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    The January 6th Insurrection

    A year later, apologists want to tell you it wasn’t an insurrection, that it was really no big deal. Don’t believe them.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsJanuary 6, 2022 ago
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    Dumping Facebook. Again. For the Last Time.

    Good-riddance to Facebook’s lies and dangerous do-nothings. Dumping Facebook. Again. I know, I know – IV Words has been down this road before. But this is for good. Pinky swear. Like, double-dog, dude. Not only is Facebook, as both a company and a platform, unworthy of support; it is undermining democracy Read more…

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsOctober 13, 2021 ago
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    #8 – Attacks on the Press Injure U.S. Democracy

    Every time Trump attacks our free press, he draws blood from our democracy. Biden will begin to heal the wounds.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsOctober 31, 2020 ago
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    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsAugust 12, 2020 ago
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