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Jan 17, 2025 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
Democrats are now free from the burden of having to govern as the minority in Congress. And now that they no longer occupy the White House, Democrats will now no longer have to worry about being shackled with the blame for any economic malaise, foreign policy entanglement, or inability to pass laws.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
his last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target. In 2023, Daniel Penny killed Jordan Neely — a mentally ill, homeless Black man — on a New York City subway. He was acquitted by a jury and eventually received a personal invite from the Vice President-elect of the United States to watch the Army-Navy football game in a VIP box with the three most powerful men in the nation.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
portside.org | Carl Gibson |David SMith |David Smith |Wendy Fry |Amber A’Lee Frost
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 3, 2024 Published December 3, 2024 GOP: MAGA Control is IrreversibleResistance 2.0Preparing For the Great PurgeThe Youth VoteChristian Nationalism Wants to Repeal Women's VoteQueering Trump’s DealBook Bans and Authors of Color‘Wicked’ PoliticsReproductive WrongsDiet in the Culture WarsMAGA Control of the GOP is IrreversibleBy Carl GibsonAlternetFormer Rep.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
Less than two months from now, President-elect Donald Trump will become the first convicted felon to be sworn in as president of the United States. This historic and shameful first is chiefly the fault of President Joe Biden’s administration and Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice. Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
Despite our best efforts, a clear majority of Americans voted for fascism. Ultimately, every explanation that journalists, pundits, academics, and political scientists offer for what happened on November 5 comes back to the fact that President-elect Donald Trump won not only a clear majority of the Electoral College, but he also won the national popular vote—a first for any Republican presidential candidate since George W. Bush in 2004.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
The 2024 Republican ticket’s incitement of violence against Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, is revealing in more ways than one. Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) have only doubled down on their baseless, debunked smear of Haitian immigrants as kidnappers of pets and spreaders of communicable disease despite numerous fact-checks from both Springfield’s elected leaders and the media.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
The 2024 Republican ticket’s incitement of violence against Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, is revealing in more ways than one. Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) have only doubled down on their baseless, debunked smear of Haitian immigrants as kidnappers of pets and spreaders of communicable disease despite numerous fact-checks from both Springfield’s elected leaders and the media.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
In just the span of just two weeks, Trump called for the jailing of political opponents, blamed Vice President Kamala Harris for the security lapse that led to his would-be assassin getting past Secret Service, amplified vulgar content implying his female opponent performed a sex act, called for former President Barack Obama to face a military tribunal and gave a nod to the QAnon conspiracy theory, and even had a public dispute with Arlington National Cemetery over a photo-op he did over the...
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
The Washington, D.C. political press is failing the public in the most important election of our lives. In a healthy democracy, the media is essential for informing the public. Media consumers trust reporters to give details about the decisions their elected officials make, policies embedded into legislation that may eventually translate into laws that impact their lives, and the core values of candidates running for elected office that may shed light on how they would govern if elected.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Carl Gibson
The Republican Party of today is not a serious party: They are a party of schoolyard bullies. When dealing with a schoolyard bully, there are two options: One is to punch him in the mouth. This might result in getting suspended from school, or having the bully come back the next day with several of his friends to hurt you worse than you hurt him. The other option? Mock him relentlessly in front of everyone — and get all of your friends to join in on the mockery — until he cries to the teacher.
