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Article III

Bryan Watson7 years ago03 mins

Contempt of Congress and obstruction of congressional investigaton is the crucial charge in the impeachment litany. It ask the simple but central question: Does Congress matter?

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Yes, he’s guilty, but I don’t care!

Bryan Watson5 years ago5 years ago03 mins

As we await the trial phase of the impeachment proceedings, it’s apparent that many members of the U.S. Senate are jumping past the first question – the question of fact – and starting on the question of punishment.

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The Value of a Presidential Melee

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

Trump emerged as the nominee through his ability to defeat 16 competitors, turning front-runners into challengers. It made him look strong, tough, smart, ruthless, powerful … presidential. Democrats should learn how to win by studying the winners.

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“There Is No Accurate Information”

Bryan Watson5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Because Republicans have such a long history of “voter-phobia”, they were particularly susceptible to claims of “voter fraud”. Since that claim has been popular among Republican spokespeople for decades, Republican voters were easy pickings in 2020.

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Losing Lives To Save “The Economy”

Bryan Watson6 years ago5 years ago01 mins

In liberal views, if people donʻt benefit – if wages donʻt go up with productivity, if houses arenʻt affordable, if medical bankruptcies are rising, if school debt is crushing, if lives are lost – then the economy is failing.

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Death Threats – Not Rhetoric – Words Matter

Bryan Watson2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

I’m watching the most anti-Trump of mainstream networks and, without exception, they are sane-washing Trump’s threats as “violent rhetoric”. Even Harris is shying away from the word “threat”. But there is no question about it. He threatened Cheney.

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Guilty … but what’s the verdict?

Bryan Watson5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

A Matter of Fact On the fact question, there are three elements to the question of responsibility and one to the question of exculpation. These four elements, as questions, are: (1) did it happen? (2) did he cause it to happen? (3) did he intend to cause it to happen? (4) did he (try to)…

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The Next Generation, and the Next

Bryan Watson8 years ago02 mins

Everyone has something to contribute and everyone contributes more than their share. So many people talked about stepping outside their comfort zone, going one step further, trying something for the first time – and feeling exhilarated by it.

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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) during his election night rally in Chicago, November 4, 2008.
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The Primacy of the People

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

We trust in the institution of government, a government that is, in the end, made up of all of us, all of the people, a government that creates the law by which we agree to be governed.

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Biden Paused – A Missed Opportunity

Bryan Watson2 years ago01 mins

Saturday night would have been the time to shift to a wholly-positive campaign. To inspire voters. To call them to “Yes, we can”, “We Dare to Dream”, and “We have before, we will again”.

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