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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024

If their object had really been to abolish slavery, or maintain liberty or justice generally, they had only to say: All, whether white or black, who want the protection of this government, shall have it; and all who do not want it, will be left in peace, so long as they leave us in peace. Had they said this, slavery would have necessarily have been abolished at once; the war would have been saved; and a thousand time nobler union than we have ever had would have been the result. It would have been a voluntary union of free men; such a union as will one day exist among all men, the world over, if the several nations, so called, shall ever get rid of the usurpers, robbers, and murderers, called governments, that now plunder, enslave, and destroy them.
 
Lysander Spooner, No Treason [1870]

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Donald Trump: Victim, but Certainly No Hero
In my opinion, Trumpsters and other right-wing acolytes of Donald Trump are correct in their assessment of the grave abuse of prosecutorial and judicial power that led to his criminal conviction. However, given their blind allegiance to the former president, what they are unable to see is that Trump is largely responsible for his own woes in the New York proceeding. Moreover, while ...
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