“A state that cannot safeguard the lives of its citizens has failed a basic test of legitimacy.”
— Glenn Ford, Democrats Will Never Choose Transformative Change – So Give Them No Choice
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“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight! Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”
— John Lennon
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““What we’re saying right now is, f*ck you, we’re not wearing any masks. We are Americans — we’re going to do what we want and we want to have fun.”
— Patrick Townsend, owner of Town’s End Bar and Grill in Florence, Northern Kentucky bar owner flouts mask order in viral video
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“More than 2.3 million guns were sold in June, a 145 percent increase from the prior year.”
— Fox Business News (7/1/20)
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“As with other authoritarians and demagogues, Donald Trump’s threats must be taken seriously. Trump is not engaging in harmless hyperbole or mere attention-seeking and distracting behavior.”
— Chauncey Devega, Mourning in America: But after the Trump era’s darkness, a rebirth is still possible
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“Not that Trump cares about any of the suffering he’s inflicting on Republican voters, organizers or politicians as the price they pay for supporting him. On the contrary, he’s such a sociopathic narcissist that he probably gets off on the way Republicans keep swallowing his abuse and asking for more. An ass-kicking in November may well be coming, and Trump will make sure his followers suffer even more along the way.”
— The sheep-like loyalty of Trump supporters is starting to backfire
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— Tony Norman, The Day They Tore Old Dixie Down
“The first rule for every incoming freshman Democrat in Congress should be that you never work with a Cheney on war policy. The second rule for every freshman Democrat should be: re-read the first rule and make damn sure to follow it.”
— David Sirota, Why Are House Democrats Siding With Liz Cheney to Prolong Endless War in Afghanistan?
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