, “If my name ever goes down into history, it’ll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.”\nOn January 20, 2021, Biden told his countrymen that his whole soul is in this project: “Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause.”\nThe year after the Emancipation Proclamation, as President Lincoln ran for reelection, he suggested to voters that denying him a second term in the middle of a war would be akin to trading horses in the middle of a river crossing, a 19th century aphorism later shortened and adopted by Franklin Roosevelt, Biden’s birth president, as “Don’t swap horses in the middle of a stream.”\nThe analogy is apt for Joe Biden for another reason: The theme of unity wasn’t a passing fancy for him. He ran for president on it -- and it may be why he won. In the snows of Iowa and New Hampshire, when it looked as though his campaign had run adrift, Biden stubbornly kept vowing that, as president, he would work with congressional Republicans. Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives dismissed Biden as naïve for believing political compromise was still possible, or even desirable. But when the primary season migrated to sunnier climes, Democrats in places such as South Carolina warmed to Biden’s more soothing message.\nDuring the toxic 2020 general election campaign against Donald Trump, who became the first U.S. president in 152 years to snub the inauguration ceremony, Biden doubled down on this theme. He repeatedly vowed to work as hard for Americans who didn’t vote for him as those who did. When this promise generated some sniping from Democrats to his left, Biden doubled down again, repeating the promise in every major speech. It turned out that Biden had his finger on the pulse of the electorate more than his primary opponents, more than an increasingly partisan press, and certainly more than the incumbent president he defeated in November. Joe Biden, the 78-year-old fixture of American politics who now becomes the second Roman Catholic president in U.S. history -- the man who invited Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to join him at an Inauguration Day mass at St. Matthew Cathedral -- was convinced that unity was more than his calling card. It was what a majority of Americans were craving.\n“I know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days,” he said in Wednesday’s inaugural address. But then he told Americans why it is not.\n“Through Civil War, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifices, and setbacks, our better angels have always prevailed,” he said, invoking Lincoln for the second time. “History, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity,” he continued. “We can see each other, not as adversaries, but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. … If we do that, I guarantee you, we will not fail. We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together.”\nHe then reprised his familiar refrain: \"For all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you placed in us. To all those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear me out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart. If you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peaceably within the guardrails of our republic is perhaps this nation's greatest strength. Yet hear me clearly. Disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you. I will be a president for all Americans. All Americans. And I promise you, I will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did.\"\nHistory also teaches us that few inaugural speeches are memorable. Lincoln’s second such speech, FDR’s first, John F. Kennedy’s only inaugural address stand out. George W. Bush’s 2001 speech was rated as noble and eloquent, even by Democrats. Whether Joe Biden joins this pantheon remains to be seen, but the environment of Wednesday’s ceremony won’t soon be forgotten. Guests wore masks. Hundreds, not hundreds of thousands, of people were in attendance as a ghostly quiet continued to envelop Washington, a surreal scene brought about because of exigencies due to the pandemic and even more so to the security lockdown in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. Future generations will note that many more members of the National Guard saw the 46th president take the oath of office in person than did civilians.\nYet, as both political parties did at their summer political conventions, the inaugural committee managed to pull off a spectacular made-for-television event, and one adhering closely to the unity theme of Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Lady Gaga performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” passionately -- does she sing any other way? Jennifer Lopez punctuated her singing of “This Land Is Your Land,” Woody Guthrie’s famous progressive anthem, by shouting in Spanish, “One nation, with liberty and justice for all!” Garth Brooks played against type, but not against the spirit of the day, with a soulful version of “Amazing Grace.” Afterward, the enthusiastic country star gave impromptu hugs to Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and George W. Bush.\nAs always, there were minor glitches: Justice Sonia Sotomayor inexplicably mispronounced Kamala Harris’ first name. A pool camera every-so-briefly caught Bill Clinton napping during Biden’s speech. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s co-emcee, Sen. Roy Blunt, garbled the title of poet Amanda Gorman. But considering that a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Capitol was in the control of a raging mob while police fought for their lives, well, such little things seemed of little consequence.\nIn her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” Amanda Gormon put an exclamation point on Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s day. “We are striving to form not a perfect union, but a union with purpose,” she said. “So we lift our gaze not to what stands between us, but what stands before us.”",
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Big Tech’s coordinated silencing of conservative voices, including President Trump’s, signals a crossing of the Rubicon in the debate over government involvement to protect free speech.
