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Here's what Republicans and billionaires really mean when they talk about 'freedom'
 America is having a heated debate about the meaning of the word socialism. We'd be better served if, instead, we were debating the meaning of freedom. The Oregonian reported last week that fully 156,000 families are on the edge of homelessness in our small-population state. Every one of those households is now paying more than 50 percent of its monthly income on rent, and none of them has any savings; one medical bill, major car repair or job loss, and they're on the streets. While socialism may or may not solve their problem, the more pressing issue we have is an entire political party and a huge sector of the billionaire class who see homelessness not as a problem, but as a symptom of a "free" society. |
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Thom's blog
Is Trump Whipping Up Violence In Anticipation of the Mueller Report?
We may be on the verge of seeing the Mueller report, at the same time that Steve King is encouraging Trump followers to prepare for a civil war, saying his side has "8 trillion bullets." Thank about that - a civil war is the only kind of war where, literally, neighbors kill their neighbors, family members murder family members, all in the name of politics. That's what Steve King and others in the GOP are calling for or implying in their not-so-subtle ways. Even Trump is talking about how he's got the cops and the bikers, and, if Oregon's experience is any indicator where the cops were coordinating with the Proud Boys, Trump is right. So, how do we respond? Prepare for a war and get ready to kill our neighbor if he shows up at our house with an AR-15? In any other time in our lifetimes even suggesting such a thing would have been considered insane, but the biggest backers of Trump/Pence now are evangelicals who think this is the end time, which is also supposed to be a bloodbath. Or how do we stop this rhetoric from the Bannon/Pence apocalyptic right, or at least marginalize it, when the guy in the White House keeps whipping it up, and, when the Mueller Report comes out, will probably put a civil war front and center for his own re-election campaign to keep himself and his family out of jail? -Thom |
Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour Two: Is Trump Whipping Up Violence In Anticipation of the Mueller Report?
Quote: " You know, the left plays a tougher game, it's very funny. I actually think that the people on the right are tougher, but they don't play it tougher. Okay? I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump - I have the tough people, but they don't play it tough - until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad." - Donald J. Trump.
Making sure the opposition doesn't take over the Venezuelan embassy in DC- Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK/ Global Exchange 
Article: " My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005. then Governor George Bush stated, "One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as commander in chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency."
Quote: " Southern Revolution of 1861 ... solemn protest against the doctrines of natural liberty, human equality and the social contracts as taught by Locke and the American sages of 1776, and an equally solemn protest against the doctrines of Adam Smith, Franklin, Say and Tom Paine and the rest of the infidel, political economists, who maintain that the world is too much governed." - George Fitzhugh.
Quote: " Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true" - Ivanka Trump.
Quote: " To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy, by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy assault by fire and close combat." - Mission of the Marine Rifle Squad. Article: " Rural Utilities Service" (Rural Electrification Administration, also telephone, water, sewer) by Wikipedia. |
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