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Have never understood the zero-sum perspective. I've seen positive-sum have big impact time and again.

  1. Trump has replaced justice with retribution and the raid on John Bolton's house and office raises the stakes greatly. My latest for Democracy Docket premium members explains this and what we need to do about it.

    Join now! hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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  2. That got us wondering: How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washington’s?

    So, we asked them. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

    The States Sending Troops to DC Have Way Worse Crime Problems. Most Didn’t Want to Talk About It.

    The States Sending Troops to DC Have Way Worse Crime Problems. Most Didn’t Want to Talk About It.

    The States Sending Troops to DC Have Way Worse Crime Problems. Most Didn’t Want to Talk About It.

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  3. "OMG! OMG! DC is so dangerous that you can't even go for a walk! BTW, I will be walking the streets of DC tonight. Just like I walked up to the Capitol on Jan 6, as promised."

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  4. Actual question: It has been only 72 hours since the disastrous puppeteer/puppet show in Anchorage.

    Has there yet been a background story on how, and by whom, this emergency intervention of eight big-time world leaders was pulled together, over a weekend?

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  5. An Afghan man who worked for the U.S. military could likely settle in Canada, where family members have legal status.

    Despite having passed a credible fear interview, he’s stuck in ICE detention, in conditions his lawyers call “deplorable,” at risk of being sent back to the Taliban

    wapo.st/45pMGgt

    Three members of an Afghan family, including a man who worked for the U.S. military, could be eligible for asylum in Canada. ICE won’t release them.

    Eligible for asylum in Canada, stuck in ICE detention

    Three members of an Afghan family, including a man who worked for the U.S. military, could be eligible for asylum in Canada. ICE won’t release them.

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  6. Trouble is that with universities and media companies making voluntary payments of up to hundreds of millions to trump’s “library” for doing nothing wrong, this NewsMax penalty for wrongdoing gets lost. Should have forced a trial.

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    NPR @npr.org

    JUST IN: The right-wing news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. A trial had been scheduled for October. n.pr/3UuKeyZ

    The right-wing news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. A trial had been scheduled for October.

    Newsmax pays $67 million to settle defamation case linked to 2020 election coverage

    The right-wing news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. A trial had been scheduled for October.

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