Episode 34 -New Information on Iran, a Supreme Court Decision, and a Not So Beautiful Bill
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It will be the bill-political suicide of today that impels partisans to defy even that lofty grandeur of insanity, when (20) senate Republicans and (13) senate Democrats come up for reelection in November of 2026.
In Terms Unstolen:
Already bracing ourselves for the divide-and-conquer campaigns they will run, we take a step back, to recall that James Madison defined a “pure Democracy” as a "society consisting of a small number of citizens who assemble and administer the government" themselves (see footnote).
Whereas the cofounders recognized that would not be possible, given the size of our country, they devised a representative form of Democracy that is referred to as our "Republican Form of Government" in the Constitution.
Thus reminding ourselves that we, the Members of our American Republic, are in fact all republican-democrats.
As well as that, ironically, to breach the Constitution that forms the Offices that our Public Servants currently hold, is to dissolve their own seats in our General Government, whilst the State Governments persist and we pursue happiness as Members of our immutable Republic:
Turning Two Hundred & Forty-Nine tomorrow, our declaratory Charter remains as perfect as the day the it was signed!
(https://open.substack.com/pub/republia/p/the-irony-of-demagoguerys-self-abdicating)
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FOOTNOTES:
( 1 ) Federalist No. 10 (Madison) : See the last paragraph of page 40 of the pdf (page 30 as written on the page) and the first two paragraphs of the next page, https://.us.archive.org/15/items/isbn_9798693829671/isbn_9798693829671.pdf (accessed 03JULY2025).
( 2 ) Charter of the united States of America. The American Republic. Jefferson, Thomas &a., Journals of the Continental Congress, Volume V. (1776). 1906. See page 76 of the pdf (page 491 as written on the page), “Declaration of Independence,” https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llscd/lljc005/lljc005.pdf (accessed 03JULY2025).
Hi Amy, I had a thought
you know those Bathroom reader books ,I have one titled "365 days of History". ( each day summarizes a significant event inhistory from roman times to early 20th C. at the bottom of each day are abbreviated notes on other events through the years.
The information you tracked weekly in trump 1.0 and in trump2.0 would make a great read for History! People will need and want to read how exactly fascism crept into America during the trump years ( I would say it started long before) . But a book following day to actions by trump and his minions would be so helpful I think.
Heather Cox Richardson writes her daily letters , you create your lists. I think it needs to be in a book format, easy to understand and follow and how it unfolded.
Something to consider.