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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Does It Sound Familiar? – In Saner Thought

Just a closing thought for this Saturday…..the rain will not let up and MoMo is letting me know she wants me to make it stop. In this age of fake news, misinformation, disinformation and prop…

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There are many reasons not to impeach Trump. The House should do it anyway | Robert Reich

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It’s important to uphold the constitution through impeachment – even if it goes nowhere, even if it’s unpopular with many voters, even if it’s politically risky

It’s a constitutional crisis all right. So what happens now? An impeachment inquiry in the House won’t send Trump packing before election day 2020 because Senate Republicans won’t convict him of impeachment.

So the practical political question is whether a House impeachment inquiry helps send him packing after election day.

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System of Checks and Balances Just Broke | La Prensa San Diego

Since the founding of our country and the passage of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, we have believed in the political ideal that no one person or branch of government could run roughshod over the others. Today, that has proven not to be true. Our country is weaker for it, and the beacon of freedom the world has looked to shines less bright now. These actions will surely set a standard for future presidents, and will should serve as a lesson to us all. Elections matter. Vote carefully, for the next president will be stronger, bolder, and more likely to go it alone against Congress and the public because there don’t seem to be any repercussions. Our system of checks and balances is out of whack with no fix in sight. Lesson learned.

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