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from AIER | American Institute for Economic Research
To paraphrase the Soviet dissident and human rights activist, Natan Sharansky, what it meant to be a loyal Soviet citizen was to say what you’re supposed to say, to read what you’re permitted to read, and to vote the way you’re supposed to vote, and to know it was all a lie. That chilling sentiment contrasts sharply with what it means to be a citizen of the free world, be it in America, Europe, or our liberal democratic friends across the world. Sharansky’s line echoes the way in which the debate regarding Covid-19 and lockdowns has transpired primarily in the United States but certainly across the Western World.
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LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, news website
Sen. Lindsey Graham told "Axios on HBO" that Donald Trump has a "dark side" but he tries to "harness the magic" because he succeeded where Republican candidates like John McCain and Mitt Romney failed. The South Carolina Republican gyrates between support and criticism of the former president, even after Trump harshly criticized McCain — Graham's longtime friend — and helped spark the Capitol insurrection. "What I'm tryin' to do is just harness the magic," Graham told Axios' Jonathan Swan. "To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum." "He could make the Republican Party something that nobody else I know can make it. He can make it bigger. He can make it stronger. He can make it more diverse. And he also could destroy it," Graham said.
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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A few dozen protesters gathered at the U.S. Pavilion at Riverfront Park on Saturday to mark the beginning of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with murder after kneeling on George Floyd’s neck in Minneapolis last May. From there, the group organized by the Human Rights Activist Coterie of Spokane began a relaxed march through Spokane’s sun-drenched downtown to the Black Lives Matter mural on Main Avenue, each letter painted by a different local artist.
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