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I'm kinda undecided on how I wanna respond to this

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"Indigenous People's Day" ought to be renamed "F#ck Columbus Day," since that's all it pretty much is: just knee-jerk counter-reaction.

I've never seen a self-described celebrator of "Indigenous People's Day" do anything to actually celebrate indigenous culture. I've only seen "mock trials" of Columbus and anti-Columbus Day counter-protests.

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Here's my attempt to create a GOP Gerrymander for IL. Trump won 9 seats and Biden 8 seats. Most of the R seats are still close and could be come a very bad dummymander in a blue leaning year.

https://davesredistricting.org/join/2e5424c2-0471-430f-8782-25c2794c9f79

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Indiana.  NE-02 is the type of educated, urban/suburban district Obama should thrive in.

It’s a bit astonishing that NE-02 was so Republican before 2008, since it’s anchored by a city as large as Omaha.  I mean, it voted for Bush in 2004 by more than the entire state of South Dakota!  

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In your opinion, who was the best President of the last century? Which President do you believe was the most morally upright?

The most morally upright President of the last 100 years was probably Herbert Hoover.

The least morally upright President of the last 100 years was probably Bill Clinton, but I could be wrong.  We know about Clinton because he lived in an era where pols didn't keep secrets.

I'm curious, why Hoover over Eisenhower or Carter?

Eisenhower is my pick for the BEST President, but he had a wartime affair.  Hoover, whatever his shortcomings, was the most strait-laced President we have had, personally.

If you read the life story of Jimmy Carter, you will find an incredibly self-serving narcissist.  He's hid it well, but he's always been all about him.  Everything about him has been opportunism.  He's not the worst; in fact, he's better than most of our Presidents in this regard.  But Carter has been a manipulator of his own image his whole political life.  So, no, he doesn't get the prize here.

I answered this in criticizing Carter.  I realize I've been a bit unfair here.  For Carter to say in 1971 in his Georgia Governor's Inaugural Address, "I say to you, quite frankly, that the time for racial discrimination is over." took some courage.  In the book The Presidential Character, James David Barber made an observation about Carter's pre-Governor years and controversial issues; that Carter would take a stand on issues, even unpopular stands, but he did not LEAD.  Barber was something of a Democratic partisan for an academic, and he predicted success for Carter who would be an Active (versus Passive) Positive (versus Negative) President.  In truth, Carter's Presidency was much like his time in the 1960s; he STOOD, but he DID NOT LEAD.  

Herbert Hoover, on the other hand, led.  In 1921, Hoover was head of the American Relief Administration when he led the ARA to provide aid for the Soviet Union during the 1921-22 fashion.  He was heavily criticized for aiding Bolshevism for doing this.  His response was simple:  "Twenty million people are starving.  Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!"

This stance by Hoover required moral courage, but he did not waver.  The ARA was able to significantly able to mitigate the famine in the USSR; however bad it is, without the ARA under Hoover, it would have been much worse.

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Good system, but I recommend that Abdullah get a Super Recommend feature which only he gets to use.

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RIP.  Glad he lived a long life.

Dole was the second person I remember with a campaign commercial (the first was Steve Forbes).

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New Feature: Themes were added

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My leg!

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HE'S BACK, BABY:

https://twitter.com/10downingstreet/status/1584954207479955457

Ah, some equilibrium has been restored. A Conservative cabinet just doesn’t feel right without Gove sitting in the corner, sharpening his knives, and preparing to be fired.

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Bold of you to assume that anyone on Atlas is rich enough to afford an Italian car. Or its maintenance.

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Only a negligible amount. This sort of moving around based on policies is detached from the reality of 99% of Americans, but can be prevalent among the ultra wealthy who we see an outsized amount on various different media outlets