Category: Government
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Incoming From America
Vancouver treasure, commentator, comedian and all round cheerleader of good will, Tod Maffin, asked Americans if they could send Canadians a text, what would it be. He got about 1100 responses and then turned that into a website. The replies are warm, encouraging and I hope will help add balm to our neighbors in the…
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Here’s a list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months
From First Dog on the Moon at The Guardian: Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani! He seems nice—but is he? Billionaires hate him! Racists hate him! It has been suggested he is a socialist communist Muslim jihadi terrorist criminal and when he became mayor, New York was going to be bankrupt, full of breadlines,…
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Citizen Assemblies
Across the world, in cities and regions, a method is emerging that incorporates the original intent of the framers of democracy. This article explains how democracy started, what went wrong, and how we can move to better a better body politic in the future. —Sarah Walz Excerpts from an essay by Jeremy Lent: “Democracy” Was…
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LTE: The Fight To Stop Warrantless Mass Surveillance Is Happening In Congress Now
by Larry Pareles, published in the Springfield Republican, 4/21 A critical fight to end warrantless mass surveillance is now unfolding in Congress. I’m writing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA, passed in 1978), which is up for renewal. This outdated law currently lets the government monitor American citizens’ private communications without obtaining proper search…
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Throttling Citizens United
This is a big deal. The Montana Plan is a way for the state to bypass Citizens United, and their Supreme Court’s dismissal of a challenge to it is great. In the Daily Montanan, Micah Drew writes: Organizers behind the Transparent Election Initiative were cleared to begin gathering signatures last month to put I-194, or Ballot Issue…
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President Joe Biden Accomplishments are huge
I like Joe Biden as president. He is politically savvy, intelligent, and wise. He understands his job and does not let his ego interfere with his goals. He has battled Big Pharma to decrease prices making pharmaceuticals like insulin more affordable. Jobs have increased during Biden’s presidency. Unemployment has gone from 6.3% when he took…