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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don Harris
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&lt;i&gt;And yet the examples here of people discrediting themselves are not me but are you, Kick, Mtn Caddy, Listen (though a noticeable improvement of not as much lately from Listen). &lt;/i&gt;

Keep my pseudo name out your mouth, you inveterate liar.

Speaking of discrediting themselves, as I&#039;ve explained to you on multiple occasions, your bullshit is a multi-year voter disinformation campaign. Did you perchance realize that the FBI/DOJ is now indicting people for running voter disinformation campaigns that deprive citizens of their fundamental right to cast a legitimate vote?

You and your bullshit fits that description since you encourage citizens to vote in a manner that isn&#039;t a legitimately cast valid vote in 42 states in America. Clue in. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;
“According to the allegations in the complaint, the defendant exploited a social media platform to infringe one the of most basic and sacred rights guaranteed by the Constitution: the right to vote,” said Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “This complaint underscores the department’s commitment to investigating and prosecuting those who would undermine citizens’ voting rights.”

“There is no place in public discourse for lies and misinformation to defraud citizens of their right to vote,” said Seth D. DuCharme, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “With Mackey’s arrest, we serve notice that those who would subvert the democratic process in this manner cannot rely on the cloak of Internet anonymity to evade responsibility for their crimes. They will be investigated, caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/social-media-influencer-charged-election-interference-stemming-voter-disinformation-campaign &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;So, to recap:&lt;/b&gt; Your website meets the definition of a voter disinformation campaign since you misinform voters regarding write-in voting and encourage them to vote in a way that isn&#039;t available to them in 42 states in America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don Harris<br />
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<p><i>And yet the examples here of people discrediting themselves are not me but are you, Kick, Mtn Caddy, Listen (though a noticeable improvement of not as much lately from Listen). </i></p>
<p>Keep my pseudo name out your mouth, you inveterate liar.</p>
<p>Speaking of discrediting themselves, as I've explained to you on multiple occasions, your bullshit is a multi-year voter disinformation campaign. Did you perchance realize that the FBI/DOJ is now indicting people for running voter disinformation campaigns that deprive citizens of their fundamental right to cast a legitimate vote?</p>
<p>You and your bullshit fits that description since you encourage citizens to vote in a manner that isn't a legitimately cast valid vote in 42 states in America. Clue in. </p>
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“According to the allegations in the complaint, the defendant exploited a social media platform to infringe one the of most basic and sacred rights guaranteed by the Constitution: the right to vote,” said Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “This complaint underscores the department’s commitment to investigating and prosecuting those who would undermine citizens’ voting rights.”</p>
<p>“There is no place in public discourse for lies and misinformation to defraud citizens of their right to vote,” said Seth D. DuCharme, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “With Mackey’s arrest, we serve notice that those who would subvert the democratic process in this manner cannot rely on the cloak of Internet anonymity to evade responsibility for their crimes. They will be investigated, caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” </p>
<p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/social-media-influencer-charged-election-interference-stemming-voter-disinformation-campaign" rel="nofollow">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/social-media-influencer-charged-election-interference-stemming-voter-disinformation-campaign</a> </p></blockquote>
<p>*<br />
<b>So, to recap:</b> Your website meets the definition of a voter disinformation campaign since you misinform voters regarding write-in voting and encourage them to vote in a way that isn't available to them in 42 states in America.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very nice writeup, CW. 

How many years did Ted Cruz and various assorted right-wing nuts and so-called &quot;conservatives&quot; spend whining incessantly about President Obama refusing to refer to Muslims as &quot;radical Islamic terrorists&quot;? Rhetorical question.

Why aren&#039;t Democrats hounding the GOP enablers to refer to their gullible Trump cult minions and QAnon nuts as &quot;radical Republican terrorists&quot;?  

&lt;blockquote&gt;
It matters because if you don’t identify the problem, you don’t devote — you don’t direct law enforcement and national security resources to stopping it. 

