Editor's Bylines and Selections

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  FASCIST DEVILS ARE AT IT AGAIN!
  Representative Jimmy Gomez  (D – CA),  with the backing of the Trump administration, introduced legislation earlier this year to push back the deadline for completion of the 2020 census.  Now the administration, in an attempt to manipulate the outcome… …
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  A National Teacher Strike
  As fall approaches, parents, teachers, administrators, and politicians are pondering how to reopen schools. It it is clear the global pandemic has presented inherent risks never contemplated by these decision makers. To make the situation worse,… …
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  Trump, DeVos and the GOP have no clue about the imminent tsunami
  Dartagna Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Wednesday July 15, 2020 · 5:13 PM EDT I don’t last too long in “closed Facebook groups” on community/local issues because usually the admins prohibit… …
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  Living Under Florida’s New Forced Parental Consent Law – Jane’s Story
  Florida’s new Forced Parental Consent Law was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 30th.  Per TBAF Board Member April McGrath, "This law is just another way for the government to interfere with our right to obtain a safe abortion." For teens who cannot… …
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  UNITY AGAINST OPPRESSION
  The struggle that gave birth to this nation was driven by the determination to create a government  “by the people, for the people, and of the people”.  There was just one flaw in the plan.  In the minds of those who led the revolution,  “ the  people”… …
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  DON'T EXPRESS OUTRAGE WITHOUT ACTION!
  Don’t express outrage over George Floyd’s murder but then immediately get defensive when someone makes a negative statement about law enforcement in this country. Don’t express outrage over George Floyd’s murder but fail to call out your friends and… …
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  WHAT HAVE LIBERALS DONE FOR US?
  Let’s begin with what President John F. Kennedy had to say about a “Liberal”. John F. Kennedy defined a liberal as follows:[19][20] If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid… …
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  Violence during Coronavirus lockdown
  Abusers love isolation. The mandate came across the television screen. “Stay at home”. Social distancing had begun. The USA is in lockdown. Unless you are an essential worker, like a nurse or doctor or healthcare employee or medic or police officer or… …
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  We Need a New New Deal
  The unemployment numbers for April just came out, and it ain’t a pretty picture. Many businesses severely curtailed operations or shut down altogether to try and limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus, resulting in catastrophic job losses. The Labor… …