Now that's leadership: On race issues, Mr. Trump said a black Secret Service agent told him the meaning of Juneteenth as the president was facing criticism for initially planning to hold his first campaign rally in three months on the day. The rally is scheduled to be...
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Episode 417: The Truth About ‘The War of 1812’ w/ Danny Sjursen
66 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete invited retired Army Major Danny Sjursen to return to the show. Danny is a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghan "Surges" but also taught American History at West Point and is a history fanatic. Danny does a survey of one of only 5...
‘When somebody’s president of the United States, the authority is total, and that’s the way it’s gotta be. … The federal government has absolute power.’
It started with these tweets this morning: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1249712413219397632 Then boy did he just dig the deepest constitutional hole in the world with this one. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1249834932513505280 Lady reporter kept...
‘Come Be My Slave’
Yossi Gurvitz: Israeli rabbi at military academy says Palestinians should be enslaved for their own good: Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel, the head of Bnei David, a military religious college in the settlement of Eli in the occupied West Bank, was lecturing about “slavery and...
Opinion: A Sex Worker Says Decriminalization Means a Safer Workplace
Alexi Ashe Meyers and Rebecca Zipkin recently wrote an op-ed where they dismissed sex worker who put their lives on the line advocating for themselves and their communities. I’m one of the voices they warned readers against in their editorial, because I want...
Free Meek Mill!
I'm too old. I still listen to EPMD and Gang Starr. I have no idea who this dude is, but I know for sure he deserves to be free. As this article explains, he's been convicted only of the "offenses" of gun and drug possession and of course endless violations of...
The Future is Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new "digital living room" where you can have more "intimate conversations" and I promise (this time I really mean it) we won't be harvesting your data. and war is peace, slavery is freedom, ignorance is strength
For You Religious Types
"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever. ... The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest." Thomas Jefferson said this about slavery. He could have just as easily been talking...
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