Hi, Everyone, Normally I don’t directly address anyone in my little pieces here on Liberal Resistance. But, today, I’m going to make an exception. In fact, I’m going ask you to do me a huge favor. I’m also going to ask you to do your nation a huge favor. And the world! I’m going to…

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by Dave McElhaney There’s a radio station here in New Mexico that I listen to which plays rare oldies I like, but it also comes with a political agenda. Their version of the news consists of mostly whitewashing Trump and the occasional vilification of Democratic senators. I found out where the station’s political leanings were…

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In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono released a song entitled “Woman Is The Nigger Of The World.” Their basic point was that women are almost universally treated as second class citizens, even – perhaps especially – in countries where the population is uniformly non-white and therefore devoid of western racial bias. It’s a valid…

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Okay, let’s start by admitting that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi remains a murky business. We suspect he is dead, but don’t know it for absolute certain. We are pretty sure, but do not yet have proof, that he was murdered, and maybe tortured by Saudi intelligence operatives. We think, but are not certain, that…

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By Elaine Burgess Deb Haaland’s campaign headquarters are located in a small, modest stucco house adjacent to Nob Hill and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. I arrived a bit early for our appointment. She was coming out the front door as I ascended the steps, headed out for a short walk around the…

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It is no news, now, that Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was lured to a Saudi Consulate in Istanbul early this month, and that he never came out again. He was a Saudi national but a US resident (he lived in Virginia), and he was a known critic of his government, and …while this is…

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As if there isn’t enough drama revolving around Donald Trump, we have a new development revolving around those poor kids locked in cages in Trump’s kiddie concentration camps down in the south. Now there are talks about taking the kids that are still being held in those camps, and putting them up for adoption here…

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In increasingly divided political times, it’s important to try to find common ground. A frequent criticism of modern politics is that it has become too entrenched and that people tend to exist inside political bubbles. With this in mind, I decided to make a concerted effort to understand the other side. After all, Republicans can’t…

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…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [including Liberty], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…        ~The Declaration of Independence We cannot accept a government that is fundamentally undemocratic. Half the Senate is elected by states with 16% of the…

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If you’ve never been fired, good for you. But if like many of us you have, you know it usually isn’t a great feeling. It’s not as bad as some things in life, but it’s better to hear “you’re hired” than, “you’re fired.” Speaking of “you’re fired,” it’s been a catch-phrase of Trump since the…

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