Preserving American Values
Our nation stands under attack … not from without but from within. American values, our politics, and our culture have been corrupted.
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In the past few decades, “liberal” has become a dirty word to almost half the population because the way in which Republicans, and especially Trump, have defined it and spoken of it. But “liberal” is quite different from their definition. A liberal is someone who believes that all citizens – men and women – should…
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I have always thought that Trump was a shrewd person who saw it was to his advantage to sow discord. But recently Trump was invited to appear at a conference of Black journalists and he was interviewed by three journalists. His most oft-quoted remark from that interview is that Kamala Harris is not really Black. Questioning her…
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Under Trump, COVID became a pandemic, the economy and the working class suffered, racism and antisemitism increased, and low- and moderate-income people were worse off than before. These are the real facts, not the fake facts that come from Trump and his allies. For proof, read on. COVID – Trump’s mismanagement of COVID was a…
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Misinformation is always a problem in elections. Specifically, misinformation generated by Republicans about themselves and Democrats. And as I’ve written previously, both in my book, We Still Hold These Truth, and in blog posts, Democrats have been amazingly ineffective at setting the matter straight for the voters. Why do Republicans always do this? The answer is that they know…
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In the recent Supreme Court hearing of arguments for and against Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution, three of the conservative judges – Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavenaugh – put forth questions/arguments which were almost ludicrous in their lack of relevance to the issue at hand. These three conservative judges basically said that a president…
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I have for decades been critical of Israel’s actions towards Palestinians, both as citizens of Israel and the Palestinian authority. The founders of Israel were so caught up in the millennia of persecution, mostly recently the Holocaust, that Jews had faced at the hands of other governments and religions that they understandably wanted to create…
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Today, we, meaning the United States, commonly use the following categories to classify a person’s race, both in the census as well as countless documents: white, black or African American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, or Pacific Islander. There is a separate question that identifies someone as Latino or non-Latino, since one can be Latino…
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Trump and his allies have been extremely effective at changing the meaning of words in the minds of their supporters. Thus, for example, “fake” news came to define any news from sources other than Fox News, Trump, and his allies. While just the opposite was in fact true. The fake news is what came out of their…
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Is there no end to the mendacity of Republican Party leaders; have they no shame? We’ve heard them labeling real news, “fake” news, whereas it is their news which is fake. We’ve heard their claims that the 2020 election was stolen by fraud, whereas they are the ones who have perpetuated fraud in an attempt to steal…
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My fellow Democratic colleague: In 2004, I warned in my book, We Still Hold These Truths, that our democracy was being attacked from within. I stated that the new radical Republicans were seeking to destroy our historic values. That the argument with them was not just about big v small government. “At risk is the…
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