Even conservatives like me, who have long argued that small-business competition is the best way to moderate the tech oligarchs’ power, recognize that government may now have an interest in making some large companies, such as basic web-hosting platforms, utilities akin to AT&T.
Since last week’s U.S. Capitol riots, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have indefinitely banned the president, eliminating his primary means of communication with the American public. They have also canceled social media accounts that speak of election irregularities and other conservative topics. Countless conservative commentators have inexplicably lost tens of thousands of followers.
Ostensibly, this purge is intended to prevent further violence and rioting. In reality, it is a power grab. No matter their political ideology, Americans must reject this violation of free speech – and recognize that this muzzle may one day be used on them. As the ACLU states, “It should concern everyone when companies like Facebook and Twitter wield the unchecked power to remove people from platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions.”
Since social media first began censoring political viewpoints, starting prominently with Alex Jones in 2018, conservatives have generally responded by noting that these are private companies free to deny services to whomever they please. Even though these social giants are 21st-century versions of the town square, they are private businesses first and foremost. Don’t like their de-platforming decisions? Start a competitor that doesn’t censor.
Often left unsaid in this argument is that these companies enjoy special regulatory treatment, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This protection shields them from liability as mere communications platforms, like a phone carrier, rather than as traditional publishers legally responsible for what they publish.
Yet eliminating this regulatory advantage by repealing Section 230 would likely backfire. If tech companies are suddenly liable for their content, then censorship would only increase, resulting in even less speech. Regulating social media companies as traditional publishers would also entrench their oligopoly status because new content-moderation burdens would be so costly that it would prevent new competitors from entering the market.
The argument for more small-business competition in this space is undercut, however, when Big Tech can simply team up to de-platform and even de-host their competitors, banishing them from the Internet altogether. Last weekend, Google, Apple, and Amazon worked in tandem to destroy Twitter competitor Parler. Google and Apple banned it from their app stores. Then Amazon, one of the few web-hosting clients that can accommodate a data-rich site like Parler, pulled the plug by terminating its hosting completely.
The tech companies justified their unprecedented decision by claiming that Parler is a threat to public safety. Yet Parler doesn’t allow incitement to violence and has roughly the same amount of objectionable content as Twitter and Facebook. Could some of its content conceivably encourage riots? Of course. But by that standard, Twitter and Facebook accounts that promote Black Lives Matter content, which inadvertently fueled riots last summer, should also be purged.
Tech’s black-holing of Parler is likely more about destroying small-business competition and cementing its own power. Before being shut down, Parler was the number one downloaded app. With Trump likely to encourage his 88 million followers to migrate to the site after his Twitter ban, it was primed for exponential growth. Big Tech killed it in its cradle. Parler CEO John Matze said that the purge was a “coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the marketplace.”
Many conservatives like me are hesitant to claim that government is the solution to this problem. But when small businesses can’t even get hosting, what are they supposed to do next? Create their own Internet?
If these companies can’t even find a foothold on the web, then regulating web-hosting in ways akin to utilities would become a proper use of government. Just as utilities such as AT&T can’t exclude services to users based on political beliefs, neither could utility web-hosting companies.
Let’s hope that it doesn’t come to this, and that a bipartisan coalition of Americans can rise up to demand tech companies put broad free speech goals above narrow partisan interests. Yet we may already have crossed over the brink.