~ Rafael Edward Cruz, March 29, 2016 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;So, to recap:&lt;/b&gt; 

* Call them by their name.
* Stop enabling and radicalizing them by lying, Ted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very nice writeup, CW. </p>
<p>How many years did Ted Cruz and various assorted right-wing nuts and so-called "conservatives" spend whining incessantly about President Obama refusing to refer to Muslims as "radical Islamic terrorists"? Rhetorical question.</p>
<p>Why aren't Democrats hounding the GOP enablers to refer to their gullible Trump cult minions and QAnon nuts as "radical Republican terrorists"?  </p>
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It matters because if you don’t identify the problem, you don’t devote — you don’t direct law enforcement and national security resources to stopping it. </p>
<p>~ Rafael Edward Cruz, March 29, 2016 </p></blockquote>
<p>*<br />
<b>So, to recap:</b> </p>
<p>* Call them by their name.<br />
* Stop enabling and radicalizing them by lying, Ted.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 02:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don, 

I don&#039;t need to discredit everything you say. You are perfectly good at doing so yourself. 

And your user name link does still go to vouchervendetta...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don, </p>
<p>I don't need to discredit everything you say. You are perfectly good at doing so yourself. </p>
<p>And your user name link does still go to vouchervendetta...</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;So, to recap,&lt;/i&gt;

I resemble that remark.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>So, to recap,</i></p>
<p>I resemble that remark.</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McConnell said: &lt;i&gt; As recently as October, now-President Biden said you can&#039;t legislate by executive action unless you are a dictator. Well, in one week, he signed more than 30 unilateral actions.&lt;/i&gt;

If Biden never said that, why would McConnell lie and insinuate that Joe is a dictator? Why would he try to prevent Biden from helping the people? He must be trying to help Big Money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McConnell said: <i> As recently as October, now-President Biden said you can't legislate by executive action unless you are a dictator. Well, in one week, he signed more than 30 unilateral actions.</i></p>
<p>If Biden never said that, why would McConnell lie and insinuate that Joe is a dictator? Why would he try to prevent Biden from helping the people? He must be trying to help Big Money.</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LizM [10],

&lt;I&gt;You be sure to tell me when Biden does something in an effort to help the big money interests, okay?&lt;/i&gt;

It turns out that Orange Death doesn&#039;t think that Big Money Joe is King King after all. He thinks Biden is more like Rick Sanchez. He could, if he wanted to, open a portal to an alternate reality where all the stuff is free and life is fun.

So, to recap, until he does that he&#039;s helping Big Money. BM hates free and fun*

* that last part is an unsubstantiated assertion, but people are saying . . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LizM [10],</p>
<p><i>You be sure to tell me when Biden does something in an effort to help the big money interests, okay?</i></p>
<p>It turns out that Orange Death doesn't think that Big Money Joe is King King after all. He thinks Biden is more like Rick Sanchez. He could, if he wanted to, open a portal to an alternate reality where all the stuff is free and life is fun.</p>
<p>So, to recap, until he does that he's helping Big Money. BM hates free and fun*</p>
<p>* that last part is an unsubstantiated assertion, but people are saying . . .</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;This part may be too complicated for you to understand, but I not only refer to Deathocrats and Republikillers I also refer to Deathocrat and Republikiller supporters.&lt;/i&gt;

Ye, who can not even change the link on their user name should not be tossing around words like &quot;complicated&quot; when wordsmithing their ad hominems...

I would also think alienating almost the entire politically active population of this county by calling them names would be detrimental to a want-to-be political cause. How has it worked so far?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>This part may be too complicated for you to understand, but I not only refer to Deathocrats and Republikillers I also refer to Deathocrat and Republikiller supporters.</i></p>
<p>Ye, who can not even change the link on their user name should not be tossing around words like "complicated" when wordsmithing their ad hominems...</p>
<p>I would also think alienating almost the entire politically active population of this county by calling them names would be detrimental to a want-to-be political cause. How has it worked so far?</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
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		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Auto correct no longer recognizes “touchtone” as being a word, apparently.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Auto correct no longer recognizes “touchtone” as being a word, apparently.</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
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		<dc:creator>ListenWhenYouHear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>****NOW I REALLY FEEL OLD*****

Was standing in at store behind a 20-something year old buying alcohol when the cashier carded him.  The guy whipped out his drivers license and the cashier just barely glanced at it before saying, “Thanks.”  

The customer asked, “Don’t you need to verify my age?”  

The cashier responded,”Anyone whose birth year starts in a “1” is legal.”  

I fell back against the candy rack clutching my pearls to my chest, gasping, “I am OLD!”

