This is so important to listen to right now.

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#resistance #democracy #Autocracy #MAGA

The Man in the Moon

There is a spot in the Sangre de Christo Mountains where you can see all the way out across the north-eastern plains of New Mexico for a hundred miles. The view to the west is equally impressive stretching across the Rio Grande Valley and into the gap between the Tusas and Jemez Mountains where the Rio Chama flows. This is where the four men of our story were setting up camp one early May evening.

#shortstories #moon #Artemis #folklore #NewMexico

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Everyone has something to contribute.
#community #collectiveimpact #shortstories #poetry #democracy

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Re-posting this short story as additional fuel for the nationwide protests tomorrow, March 28th. See you out there!

#NoKings #protest #Trump #MAGA #republican #democrat #democracy

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THE TRUTH AND THE LIE

An age-old fable told from the perspective of 2026

I’d like to tell you a tale, but I don’t know if telling it will make any difference. You see, this story has existed in human history for a long time.

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#fiction #shortstory #fable #truth #Lie #well

"American Exceptionalism"
by Paul Kulpinski

A curated history
Surrounded in mystery
Of enlightened founders
And a more perfect union

Oh say can you see
My country ’tis of thee
Purple mountain majesty
My home sweet home

And so goes the lullaby
As sweet as apple pie
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee

Oh! Manifest destiny
From sea to shining sea
Go to the moon and back
You Yankee Doodle Dandy

You’re a grand ol’ flag
Leaders boast and brag

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Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass - February 14, 1818

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

#BlackHistoryMonth #FrederickDouglass #democracy #slavery #history #UnitedStates

In a dog eat dog world what happens when there are no more dogs left to eat?

#democracy #capitalism #oligarchy #freedom

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Once upon a time there lived a modern girl named Dolores Emma Cracy. She was so modern that she disliked her first name, Dolores, thinking it to be rather old-fashioned. That is the reason she chose at an early age to go by her middle name, Emma. However, this was not customary for young girls at the time, and it created much confusion for others. You see, for a child to use their first initial, D, along with

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#democracy #shortstories #fiction #freedom

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“Well Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” asked Elizabeth Willing Powel of Benjamin Franklin.
“A republic,” replied Franklin. “If you can keep it.”

#democracy #freedom #trump #robberbarons #oligarchy

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