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Last Wednesday, acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf was a world away, on an international junket that included stops in Qatar, Cyprus and Bahrain. That morning, the same day thousands of Trump supporters descended on Washington, D.C., for a “Save America Rally,” Wolf popped up on Twitter to share photos of a meet-and-greet with Bahraini officials to discuss, among other things, “counterterrorism” and “infrastructure security.”
Two hours later, President Trump told his supporters to march to the Capitol. Five hours later, an aide interrupted a speech Sen. James Lankford was giving on the Senate floor to say that “protesters are in the building."
Wolf would later condemn the attacks as “tragic and sickening,” as almost every Republican official did. Wolf also publicly called on the president “to strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday.”
But now Wolf is gone, the latest member of Trump's Cabinet to step down since the attack.
Unlike Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Wolf didn’t mention the chaos at the Capitol when he announced his departure Monday. In a letter obtained by RealClearPolitics, he cited instead “recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary.” (Wolf succeeded Kevin McAleenan, whose status as acting DHS chief was also disputed when he took over for Kirstjen Nielsen in April 2019.)
And this is another distinction: Wolf and the rest of the Trump administration had been quick to condemn violence when it was perpetrated by leftists. In fact, the head of DHS flew to Portland, Ore., this July to rally law enforcement defending a besieged federal courthouse.
“If local leaders are not going to step up and have the political will to stop this,” he told RCP in an exclusive interview before addressing officers dressed in flak jackets and fatigues, “then the president's been clear: The federal government will.”
An attack on a federal building was the same as an attack America, he added: “We are not going to abandon this seat of justice here in downtown Portland and have violent anarchists overrun it.”
What of the hooligans outside the walls of the courthouse that summer night and so many others, the ones hurling fireworks and chucking rocks at cops? Did Wolf consider, RCP asked, their violent protests an act of insurrection? "I think at some point you certainly could,” he said. “I'm not talking about it in that way at this moment — what I'm focused on is first making sure that we're protecting our officers.”
Talk of insurrection is now in vogue. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer indicated late Monday that Democrats would move to impeach the president Wednesday on charges of inciting an insurrection. Before the November elections, though, it was Republicans who were pointing to charred city blocks as an ominous warning sign. It was Trump vs. Biden in the era of mob politics, with both sides moving to distance themselves from the violent constituency no one wanted.
“They will make every city look like Democrat-run Portland, Oregon,” Trump tweeted. “No one will be safe in Biden’s America.”
The president is now been banned from Twitter, and the dystopian future has come to the nation’s capital not at the hands of those who burned Kenosha or Minneapolis or Seattle but by those who thought they were storming Congress in service to Trump.
Many on the right now bristle at what they feel is a double standard. They complain that politicians who said that antifa “is a myth” and pundits who insisted that the crowds burning convenience stores in Minneapolis were “mostly peaceful” are now vociferously condemning the Trump rabble that stormed and occupied the halls of government. This does not include Ken Cuccinelli. Instead, the acting deputy DHS director sees the political violence as a continuum.
While assessing security at the Capitol the night of the attack, Cuccinelli told RCP he could see through the shattered windows and onto the floor of the House. “This is not the way we're supposed to govern ourselves in this country,” he said. “We've been saying that at DHS for six months, and we condemn violence, no matter who's doing it.”
But Cuccinelli believes that bad actors on the right learned from bad actors on the left after watching chaos go unpunished. “I remember distinctly Speaker Pelosi, instead of condemning violent protesters, condemning police by calling them storm troopers,” he said. The result: “When it's effectively encouraged by the powers that be, and allowed to go on all over the country, well, expect it to continue, and expect other people who observe that then to say, ‘Well, hey, if they can do it, we can do it.’”
While Wolf resigned Monday, Trump declared a state of emergency in Washington, D.C., and ordered federal authorities to supplement local efforts to keep the peace ahead of Biden’s inauguration. Much of that work, the president said in a statement, will be done by the Federal Emergency Management Agency — a department of DHS.
