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1 week ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“Don’t make me repeat myself…”— History (Wyandotte protest sign)Hello Downriver,How many of you realized you were exercising three of your five First Amendment rights at the same time on Saturday? I did, and it was downright exhilarating.
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2 weeks ago | 
pressandguide.com | Craig Farrand
FARRAND — Part I: MAGA = something ‘better’ before. What? When?
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.”— Alexis de Tocqueville, French historianFirst in a series…Hello Downriver,At what point in our nation’s nearly 250-year history were we “great?”If you answered, “every point,” you’d be wrong; if you answered, “never,” you’d be wrong.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”— Will Rogers, American humoristHello Downriver,We continue to be flooded with “developments” and “orders” from the White House and Congress that make it difficult to keep up. So let’s take a moment to review some of the latest, shall we?
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1 month ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.”— Frederick W. Robertson, British clergymanHello Downriver,I’ve written it before and I’ll continue writing it until it’s proven false: Trump and his Trumplicans hate America — and Americans. Unless. Unless you’re among the 1%. Then they love you and would do (and did do) anything for you. (Especially for a large crypto-coin of appreciation.)How can I write that (again)?
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1 month ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
These are only some of the specifics of the Trumplican tax bill as it affects individuals — there are other provisions that affect businesses. (The “temporary” and “permanent” organization of the list is mine.)Permanent:• Make the expiring rate and bracket changes of Trump’s original tax cut bill permanent and increase the inflation adjustment for all brackets, excluding the 37 percent threshold. • Make the personal exemption elimination permanent.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”— John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. PresidentHello Downriver,By the time you read this, the Trumplicans in the U.S. House should be well on their way to showing, again (with oomph) how much they hate Americans like you. And they’re also proving what cowards they are — a chorus that needs to be sung by Democrats repeatedly for the next four years.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with s—.”— Steve Bannon, disgraced TrumplicanHello Downriver,“Flood the zone.”We heard that phrase a lot during Trump’s time in office, thanks to Steve Bannon.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.”— Thomas Jefferson, second U.S. PresidentHello Downriver,We’ve known for decades that the Republican — and now Trumplican — Party has despised public education. Oh, they love education per se, but only on their terms: only those schools that hew to a conservative curriculum — such as those with a religious bent — are the “good” ones.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsherald.com | Craig Farrand
“Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me.”— Matthew 25:40, The New TestamentHello Downriver,It’s impossible to ignore the obvious: Donald Trump hates Americans — or at least those who don’t idolize him. And certainly not those who can’t help him — particularly in his personal wallet. He doesn’t hate America, per se, but loves only that part of our country and system that gives him what he wants. The rest he can do without.
