Category: politics
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Making Our Own Mandate
Almost 7 in 10 (68.6%) eligible Americans did not vote for Republican presidential candidate, which belies all those mandate claims. That reality must be repeated by Democrats over and over and over. An emerging concern is the extent to which elected officials will allow the legislative usurpation by the executive branch as illustrated in the…
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Holding Hope
Last week affirmed an uncomfortable reality: more American voters chose an insurrection instigator to lead us. People can legitimately disagree I believe over legislative intervention for example or judicial activism. At the same time, they need some shared principles, such as the belief that convicted criminals are unfit for public office. Other politicians have committed…
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Why Today Matters
I sympathize with those who tell me that they’re skipping the vote because their ballots won’t make any difference. I also wonder whether my vote matters when no outcome, neither local nor national, will be decided by a single vote. I additionally wonder if campaign promises count when elected officials make their choices. Then I…