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"Last Wednesday, acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf was a world away, on an international junket that included stops in Qatar, Cyprus and Bahrain. That morning, the same day thousands of Trump supporters descended on Washington, D.C., for a “Save America Rally,” Wolf popped up on Twitter to share photos of a meet-and-greet with Bahraini officials to discuss, among other things, “counterterrorism” and “infrastructure security.”\nTwo hours later, President Trump told his supporters to march to the Capitol. Five hours later, an aide interrupted a speech Sen. James Lankford was giving on the Senate floor to say that “protesters are in the building.\"\nWolf would later condemn the attacks as “tragic and sickening,” as almost every Republican official did. Wolf also publicly called on the president “to strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday.”\nBut now Wolf is gone, the latest member of Trump's Cabinet to step down since the attack.\nUnlike Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Wolf didn’t mention the chaos at the Capitol when he announced his departure Monday. In a letter obtained by RealClearPolitics, he cited instead “recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary.” (Wolf succeeded Kevin McAleenan, whose status as acting DHS chief was also disputed when he took over for Kirstjen Nielsen in April 2019.)\nAnd this is another distinction: Wolf and the rest of the Trump administration had been quick to condemn violence when it was perpetrated by leftists. In fact, the head of DHS flew to Portland, Ore., this July to rally law enforcement defending a besieged federal courthouse.\n“If local leaders are not going to step up and have the political will to stop this,” he told RCP in an exclusive interview before addressing officers dressed in flak jackets and fatigues, “then the president's been clear: The federal government will.”\nAn attack on a federal building was the same as an attack America, he added: “We are not going to abandon this seat of justice here in downtown Portland and have violent anarchists overrun it.”\nWhat of the hooligans outside the walls of the courthouse that summer night and so many others, the ones hurling fireworks and chucking rocks at cops? Did Wolf consider, RCP asked, their violent protests an act of insurrection? \"I think at some point you certainly could,” he said. “I'm not talking about it in that way at this moment — what I'm focused on is first making sure that we're protecting our officers.”\nTalk of insurrection is now in vogue. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer indicated late Monday that Democrats would move to impeach the president Wednesday on charges of inciting an insurrection. Before the November elections, though, it was Republicans who were pointing to charred city blocks as an ominous warning sign. 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Instead, the acting deputy DHS director sees the political violence as a continuum.\nWhile assessing security at the Capitol the night of the attack, Cuccinelli told RCP he could see through the shattered windows and onto the floor of the House. “This is not the way we're supposed to govern ourselves in this country,” he said. “We've been saying that at DHS for six months, and we condemn violence, no matter who's doing it.”\nBut Cuccinelli believes that bad actors on the right learned from bad actors on the left after watching chaos go unpunished. “I remember distinctly Speaker Pelosi, instead of condemning violent protesters, condemning police by calling them storm troopers,” he said. The result: “When it's effectively encouraged by the powers that be, and allowed to go on all over the country, well, expect it to continue, and expect other people who observe that then to say, ‘Well, hey, if they can do it, we can do it.’”\nWhile Wolf resigned Monday, Trump declared a state of emergency in Washington, D.C., and ordered federal authorities to supplement local efforts to keep the peace ahead of Biden’s inauguration. Much of that work, the president said in a statement, will be done by the Federal Emergency Management Agency — a department of DHS.",
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On his first day as president, Joe Biden is unfurling big ideas for fixing the immigration program. Any smart plan will loosen howls by extreme opinions, be they for shutting the borders tight or opening them wide, so he might as well do the right thing. Rebuilding the system to be more humane would be welcome. But protecting American labor from unfair competition is also essential. That means controlling who enters and how many enter the country.
And so, what does Biden have in mind? Start with his two no-brainers. One is rapidly legalizing the status of the "Dreamers," immigrants brought to this country illegally as children. The other is raising prosecutions for drug traffickers and human smugglers.
