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** TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
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I was in Europe when the Constitution was planned, and never saw it till after it was established. On receiving it, I wrote strongly to Mr. Madison, urging the want of provision for... an express reservation to the States of all rights not specifically granted to the Union.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Priestley [1802]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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December 10, 2019
A Pentagon Paradise Built on Lies ([link removed])
The Pentagon cannot be pleased with the Washington Post today. That’s because the Post has just disclosed a mountain of previously secret documentary evidence within the military showing that the Pentagon has been intentionally lying for years about the “progress” that it was making with its forever war in Afghanistan. While the Pentagon has been publicly assuring the American people that its ...
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AFGHANISTAN
I Knew the War in Afghanistan Was a Lie ([link removed])
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5 Infuriating Takeaways From The ‘Afghanistan Papers’ ([link removed])
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