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A vision of (and pathway to) restored American values »
Project 2026 is a vision for restoring the values that have been key to making the United States the country that once stood as a monument to freedom and democratic principles. The efforts of the Trump MAGA movement (underwritten by the Republican Party, the Federalist Society, a packed Supreme Court, the Heritage Foundation, et al) have been focused on ridding the nation of constitutional protections, undermining our democracy, and dividing citizens into groups that have varying access to the fruits of our collective national riches. Under Trump we no longer fulfill the core founding promise of liberty and justice for all.
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Despite claiming he won't support cuts to Medicaid, Bentz proposes cuts. »
Imagine my lack of surprise when I read in the New York Times that Congressman Cliff Bentz supports the Republican proposal for a work requirement for Medicaid:
Read the article »“We don’t want people to be on this program for forever,” Representative Cliff Bentz, Republican of Oregon, said on Wednesday morning. “And this is a really good way to get off it and get a job.”
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Which Republican agenda should we believe is the actual agenda? »
Cliff Bentz says that reports that Republicans want to make cuts to Medicaid are the lies. It seems that Cliff may either be out of the loop, or that “some in Washington or the media” are actually speaking truth that Cliff just refuses to acknowledge. And if you read Project 2025 you’ll notice that they have some big concerns about letting Medicaid continue to work as it is currently designed.
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Cliff Bentz Misunderstands the Constitution »
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Love vs. Hate »
Let’s work together to find ways to restore American empathy. Empathy for our neighbors. Empathy for struggling countries around the world. Empathy for those who are disadvantaged.
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Time for a national civic uprising »
David Brooks: “It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.”
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George III and Donald Trump »
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
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Speaking the truth »
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How to protect democracy »
So many of us feel helpless in the face of the onslaught of the daily attacks on our democracy. That’s a primary goal of the authoritarian playbook — push us into a fetal position where we hide away in fear. But there are small steps each of us can take to reverse that fear, and take action to confront tyranny in ways that change the dynamics of the current political climate.
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Restoring American Leadership »
We are at the crossroads, facing the end of the democratic republic that was imagined by our founders. Our Declaration of Independence rings hollow as we now have a president who is as much a tyrant as the king from whom we declared ourselves independent. The principles and ideals of our government as expressed in the Federalist Papers, in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are being tossed aside as the concepts of due process, the rule of law, and the guarantees of the First Amendment are being ignored by the Trump administration.
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