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As an American, most of us strongly support the concept of peaceful protests. However, when things turn violent, when property gets destroyed, when buildings and cars are set on fire, and when businesses are looted, rational people can agree that this is wrong. Unfortunately, a whole bunch of irrational people …
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Americans are sometimes accused of ignorance over history and geography beyond their own shores. It was no different last week after the Chicago Teachers Union tweeted support for a protest outside Jeff Bezos’ home, where an effigy was placed in a guillotine. However, any history teachers among them might have …
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It has been heartbreaking to watch what has been transpiring on the streets of America in recent months.  Our founders intended for us to be united by a common set of values, but now our differences are literally tearing our nation to pieces.  Americans are fighting other Americans in the …
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A decade ago, the media might have dismissed the Democratic Socialists of America as a fringe group. But not now, in the era of the squad. The DSA is an increasingly powerful force in the Democrat Party. And here’s what the DSA in Portland had to say. First, the DSA starts …
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American Freedom Law Center, August 28, 2020: New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has become the epicenter of constitutional violations.  Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor de Blasio have led this charge, issuing executive orders that plainly violate civil liberties protected by the U.S. Constitution. But the …
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The Democrats have read the polling tea leaves and started to creakily pivot away from the mostly peaceful riots. But they’re missing the point. Sure images of Kenosha were bad, but this wasn’t BLM’s first riot rodeo. Some people are reacting to Kenosha and a tipping point may have been …
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And with those words, the Black Lives Matter protester who was shot in the arm by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, has proclaimed a clear intent to kill the young man who simply was defending himself. Gaige Grosskreutz had pointed a gun at Rittenhouse and was captured on video doing it.  However, …
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Placerville is a pleasant place to spend a day visiting wineries and touring historical buildings from the Gold Rush era. The small California city once did its best to shed the rough days of the mining camps back when it was known as Dry Diggings or Hangtown, before embracing the …
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Part of the “new normal” in America seems to be battle zones erupting across the nation. I’m not just talking about protests, but full-on sieges that may last for days, weeks, or even months. Some of these began due to acts of police brutality, while others have taken on lives …
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For those who saw the advances in national policy, prevailing attitudes and the level of hope among Americans that came out of the Civil Rights Movement despite the collective pain it took to arrive there, it is profoundly sad to witness the ginned-up civil unrest we are currently experiencing, as …
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