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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 day ago

Snapp Shots: U.S. patriots must step up after illegal Venezuela invasion

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us: that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

Chief Justice Roberts Explains Why Thomas Paine Would LOVE Presidential Immunity And Troops Patrolling Streets, Actually - Above the Law

Judicial leadership downplays serious judiciary crises while invoking revolutionary rhetoric to normalize executive misconduct.
History
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

The American Experiment

Thomas Paine briefly edited The Pennsylvania Magazine in 1775, criticized British magazines, resigned, then wrote Common Sense; the July 1776 issue contains idiosyncratic, varied content.
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