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Every day, I think deeply about being the kind of dog that I strive to be. #existentialism
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Every tyrant in history has sought to stifle criticism of himself and his regime. But America was founded on criticism. American democracy was built on dissent. Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s wanton tyranny invites more of it.

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I’m just a dog.

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H. M. Talburt on the GOP's ill-fated 1930 tariff and "public confidence," Cincinnati Post, 6/19/1930.

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A 1963 Dan Dowling editorial cartoon that has a 2025 vibe.

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Jeb Magruder on the turmoil of the 1964 GOP: "As Goldwater's campaign chairman for our district, I was plagued by the zealots who flocked to his cause. They were uncontrollable. They cared nothing about the Republican Party, only about their hero, whose statements encouraged their excesses."

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Newton Pratt on the moderate Republican faction (elephant) vs the right-wingers (woolly mammoth) at the 1964 GOP convention.

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they are segregationists, it has been obvious from the jump, and i think that pundits who dismissed the charge as hyperbolic should explain why they couldn’t see the fact pattern

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if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually

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