The other events that made me feel ancient....friend’s kid asking her Mom what “hang up the phone” means and a different friend saying her son asked how he was supposed to  tweet using grandma’s landline... why else would there be a “hashtag” button on a touchstone phone if not for Tweeting?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>****NOW I REALLY FEEL OLD*****</p>
<p>Was standing in at store behind a 20-something year old buying alcohol when the cashier carded him.  The guy whipped out his drivers license and the cashier just barely glanced at it before saying, “Thanks.”  </p>
<p>The customer asked, “Don’t you need to verify my age?”  </p>
<p>The cashier responded,”Anyone whose birth year starts in a “1” is legal.”  </p>
<p>I fell back against the candy rack clutching my pearls to my chest, gasping, “I am OLD!”</p>
<p>The other events that made me feel ancient....friend’s kid asking her Mom what “hang up the phone” means and a different friend saying her son asked how he was supposed to  tweet using grandma’s landline... why else would there be a “hashtag” button on a touchstone phone if not for Tweeting?</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone following the Gamestop/AMC stock drama? 

Sounds like some hedge funds were trying to short some zombie companies close to insolvency due to COVID.  Amateur investors on reddit noticed and started buying those stocks with the intention getting the price up when the hedge funds have to do the margin call (or whatever it&#039;s called in this specific transaction when they need those shares on the books.) Now the reddit group has been switched private and robinhood and possibly other market places that cater to the amateur investor are halting buys for those stocks for amateurs but not institutional investors. The internet is freaking out, AOC is calling foul and calling for possible investigations. 

A down right interesting soap opera...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone following the Gamestop/AMC stock drama? </p>
<p>Sounds like some hedge funds were trying to short some zombie companies close to insolvency due to COVID.  Amateur investors on reddit noticed and started buying those stocks with the intention getting the price up when the hedge funds have to do the margin call (or whatever it's called in this specific transaction when they need those shares on the books.) Now the reddit group has been switched private and robinhood and possibly other market places that cater to the amateur investor are halting buys for those stocks for amateurs but not institutional investors. The internet is freaking out, AOC is calling foul and calling for possible investigations. </p>
<p>A down right interesting soap opera...</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Why is Republikillers juvenile?&lt;/i&gt;

It&#039;s dehumanizing and makes you look like a crank...

&quot;Wow, I&#039;m a republickiller, I better change my ways and join One Demand&quot; said no one, ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Why is Republikillers juvenile?</i></p>
<p>It's dehumanizing and makes you look like a crank...</p>
<p>"Wow, I'm a republickiller, I better change my ways and join One Demand" said no one, ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joshua,

&lt;i&gt;it would probably help to know what a fascist is.&lt;/i&gt;

Indeed. 

And, note that I suggested the title of PROTO-fascist party as an accurate label for the former Republican party.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joshua,</p>
<p><i>it would probably help to know what a fascist is.</i></p>
<p>Indeed. </p>
<p>And, note that I suggested the title of PROTO-fascist party as an accurate label for the former Republican party.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it would probably help to know what a fascist is.

&lt;b&gt;read a book!
~handy, the tick&lt;/b&gt;

https://youtu.be/kZhJlGV2s_k?t=30</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it would probably help to know what a fascist is.</p>
<p><b>read a book!<br />
~handy, the tick</b></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kZhJlGV2s_k?t=30" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/kZhJlGV2s_k?t=30</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My all-time favourite Biden quote, which I first heard circa 1987 ...

&quot;America leads best when it leads not only by the example of its power but by the power of its example.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My all-time favourite Biden quote, which I first heard circa 1987 ...</p>
<p>"America leads best when it leads not only by the example of its power but by the power of its example."</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;we americans, we&#039;re a simple people, but if you piss us off we&#039;ll bomb your cities.&quot;
~robin williams</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"we americans, we're a simple people, but if you piss us off we'll bomb your cities."<br />
~robin williams</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, that is one way of looking at it. Like Biden, I think the American people are often very lucky, to the point where luck may not have as much to do with it as we may consider.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, that is one way of looking at it. Like Biden, I think the American people are often very lucky, to the point where luck may not have as much to do with it as we may consider.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the american people got very lucky.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the american people got very lucky.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of the many things I learned the hard way from senator and now president Biden ... the American people have usually come through with flying colours when the chips were down to do the right thing. 

I used to use that phrase about underestimating intelligence but, no more! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the many things I learned the hard way from senator and now president Biden ... the American people have usually come through with flying colours when the chips were down to do the right thing. </p>
<p>I used to use that phrase about underestimating intelligence but, no more! :)</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@crs,

you know the saying, nobody ever went broke underestimating most people&#039;s intelligence. if trump were to run again in the 2024 republican primary, who would beat him?