His plan to put the estimated 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally on a path to citizenship makes sense -- but only if paired with a requirement that employers use a database, such as E-Verify, to certify that all new hires have a right to work in the United States. This enforcement piece was part of the unsuccessful 2013 immigration reform bill that most Democrats supported.
Biden's initial plans don't mention this means to reassure Americans that the laws will be respected going forward. The vast majority of immigrants who enter illegally come here for a job. A wall 10 miles high won't stop them, but being unable to secure a job could.
E-Verify is already mandatory for the federal government and federal contractors. And a handful of states require that all or most employers use it. The program is otherwise voluntary, although over 750,000 employers have joined up.
Former President Donald Trump's talk on immigration was nasty but mainly talk. He'd say vile things about foreigners of color but then refuse to take the one step that could have come close to stopping illegal immigration. He would not support E-Verify.
Asked about that on Fox News, Trump said, "E-Verify is so tough that in some cases, like farmers, they're not -- they're not equipped for E-Verify." Like farmers don't have laptops.
The dirty secret was that Trump and other Republicans were happy to harass undocumented immigrants, but they would not prevent businesses from exploiting their labor. Like the Republicans who sunk the 2013 reform bill, they would give sermons on the evils of rewarding lawbreakers while keeping the easily breakable laws in place.
Some opponents of curbing illegal immigration -- be they on the cheap-labor right or the diversity left -- complain that the E-Verify system has suffered from technical glitches. It's been much strengthened in recent years, and any future problems can be addressed.
Biden faces a prospect he shouldn't want: a surge of Central Americans rushing the border in the expectation he'll make it easier for them. Setting the cutoff date for legalization at this past Jan. 1 would, some presume, discourage new caravans. The reality, however, is that the masses come for jobs, not the right to vote for county commissioner.
Biden's choice of Alejandro Mayorkas to run the Department of Homeland Security is cause for optimism. An immigrant from Cuba, Mayorkas is an ex-prosecutor whom former heads of DHS, Republicans and Democrats alike, praise as uniquely qualified to combine a humane approach with serious enforcement.
Biden must apply muscle as well as heart at the border or his best plans will fall apart. It might seem cruel to stop desperate migrants -- most of them fine people -- from entering the U.S. without papers. But either you establish law and order at the border or your immigration program loses public support and callous populists like Trump take over.
Canada and Australia run large immigration programs that combine strict enforcement with generosity. We can, too.
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Trump Media Empire? Don't Bet on It | RealClearPolitics
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He may desperately need his own platform now that he's been exiled from Twitter, but it's going to cost him more than he's got.
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A Shift in Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement | RealClearPolitics
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Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.
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How Biden Can Repair the Rocky Road Trump Left Behind | RealClearPolitics
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How Biden Can Repair the Rocky Road Trump Left Behind
President-elect Joe Biden can accumulate enough political capital and power in Congress to move mountains after the midterm elections in 2022.
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Amazon Has Enormous Power Over Parler, Everyone Else | RealClearPolitics
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A federal district court has refused to order Amazon Web Services to restore service to Parler, the right-wing Twitter alternative that the web hosting service took down on January 10, in the aftermath of the storming of the U.S. Capitol. The decision highlights the very limited legal options available to social media platforms if the major web hosting services refuse to carry them.
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Dems Have Lied for Four Years About Trump's 'Imminent Threat' | RealClearPolitics
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Dems Have Lied for Four Years About Trump's 'Imminent Threat'
Somehow, all the horror stories about his presidency never emerged.
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Everything Is Broken--and How to Fix It | RealClearPolitics
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"The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States... does not challenge that position."
Thus did President Nixon, in the Shanghai Communique of 1972, accept China's territorial claim to the island of Taiwan.
In 1979, Jimmy Carter severed relations with Taiwan, recognized Beijing as the legitimate government and dissolved the U.S. mutual security treaty with the Republic of China on Taiwan.
