We have less than 11 months to keep the United States from slipping into totalitarianism.
Waiting to get involved until the traditional election season starts in September is for losers. The further away an extinction-causing asteroid is, the easier it is to deflect it. We currently have an orange asteroid on route which could cause American democracy to go extinct.
Elect Trump and the country will have a leader who will pardon himself for past, present, and future crimes and will have a submissive Supreme Court which will uphold those pardons.
It will require an increased amount of civic involvement, not slacktivism, to prevent this. Don't wait for the next person to become more active. Lead by example.
Y’all are experts at hair-on-fire complaining and savior hunting, all while ignoring the power of your own vote and growling at anyone who reminds you of it.
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Biden is a president elected by the people, not a king ruling from on high. He needs a House and Senate that will send him legislation he can sign into law. If Biden is to do all the ambitious things today’s complainers (rightly) want, they need to give him a bigger Democratic majority in Congress than the wafer-thin one that exists now.
But here’s what most irksome: Those complainers will claim demoralization because of what they see as Biden’s legislative impotence, and then stay home in November. And if this abdication ends up rolling out the red carpet for Republicans, said complainers will blame Democrats for the ensuing mayhem of the GOP demolishing even more rights.
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You can either spend your time griping about nothing getting done or you can vote to help elect people who will do what the American people need. To argue that voting is a waste of time or useless is to participate in your own powerlessness.
Master Magician, Chris Capehart, loves the street. Although street magic is his passion and preferred venue, he performs all over the word at magic conventions and corporate events. His humor endears the audience and brings them closer as they have fun.
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Chris shares some stories from his many years on the street and how he got started and moved from the corporate world to the full time business of magic. Not only is this a funny episode with a comedy magician, but also has a lot of valuable advice for all magicians regardless of wherever you work.
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Dude I have never felt older than I felt when I cried over the final Brooks & Capehart of 2022 because they hijacked the segment to tell Judy Woodruff that her journalism is a gift to the world, on her last night as anchor for the NewsHour.
Exhaustion seems to be my perpetual state of being these days … not sure if it’s roots are physical, emotional (state of the nation), or a combination of the two, but at any rate, I’m settling for a redux once again tonight. I have played this only once, back in 2019.
Earlier this evening, I was reading a transcript of a podcast, part of a fascinating series put together by Jonathan Capehart…