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Cathy Learoyd (Texas)'s avatar

Robert, you hit the nail on two heads here! First, how different the picture is the criminal conspiracy is with DT as the center of the violence. The key paradigm shift for me was in the words "They're not there to hurt me." My impression had been that DT was cowardly to not go to the Capitol. Now I see how essential it was in his mind to be the kingpin of the criminal conspiracy and lead the violence and overthrow the government. It also is very painful to think of the bloodshed that would probably have resulted. Members of Congress and a lot of their staffs would have been killed or seriously injured. In a perverse way we could have been perhaps a bit too lucky and not fully appreciate the full horror like we did on 9/11. Second, on Dobbs, hell yes women and their many supporters are now on the offensive. We're going to put on our Super Girl capes and make it so clear that no one is going to take our rights away from us you'll see all the leaders on the other side standing in our way snivel off to cower in a corner. No one. Their little moment of triumph is going to be very short lived. My dream is that patriarchy now dies and is replaced by true egalitarianism where every person is respected just because they exist and our differences are valued and celebrated. We,the People, all of us this time! Each and every one of us.

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Jim Hamilton's avatar

Excellent newsletter! Especially while fighting Covid. If you can do that, we can rise above whatever burdens we face to do the same.

Thank you for your brilliant observation that, by reversing Roe v. Wade in Dobbs, Scotus didn't just eliminate a Constitutional right for the first time; it converted a Constitutional right into a felony. All your readers need to pass this excellent observation along to those Democrats campaigning in their states, as this point should be hammered home from tomorrow through the elections next November. Your words exquisitely capture the enormity of Scotus's appalling Dobbs decision. No wonder its favorability rating has fallen to an all-time low of 25%.

Thanks again, as always, for all you do!

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