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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Ta-Nehisi Coates Vanity Fair
"Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population...and the destruction of democracy."...are ignoring and sanitizing Charlie Kirk's legacy.

Tidbits- Sept 18 -Readers Comments: Charlie Kirk Killing Excuse for Authoritarianism, Fascism; Real Reason for Attacks Against Us; Medicare To Require Prior Approval for Some Procedures; Attack on Environmental Protections a Cancer Pollution Risk

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Readers Comments: Charlie Kirk Killing Excuse for Authoritarianism, Fascism; Real Reason for the Attacks Against Us; Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures; Attack on Environmental Protections to Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution

Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left?

Susan B. Glasser The New Yorker
While others were praying for a sane conversation around how to end the rapidly escalating problem of violence, for the President and Stephen MIller it was about the American right under siege—and what Trump was going to do about it

Tidbits- Sept 11 -Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; in Memory of Melissa Hortman; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

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Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; In Memory of Melissa Hortman; More Martin Niemöller; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

Haiti’s Political Impasse

Greg Beckett NACLA
Haiti’s current form of “checkpoint governance” represents a structural transformation in how politics works in the country. What defines Haiti now is an impasse—a condition of blockage and immobility that traps millions in place.

Donald, You’re No Teddy Roosevelt

Mike Konopacki The Cap Times
Since the shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, pundits have gone from branding it "unprecedented" (which it's not) to comparing it to other incidents of political violence that have plagued our nation.

Only One Party Favors Political Violence

Brian Tyler Cohen Brian Tyler Cohen's Youtube Channel
Political violence should never be acceptable. But one party has winked at, enabled or outright encouraged violence time after time. The record is clear and extensive.
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