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Enslaved people are not immigrants
Dr. Ben Carson, recognized as a brilliant surgeon, used some “alternative facts” in comments to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) staff today, as he begins his work there as the Secretary of the agency. Carson chose to describe enslaved … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative facts, Ben Carson, brain surgeon, enslaved people, history, Housing and Urban Development, immigrants, immigration, slaves
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What I’m reading about last night
What I’m reading about last night (link to the address is below from the New York Times): WAPo: “In describing his bleak vision of a ruined United States exploited by foreigners, Mr. Trump wrote a series of checks he almost … Continue reading
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Tagged AJC, anti-Semitic, Atlanta Journal Constitution, attacks on synagogues, Black History Month, Congress, Democrats, Donald Trump, fact checking, healthcare, immigration, Jay Bookman, Joint Address to Congress, Kansas, Mike Pence, New York Times, Paul Ryan, radical Islamic terrorism, Republicans, smoke and mirrors, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, terrorism, Trump, undocumented immigrants, vandalism, Washington Post
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The needle hasn’t moved much since last year
This was originally posted last year on September 11. We continue to be a badly broken country in too many ways. No photo today. How we have failed since September 11, 2001 Tonight President Obama will address the nation about … Continue reading
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Tagged assault weapons, birth control, Citizens United, climate change, climate deniers, education, football, global warming, guns, Hobby Lobby, immigration, Kim Davis, NRA, Osama Bin Laden, poverty, prostitution, rape, relgiion, science, September 11, terrorists, violence, weapons
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