We ceased to be obligated to go to war to defend Taiwan.
Fast-forward four decades to the first weekend of President Joe Biden's administration. Saturday, China sent eight nuclear-capable bombers and four fighter planes into the air defense identification zone of Taiwan.
Sunday, Beijing sent 16 military aircraft into the same region.
Observing U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and visits by U.S. officials, China is issuing us a reminder: "You Americans are encouraging those on the island who seek independence. Not going to happen. Rather than let Taiwan go, we will fight. Taiwan is a part of China and is a red line for us."
Beijing is said to be seeking a face-to-face meeting with Biden.
Why? Perhaps because incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his confirmation hearings said that President Donald Trump "was right" to take a "tougher approach to China."
Blinken also agreed with outgoing Secretary Mike Pompeo, who had called China's treatment of its Uighur minority "genocide," and added that our commitment to Taiwan is "something that we hold to very strongly."
Under Xi Jinping, said Blinken, China seeks to "become the leading country in the world -- the country that sets the norms, that sets the standards." In short, China's geostrategic goal is to replace the U.S.-created world order with a new world order of its own.
Before we proceed further down this road to collision, questions need to be answered.
To whom does Taiwan belong? If the answer is what it has been since 1972 -- "Taiwan is a part of China" -- then is not encouraging the 25 million Taiwanese to seek independence an "incitement to insurrection" from Beijing's standpoint? And if China uses force to compel Taiwan to repudiate any right to independence, are we prepared to fight a war with a nuclear-armed China over the island's political status and orientation?
When Chinese Communists in 1950 conquered Tibet and began its ethnic and cultural cleansing of the region, what did we do?
Basically, nothing.
When China occupied and fortified rocks and reefs across the South China Sea what did we do?
Basically, nothing.
When China crushed the Hong Kong democracy protests we encouraged, and imposed a new national security law on the island's 7 million people, what did we do?
Basically, nothing.
Now, Xi Jinping has bluntly told America that how China treats Tibetans, Uighurs, Christians and Falun Gong, all citizens of China, is no more the business of the United States than was our treatment of the indigenous peoples of North America the business of Imperial China.
China's model of political and economic development has enjoyed success in this century as an alternative to the Western model of liberal democracy.
Beijing does not believe in untrammeled freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press. She does not believe in choosing leaders by the ballot box.
China is not an egalitarian society. She does not believe in the equality of all races, religions and ethnic groups. She does not celebrate diversity but fears it, seeing what ethnic diversity did to the Soviet Union, tearing it apart into 15 nations.
She does not believe in racial quotas for advancement, but in a meritocracy that rewards loyalty and performance. And Chinese student test scores are among the highest in the world.
While China steals intellectual property from U.S. factories in China, who moved the factories there to take advantage of cheap labor where a worker could be hired for $2 an hour?
Beijing says any attempt to impose our "universal values" on China would amount to interference in her internal affairs. And any attempt to sever from Beijing her jurisdiction over Taiwan or the Spratly or Paracel Islands in the South China Sea will be resisted by force.
Moreover, as none of the disputed rocks and reefs in the South and East China Seas involves any territory claimed by the U.S., and we have conceded for 50 years that Taiwan is "part of China," why are we sending carrier battle groups into these seas and through the Taiwan Strait?
What are we threatening?
On Sunday, a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group, led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt sailed into the South China Sea on a "freedom of navigation" exercise, the first such operation under President Biden.
This was the same day that those Chinese bombers and fighters flew into Taiwan's air identification zone. We need to talk.
