WILL DEMOCRACY FAIL?
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Democracy falls state by state when our well paid and duly elected representatives stop focusing on their primary responsibilities.
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GOD ONLY KNOWS
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Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed a ban on most abortions after six weeks and Governor Ron DeSantis signed it.
Florida governor signs bill banning abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy https://www.npr.org/2023/04/14/1169933395/florida-gov-desantis-signs-6-…
Ron DeSantis quietly signs Florida's 6-week abortion ban into law
FOLLOW THE MONEY
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ProPublica published a bombshell story revealing that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly accepted luxury trips and travel from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow and that Thomas did not disclose these trips on his annual financial disclosures. Thomas later put out a statement saying he didn’t think he needed to disclose the trips. Crow’s statement said it was hospitality for dear friends and wasn’t intended to influence justice.
FREE SPEECH?
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Our #CityImages daily blog decided to leave #Twitter long before #NPR, #PBS, and all the rest
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TIME IS UP
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Time is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce.
WHO'S A CABRON?
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Cabrón is Spanish for a male goat, However, Latinos have always been very clever, and earthy, with our use of slang expressions.
CRYING TIME AGAIN?
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Donald Trump has returned to the scene of the crime by arriving right back in NYC where he claims people cried after his arrest.
This time the twice impeached and now arrested defendant is back for more punishment, sweat, and tears for New York Attorney General Letitia James over the Trump state fraud case.
As many others have noted, the former guy is in trouble. He is weaker politically than he has been at any time since he allegedly stole the election. This might be good news for the country and the world.
JUSTIN TIME
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Republican and Democrat lawmakers in Tennesee get their Justin time, and just in time for democracy and American justice to prevail
READING & WRITING WRONG
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If you take the time to Google around long enough, you learn that teaching college students can be an exercise in avoiding tripwires.
Religion, Gender, and most recently long-established historical facts are being contested and are turning into hot-button issues that become costly actions to suppress but should have superseded academic freedom, soon after the classroom sessions have ended and experienced professors are ousted.