JL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@crs,</p>
<p>you know the saying, nobody ever went broke underestimating most people's intelligence. if trump were to run again in the 2024 republican primary, who would beat him?</p>
<p>JL</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

You be sure to tell me when Biden does something in an effort to help the big money interests, okay?

It&#039;s Biden&#039;s Democratic party, now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>You be sure to tell me when Biden does something in an effort to help the big money interests, okay?</p>
<p>It's Biden's Democratic party, now.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Republikillers is juvenile. I suggest that start using Proto-Fascist party as the apt descriptive.

I mean, we&#039;re all adults here, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republikillers is juvenile. I suggest that start using Proto-Fascist party as the apt descriptive.</p>
<p>I mean, we're all adults here, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That about sums it up, CRS. :)

But, there is always ... MUSIC!

Why don&#039;t you join us Sunday nights? There aren&#039;t many left, after all ... Sunday nights, I mean. Heh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That about sums it up, CRS. :)</p>
<p>But, there is always ... MUSIC!</p>
<p>Why don't you join us Sunday nights? There aren't many left, after all ... Sunday nights, I mean. Heh.</p>
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		<title>By: C. R. Stucki</title>
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		<dc:creator>C. R. Stucki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Part of the process of &quot;taking things seriously&quot; appears to be the effort to render assholeman ineligible to ever again hold public office (meaning, of course, run in 2024).

That represents a sorry (but perhaps not unjustified) evaluation of the intelligence and the sanity level of the American electorate.  However, if it represents a realistic assessment, perhaps it doesn&#039;t really matter, meaning we as a nation are doomed, and it&#039;s only a question of time.

Wow!!, that thought goes a long way to take the sting out of approaching the end of life.  Happiest thought I&#039;ve had all week!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Part of the process of "taking things seriously" appears to be the effort to render assholeman ineligible to ever again hold public office (meaning, of course, run in 2024).</p>
<p>That represents a sorry (but perhaps not unjustified) evaluation of the intelligence and the sanity level of the American electorate.  However, if it represents a realistic assessment, perhaps it doesn't really matter, meaning we as a nation are doomed, and it's only a question of time.</p>
<p>Wow!!, that thought goes a long way to take the sting out of approaching the end of life.  Happiest thought I've had all week!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;while not all Republicans (by a long shot) are racists or white supremacists or political extremists or insurrectionist thugs, it really doesn&#039;t matter because the rest of the Republican Party always seems to leap to their defense, no matter what heinous crimes they have committed against American society and our way of government.&lt;/i&gt;

Let&#039;s start calling the Republican party the &lt;b&gt;&#039;proto-Fascist party&lt;/b&gt;. Because, that is what it really has become under the leadership of the Dear Leader, &lt;b&gt;&quot;Il duce Donald&quot;&lt;/b&gt;.

Maybe if they start being referred to as what they are then something can be done to stop their advancement to a flat out Fascist party ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>while not all Republicans (by a long shot) are racists or white supremacists or political extremists or insurrectionist thugs, it really doesn't matter because the rest of the Republican Party always seems to leap to their defense, no matter what heinous crimes they have committed against American society and our way of government.</i></p>
<p>Let's start calling the Republican party the <b>'proto-Fascist party</b>. Because, that is what it really has become under the leadership of the Dear Leader, <b>"Il duce Donald"</b>.</p>
<p>Maybe if they start being referred to as what they are then something can be done to stop their advancement to a flat out Fascist party ...</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i think there has to be a better frame for it than right wing nationalism. that just sounds clunky as a bogeyman. maybe call it white supremacist, or &quot;jim crow&quot; nationalism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i think there has to be a better frame for it than right wing nationalism. that just sounds clunky as a bogeyman. maybe call it white supremacist, or "jim crow" nationalism.</p>
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		<title>By: John M from Ct.</title>
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		<dc:creator>John M from Ct.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good piece of background work. I wonder if the Biden administration, with the &#039;cover&#039; of the Capitol putsch, will do better than the Obama administration at mobilizing public opinion and federal law-enforcement resources against right-wing terrorism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good piece of background work. I wonder if the Biden administration, with the 'cover' of the Capitol putsch, will do better than the Obama administration at mobilizing public opinion and federal law-enforcement resources against right-wing terrorism.</p>
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