A staunch liberal Democrat wavers in reaction to the recent rhetoric of her party
By C.S. Boddie
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I noticed significant changes in my liberal friend’s thinking.
For one thing, my friend said she did not like The Squad, the four congresswomen who are taking the Democratic Party so far left. (Normally, she doesn’t countenance any criticism of any Democrat.) Furthermore, she said she was offended when they threw down the race card in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi disciplining them.
My comment to my friend was that the racism charges are all slander, whether Democrats are calling Pelosi or President Trump racist, because there’s no evidence of either being racist. I added that we have forgotten what a real racist is but that we have just been reminded by the sick person who killed so many in El Paso, Texas.
My friend thought about this a second, and then she said she was just sick of Democrats crying racism all the time.
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My friend objected to the Democrats wanting open borders. She said she wants the southern border secured, and she wants authorities to vet everyone who comes into our country.
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my friend opined that gays and transgender people demand power and attention at a level that’s not justified by their numbers in our society. She added that she actually thought transgenderism is really a kind of mental illness.
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My friend concluded that she just didn’t know about the Democratic Party anymore and that she might just have to become an independent.
My thought was, she sounds like me years ago. Later, it occurred to me that she was a canary in the political coal mine.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233582872.html
Florida governor orders state criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein case
By Julie K. Brown
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered a state criminal probe into the actions of the Palm Beach sheriff and the former Palm Beach state attorney for their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein underage sex trafficking case.
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Two weeks ago, Book reached out to Capitol police after receiving an anonymous warning connected to a letter she wrote to DeSantis asking for a state inquiry.
Book said she also received more than a dozen calls from Bradshaw’s political supporters asking her to back off on her quest, warning her that it could be politically perilous to go up against Bradshaw, who is close to John Kazanjian, the president of the powerful Florida Police Benevolent Association. Kazanjian, who is also president of the Palm Beach PBA, endorsed DeSantis for governor and served on DeSantis’ public safety transition team. The PBA contributed $25,000 to DeSantis’ political action committee.
Thanks for sharing that!
The piece on the dem friend as a canary is very hopeful.