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Leigh Horne's avatar

The flag I will fly this 4th of July is black, with two blue stripes, one on either side of a white stripe in the center. It's called a mourning flag, to signal the loss of a dear one, presumably to war. And this is a war, of right vs wrong, good vs evil, and the one under threat of death, or already lost, is every one of us.

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Friedrike Merck's avatar

“Organize, not just around ideas, but around targets.” Exactly right Mark. Thank you for another terrific post.

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Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

Your brilliant indictment

and call to action

rings courageous and clear 🔔

We celebrate the 4th of July

with even more spirit

because of it.

America the beautiful

will prevail

because of patriots

like you.

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SUE Speaks's avatar

The further we sink into depravity, the more of us who are in pain there are. We just haven't gotten ourselves organized. Thinking about where a political party's vision comes from, I don't think it's "the party." I've always voted Democrat, but that's all. There isn't anything else here in L.A. to belong to where my voice could blend with others. Vision, I think, comes from charismatic leaders. Like a Roosevelt.

How would the party organize itself when we don't have a single hero to helm us? How about our most heroic figures -- our Corey Bookers, our Adam Schiffs, our AOCs, our Jamie Raskins, you know, those sorts -- designating themselves as a Committee for the Good to come up with something we all can get behind?

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