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    Call It, Dem-NPL

    When what you’ve been doing does not work, you have to change course. The alternative is insanity.

    By ivwordsblog, 11 monthsNovember 10, 2022 ago
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    No Political Signs on Boulevards

    There’re still two weeks until what likely will be yet another shitshow election, so yard-sign violators beware.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 11 monthsOctober 24, 2022 ago
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    GOP: No Respect

    The disintegration of decency in U.S. politics isn’t just a shame; it’s a dishonor to democracy.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsDecember 21, 2021 ago
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    A Centrist Democrat’s Presumption

    Don’t you lecture me about vanity in the political sphere. After Bernie Sanders was pushed out of the presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, I held my nose and voted against Trump in the general elections. Like many Progressives in the USA. Even as pissed off as I was about Read more…

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsDecember 14, 2021 ago
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    The Two-Party System is an Abject Failure

    The USA’s two-party political/governing system is an absolute failure on climate and so many other crucial challenges.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsOctober 6, 2021 ago
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    First, Staunch the Bleeding

    Surely we can to set aside whatever separations exist between us for the next 56 days.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsSeptember 8, 2020 ago
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