Tag: The Rule Of Law
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A Win Achieved By Cheating Is Not A “Win”; It’s Cheating
To describe what happened in 2016 as “Donald Trump won the election” is to frame the election from cheating’s point of view. Let’s be clear: Trump didn’t just cheat We The People out of our clear ballot box choices, he cheated the rule of law itself. That’s significant. Dear American News Media — take note.…
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The Rule Of Law Didn’t Let Us Down, We Let IT Down
Laws don’t enforce themselves. People have to do that for them. If people don’t enforce the rules they created for themselves, they shouldn’t be surprised when the rules stop being followed. The Great Experiment that is the United States is its reliance upon law — not an individual ruler’s whims — as the basis for…
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Elections Are Either Free & Fair Or They Aren’t
Without gerrymandering and voter suppression, America’s true political map would look significantly different than it does now. Example – Texas, where Republican gerrymandering has given blue-as-can-be Austin more Republican representation than Democratic. In Austin, gerrymandering is literally circumventing the will of the people — exactly as designed. That IS the point of gerrymandering — to…
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To Void Election 2016 Or Not To Void — THAT Is The Question (It Isn’t Really — VOID IT!)
In fairness, it’s hard to get one’s mind around what’s happening to us. Russia launched an aggressive intelligence operation against us and election 2016 that succeeded beyond its wildest hopes. They literally MADE Donald Trump president. C’mon — take Russia out of the Trump equation and he doesn’t get through the primaries. Take Russia &…
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Not Only Don’t Both Sides “Do It”, Both Sides Don’t Even APPROVE Of “It”
Maybe our news media’s problem is one of projection. They can’t walk & chew gum at the same time so they assume Democrats can’t and citizens can’t. But, thing is, anyone who isn’t a journalist CAN do two things at once. Some of us can even hold two conflicting thoughts in our heads without our…
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WE Alone Can Fix It
The Big Lie that helped bring us the Age Of Trump flows from that wellspring of bullshit — Libertarianism. “I alone can fix it” is laughably absurd. But, as much as some of us roared the first time Donald Trump spewed those words, some in the crowd — their ears perked up. They, too, think…
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Dear TV Pundits: Donald Trump Doesn’t Stop Being A TRAITOR Just Cos He Takes In A Ballgame
So, you’re watching the cable TV news. The on-air team smell blood in the water. Hard evidence keeps mounting that whatever drawer you put the Mueller Report into, Trump’s behavior toward Ukraine is impeachable on steroids. The really astute talking heads — the Malcolm Nances, the Natasha Bertrands, the Nancy Wheeler’s, the Lawrence Tribes, the…
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This Is That Point In The Movie Where The Villains Decide To Go All Out…
No writer could have written what we’re still living through and gotten away with it. No one would have bought it — way too unbelievable. Yet here we are. Perversely, the villains in this piece operate by the exact same rules by which a Bond Villain operates — power & money cos why not? With…
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Republicans Have No Idea What “Integrity” Is — “Ditto” The Rule Of Law
Ever meet a guy with 96% of his integrity intact? “Yeah — he’s pretty honest most of the time… it’s that 4% where he’s a goddamned liar that’s the problem” is not a sentence one hears often. There’s a reason. Integrity either is or it isn’t. There’s no middle ground, no grey area. In fact,…