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How to Fight Trumpian Red States Trying to End Democracy

Sheila MarkinJune 12, 2021June 12, 2021

Trumpian Red States Are Trashing the Integrity of Our Electoral System Trumpian red states are passing laws that dismantle voting rights and establish a system to challenge outcomes if they...

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Republicans Will Win House + Senate in 2022. Unless…

Sheila MarkinJune 2, 2021June 2, 2021

Why Republicans Will Win Back the House in 2022 Republicans are licking their collective chops because the work they have done for decades will pay off for them big time...

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QAnon, Trump’s Cult: New American Religions

Sheila MarkinMay 28, 2021

From Trump's cult to QAnon, Americans are into some very unhinged ideas that are bringing them together to form communities of like-minded true believers. Most of these true believers are...

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GOP is Afraid of a January 6th Commission

Sheila MarkinMay 23, 2021May 24, 2021

I don't hear anyone clearly saying the real reason Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and many GOP members of Congress oppose a 911 style commission to study what happened on January...

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GOP: The Party of Lies

Sheila MarkinMay 12, 2021May 15, 2021

The House The GOP made it official today. It's the party of the Big Lie. Liz Cheney was just voted out of leadership by the Republican caucus in the House....

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Last Chance to Save Our Democracy

Sheila MarkinMay 7, 2021May 21, 2021

Those of us who had hoped that once Trump was out of office we would not need to worry about our democracy have had to realize that the potential to...

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Biden Can ACTUALLY Make America Great Again

Sheila MarkinApril 29, 2021April 30, 2021

Biden is the Populist Savior Trump Pretended to Be In Biden's first 100 days his team successfully tamed the pandemic with a vaccine program that put America in the global...

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Why Are Republicans Stuck on Trump?

Sheila MarkinApril 14, 2021

The Party of No Republicans cannot move on. They are stuck. They are stuck in the past and stuck on Trump. They cannot move forward to meet the needs of...

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How Racism Damages Our Democracy

Sheila MarkinApril 2, 2021April 3, 2021

The Aftereffects of the Big Lie Trump used the Big Lie to try to stay in office as president. It didn't work for him, but it is having continued damaging...