Contemplating this American moment is essential because the crisis will worsen and become more dangerous. What is it that we are watching unfold in front of us? What does it mean? What is at stake? What was the meaning of the Republican Convention? What happened there? (1)
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Understanding of American justice and inclusion under the idea that in this land We are all created equal and that the promise of the country must be for everybody. Trump is inciting Americans against each other in the name of expanding his power. It isn’t just cynical it is (10
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evil. Truly. That is what must be confronted Forcefully and fiercely everyday. Trump has desecrated his office, failed his duty and has attacked the greatest ideas and ideals of the country from within as the President of the United States. He has assaulted the rule of law (11
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the Constitution, our instititutions, heroes, values and the foundation of our Union. He has failed history’s test more spectacularly then any American in our history with his blundering, stupidity, malice and incompetence. Covid has consumed American life and wrecked the exonomy
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along with millions of American Dreams because Trump failed to protect the country. He has betrayed his oath and humiliated America. We are at the precipice of irreversible decline, weakness and danger. Our democracy is under assault from within. The burden of this moment falls13
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Most heavily on Joe Biden. He is the leader of a vast political coalition that harbors wide disagreements but also rock solid conviction around faithfulness to our democratic ideals and the immense sacrifices that were made to preserve and expand them. This is a decisive 14
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hour in the American story. The power of our “Better Angels” must be brought into conflict with the noxiousness of Trumpism. The lies, lawlessness, division and malice must be confronted. They must be defeated. What we saw at the convention was something few thought possible 15
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In America, yet here we are. Trump will not succeed in taking American Democracy and the Republic away from us. We will have to surrender it to him. If we do , he will not give it back. They never do. Violence and chaos are Trump’s tools. E Pluribus Unum must be the answer 16.
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OMG, Steve. You're the best.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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we are on our way to becoming rwanda with the help of mark zuckerberg.
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The 1% over everything else
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