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December 30, 2020
And so, we are at the end of a year that has brought a presidential impeachment trial, a deadly pandemic that has killed more than 338,000 of us, a huge…
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Dec 31, 2020
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December 30, 2020
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May 7, 2022
I told this story here two years ago, but I want to repeat it tonight, as the reality of women’s lives is being erased in favor of an image of women as…
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May 8
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May 7, 2022
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March 14, 2021
By the time most of you will read this it will be March 15, which is too important a day to ignore. As the man who taught me to use a chainsaw said, it…
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Mar 15, 2021
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January 16, 2021
Since right-wing insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on January 6 with the vague but violent idea of taking over the government, observers are paying…
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Jan 17, 2021
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January 16, 2021
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Interview with President Biden
Every day, people write to me and say they feel helpless to change the direction of our future. I always answer that we change the future by changing…
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Mar 4
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January 8, 2021
More information continues to emerge about the events of Wednesday. They point to a broader conspiracy than it first appeared. Calls for Trump’s removal…
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Jan 9, 2021
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January 8, 2021
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January 25, 2021
My guess is that the story of today that will stand the test of time is that President Biden is governing according to our traditional practices while…
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Jan 26, 2021
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January 25, 2021
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January 26, 2021
We are now a week into the Biden administration, and President Biden has set some clear and surprisingly dominant markers at the beginning of his…
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Jan 27, 2021
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January 26, 2021
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January 13, 2021
At 4:22 this afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the number of votes necessary to impeach Trump. In the end, 232 Representatives—222…
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Jan 14, 2021
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January 13, 2021
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April 9, 2022
On April 9, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant got out of bed with a migraine. The pain had hit the day before as he rode through the Virginia countryside…
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Apr 10
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March 11, 2022
If I took a night off last weekend, I don’t remember it, and I am tired, tired, tired. So I’m turning tonight’s letter over to my friend Nadia…
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Mar 12
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March 11, 2022
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February 17, 2021
The crisis in Texas continues, with almost 2 million people still without power in frigid temperatures. Pipes are bursting in homes, pulling down…
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Feb 18, 2021
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February 17, 2021
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