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Your Freedom Vs. Democrat Control: The 2026 Midterms Will Decide America’s Future
American Thinker ^ | 20 Jun, 2026 | Joseph Ford Cotto

Posted on 06/20/2026 4:25:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber

We can either renew the spirit of liberty that made America exceptional, or watch her collapse under policies that pull toward perdition.

President Donald J. Trump marked the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta this month, a momentous occasion which went virtually unnoticed.

That is a true pity.

In Magna Carta, we find the timeless principles that shaped our nation’s foundation. Signed on June 15, 1215, at England’s Runnymede, this charter stood as one of the first bold limits on unchecked government power. The text came to pass when feudal barons, the forerunners of modern elected representatives, demanded limits upon King John’s executive authority.

Magna Carta declared that justice must be equal and impartial, that no free person could be deprived of rights without the lawful judgment of peers, that taxes required consent, and that even kings must answer to a higher law. Centuries later, these ideas crossed the Atlantic and inspired our Founding Fathers in Philadelphia. Their embrace of a fusion between Anglo-Saxon ordered liberty and Enlightenment rationalism would create something unlike any other.

They built a republic where liberty, consent of the governed, and rule of law would lift ordinary citizens to extraordinary heights, creating the world’s greatest superpower.

Yet today, the Democrat party has turned its back on that proud history. Instead of protecting individual rights and limited government, it pushes policies that concentrate power, erode accountability, and treat citizens’ freedoms as privileges.

This stark contrast deserves a central place in the minds of Republican voters heading into these pivotal midterms.

With Trump delivering real results that restore strength and opportunity, the choice before us could not be clearer. A Democrat victory would mean two years of obstruction aimed at undermining his administration’s progress, dragging the country into decline.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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KEYWORDS: leftism
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1 posted on 06/20/2026 4:25:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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The democRATs hate your freedom. Something to think about the next time you vote.


2 posted on 06/20/2026 4:25:32 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Bump for Sunday Morning Coffee. Looks like an interesting read. Thanks for posting. :)


3 posted on 06/20/2026 4:28:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: MtnClimber

Sadly, I think some here will not be unhappy if the DemocRATS take control of one or both bodies of Congress. MADNESS!


4 posted on 06/20/2026 4:32:30 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: MtnClimber

The democRATs hate your freedom.

but they Love your money


5 posted on 06/20/2026 4:35:45 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MtnClimber

Which is why I don’t get why so many seem unconcerned about upcoming elections.


6 posted on 06/20/2026 5:08:36 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: House Atreides

If the commies get control of BOTH houses the GOP will NEVER get it back..we will become Iran the Dems will have everything forever and we will be under their control


7 posted on 06/20/2026 5:09:10 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: MtnClimber

Is it the “most important election of our lives” time again?


8 posted on 06/20/2026 5:19:28 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Antihero101607
Vote RINO so they can “manage the decline”.
9 posted on 06/20/2026 5:21:02 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va

𝑉𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑅𝐼𝑁𝑂 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 “𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡ⅶ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒”.

The Michigan primaries are in August, and I’m sure I’ll be voting with pinched nostrils come November.


10 posted on 06/20/2026 5:29:39 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: MtnClimber

and in 2 years of the trump admin, the Republicans did nothing because they want this to happen.


11 posted on 06/20/2026 5:34:13 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Not a fan of much)
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To: Antihero101607

How would you like to be in Minnesota, where the perpetrators of both a disappearing $19b state surplus matched only by a similar fraud figure appear to be headed to re-election numbers that make their usual vote fraud quite unnecessary?


12 posted on 06/20/2026 5:50:06 PM PDT by daler
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To: Antihero101607

It is, just like every other election cycle. And by all means, get out there, do your civic duty and vote against the rat party commie traitors.


13 posted on 06/20/2026 5:55:54 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: BigFreakinToad

Post of the day!


14 posted on 06/20/2026 5:56:44 PM PDT by Arkady
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT.


15 posted on 06/20/2026 6:07:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Arkady

and it suck donkey balls that I have to vote for the Reps because if I don’t, it’s like voting for a Democrat.


16 posted on 06/20/2026 6:19:50 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Not a fan of much)
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To: lastchance
Which is why I don’t get why so many seem unconcerned about upcoming elections.

It goes beyond that. Some here are cocky confident that the GOP will gain seats in both the House and the Senate. It's one thing to try and maintain a positive attitude. It's quite another to be so sure that it comes off as delusional.

17 posted on 06/20/2026 6:34:10 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: MtnClimber

So does every minute of every day...


18 posted on 06/20/2026 6:37:08 PM PDT by Theophilus (I'm all out of attention to this matter...)
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To: butlerweave

Same for a majority of RINOs….


19 posted on 06/20/2026 7:32:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: House Atreides

“some here” is where? Free Republic? Just because someone can create an account and post “on here” it doesn’t mean actual Free Republic people are “some here”. If you want to look inward, look inside yourself.


20 posted on 06/20/2026 7:49:53 PM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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