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Dickens' A Christmas Carol was published in 1843. It has not been out of print since. There wasn’t long to wait for Marx’s bestseller, The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848. It too has never been out of print.

January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.

Merry Christmas, folks. Let’s take a lesson from Elf Local 1225 and stand together.  Most importantly, let’s not forget what this time of year is supposed to mean. It’s not about masks or or vaccines. It’s about peace, unity and togetherness.

Given that Starbucks would go to such lengths to stop just a handful of stores from joining a union, it’s no surprise that it took 50 years after its founding for a single café to unionize. And it’s no wonder it's seen as a groundbreaking event.

‘Who defines what peaceful is?’ A deep divide over protests.

What should not get lost in all the bold-type words like “failure” and “flawed intelligence” is that virtually none of it was unforeseeable. The killings have resulted from policies that gave very low priority to prevention of civilian deaths.

"We believe in a plurinational state and the self-determination of our original peoples." Gabriel Boric, newly elected President of Chile.

"Kellogg's union members stood strong and undeterred in this fight, inspiring generations of workers across the globe, who were energized by their tremendous show of bravery as they stood up to fight and never once backed down." Anthony Shelton

The conventional Beltway wisdom is that all Mountain State Democrats think like Manchin. The reality is a lot more complicated.