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"\"The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States... does not challenge that position.\"\nThus did President Nixon, in the Shanghai Communique of 1972, accept China's territorial claim to the island of Taiwan.\nIn 1979, Jimmy Carter severed relations with Taiwan, recognized Beijing as the legitimate government and dissolved the U.S. mutual security treaty with the Republic of China on Taiwan.\nWe ceased to be obligated to go to war to defend Taiwan.\nFast-forward four decades to the first weekend of President Joe Biden's administration. Saturday, China sent eight nuclear-capable bombers and four fighter planes into the air defense identification zone of Taiwan.\nSunday, Beijing sent 16 military aircraft into the same region.\nObserving U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and visits by U.S. officials, China is issuing us a reminder: \"You Americans are encouraging those on the island who seek independence. Not going to happen. Rather than let Taiwan go, we will fight. Taiwan is a part of China and is a red line for us.\"\nBeijing is said to be seeking a face-to-face meeting with Biden.\nWhy? Perhaps because incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his confirmation hearings said that President Donald Trump \"was right\" to take a \"tougher approach to China.\"\nBlinken also agreed with outgoing Secretary Mike Pompeo, who had called China's treatment of its Uighur minority \"genocide,\" and added that our commitment to Taiwan is \"something that we hold to very strongly.\"\nUnder Xi Jinping, said Blinken, China seeks to \"become the leading country in the world -- the country that sets the norms, that sets the standards.\" In short, China's geostrategic goal is to replace the U.S.-created world order with a new world order of its own.\nBefore we proceed further down this road to collision, questions need to be answered.\nTo whom does Taiwan belong? If the answer is what it has been since 1972 -- \"Taiwan is a part of China\" -- then is not encouraging the 25 million Taiwanese to seek independence an \"incitement to insurrection\" from Beijing's standpoint? And if China uses force to compel Taiwan to repudiate any right to independence, are we prepared to fight a war with a nuclear-armed China over the island's political status and orientation?\nWhen Chinese Communists in 1950 conquered Tibet and began its ethnic and cultural cleansing of the region, what did we do?\nBasically, nothing.\nWhen China occupied and fortified rocks and reefs across the South China Sea what did we do?\nBasically, nothing.\nWhen China crushed the Hong Kong democracy protests we encouraged, and imposed a new national security law on the island's 7 million people, what did we do?\nBasically, nothing.\nNow, Xi Jinping has bluntly told America that how China treats Tibetans, Uighurs, Christians and Falun Gong, all citizens of China, is no more the business of the United States than was our treatment of the indigenous peoples of North America the business of Imperial China.\nChina's model of political and economic development has enjoyed success in this century as an alternative to the Western model of liberal democracy.\nBeijing does not believe in untrammeled freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press. She does not believe in choosing leaders by the ballot box.\nChina is not an egalitarian society. She does not believe in the equality of all races, religions and ethnic groups. She does not celebrate diversity but fears it, seeing what ethnic diversity did to the Soviet Union, tearing it apart into 15 nations.\nShe does not believe in racial quotas for advancement, but in a meritocracy that rewards loyalty and performance. And Chinese student test scores are among the highest in the world.\nWhile China steals intellectual property from U.S. factories in China, who moved the factories there to take advantage of cheap labor where a worker could be hired for $2 an hour?\nBeijing says any attempt to impose our \"universal values\" on China would amount to interference in her internal affairs. And any attempt to sever from Beijing her jurisdiction over Taiwan or the Spratly or Paracel Islands in the South China Sea will be resisted by force.\nMoreover, as none of the disputed rocks and reefs in the South and East China Seas involves any territory claimed by the U.S., and we have conceded for 50 years that Taiwan is \"part of China,\" why are we sending carrier battle groups into these seas and through the Taiwan Strait?\nWhat are we threatening?\nOn Sunday, a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group, led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt sailed into the South China Sea on a \"freedom of navigation\" exercise, the first such operation under President Biden.\nThis was the same day that those Chinese bombers and fighters flew into Taiwan's air identification zone. We need to talk.\nCOPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS.COM",
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Landing at Palm Beach International Airport, I was ready to see how the other half lived. The COVID-sane half, that is.
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