Minds Made Up

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            Montreal         The January 6th House Congressional committee keeps on plugging away.  In plodding detail and with public testimony, they continue to lay out their case for the outrages that drove the insurrection at the Capitol.  In the latest review, they highlight the arguments between former President Trump and former Vice-President Pence over his refusal …

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Jan 6 Committee Has Stamped Trump Expiration Date

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            New Orleans      If the Congressional investigation committee, the so-called January 6th committee, chaired by Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, is even half-right, this whole matter of former President Trump and the Capitol assault has now transcended partisan politics and score settling.  This matter has now become a matter of protecting the country and any …

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Getting Elected is Now Just Another Investment for the Rich

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  May 17, 2022             San Francisco             While all eyes are on the Supreme Court because of the abortion leak, there’s other damage being done.  A 6-3 decision announced this week, in what we might have hoped was a quixotic case involving Ted Cruz, brought more horror to our future, this time to the electoral …

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