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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1446742)	3/14/2024 11:41:43 PM
From: puborectalis	5 Recommendations Recommended By Doren Eric pocotrader rdkflorida2 Wharf Rat Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571808

There is a similar effort unfolding before us right now and every American who cares about maintaining our democracy has an obligation to resist it. I speak of the attempt to rewrite the history of Jan. 6, 2021, to convince America that the attempt by Donald Trump and his fanatical supporters to overthrow the U.S. government was, in fact, a principled protest undertaken by virtuous patriots. Just as Trump pardoned a bevy of his miscreant cronies on his way out of the White House, he now pledges to release those who overran the Capitol. The lie of the righteous insurrection has become central to Trump’s effort to return to the White House. It’s not just that Trump repeats endlessly that the 2020 election was stolen and that he was its true victor, though he does. He has made his campaign into an extension of the insurrection itself. Earlier this week, Trump promised on his social media platform that “My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!” Just as he pardoned a bevy of his miscreant cronies on his way out of the White House, he now pledges to release those who overran the Capitol. And this priority is so important that it must be accomplished on his first day, he says. Spreading the lie that Jan. 6 convicted criminals are not who they are — members of a violent group who assaulted law enforcement officers, smashed windows and doors, pursued lawmakers with bloodthirsty intent, and ransacked the place where our laws are made — but are instead unjustly imprisoned “hostages” has become the ultimate test for Republicans seeking to prove their loyalty to Trump. It's no surprise then that Elise Stefanik, Trump lickspittle par excellence, went on "Meet the Press" to say, “I have concerns about the treatment of January 6th hostages.” This “hostages” lie is something Trump repeats seemingly at every opportunity. “They ought to release the J6 hostages. They’ve suffered,” he recently said. “I call them hostages. Some people call them prisoners. I call them hostages. Release the J6 hostages, Joe.” Since Trump’s rallies do not receive the same coverage they once did, it may not be as widely known that the events now often feature the playing of a recording of a group of Jan. 6 rioters singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in jail. The honoring of Jan. 6 becomes a kind of sacred ritual within what was already a quasi-religious gathering.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1446742)	3/14/2024 11:42:44 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Recommended By Eric pocotrader Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571808

"woke leftists are fond of confusing libertarianism with anarchy." This predates the co-opting of woke by the un-woke. In American politics, a libertarian Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with libertarian-leaning political viewpoints or views that are relatively libertarian compared to the views of the national party. [1] [2]... Libertarian Democrats support the majority of positions of the Democratic Party. However they do not necessarily share identical viewpoints across the political spectrum; that is, they are more likely to support individual and personal freedoms. In general they support tax cuts, Second Amendment rights, same-sex marriage, the decriminalization of marijuana, a non-interventionist foreign policy, and to a certain extent, hard money. They are more likely to oppose deficit spending, protectionism, subsidies (especially to corporations) race-based affirmative action and many regulations on small businesses. They staunchly support civil liberties and agree with the national party's stances on civil rights, separation of church and state, and habeas corpus for unlawful combatants; they oppose indefinite detention without trial or charge, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the USA PATRIOT Act, warrantless wiretapping, the War on Drugs, bans on gambling, and prohibition of prostitution. While maintaining a relatively libertarian ideology, they may differ with the Libertarian Party on issues such as consumer protection, health care reform, anti-trust laws and the overall amount of government involvement in the economy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Democrat U.S. Presidents[ edit] Former U.S. President Grover Cleveland of New York [9] U.S. Representatives[ edit] U.S. Representative G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina [10] U.S. Representative Mike Michaud of Maine [11] U.S. Representative Mike Thompson of California [12] Former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio [13] Former U.S. Representative Tim Penny of Minnesota [14] U.S. Senators[ edit] U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon [15] [16] Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin [17] Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska [18] Former U.S. Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin [19] U.S. State Attorneys General[ edit] Former Attorney General Terry Goddard of Arizona [20] U.S. State Governors[ edit] Governor Jerry Brown of California [21] Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York [22] [23] Governor Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire [24] Governor Jay Inslee of Washington [25] Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon [26] Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts [27] Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont [28] [29] Former Governor John Baldacci of Maine [30] [31] Former Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey [32] Former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont [33] Former Governor Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming [34] Former Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington [35] Former Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire [36] [37] Former Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico [38] Former Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana [39] U.S. State Legislators[ edit]South Carolina[ edit] Senator Vincent Sheheen [40] Authors and scholars[ edit] Educator and feminist author Camille Paglia [41] [42] Others[ edit] KGO Radio host and former U.S. Presidential candidate Gene Burns [43] Former Democratic National Committee Press Secretary Terry Michael [44]