Category: Politics
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Daniel Tocci, Once Pardoned by Trump, Now Convicted of Child Pornography
An Amherst man who was previously pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was sentenced to prison for possession of child pornography.
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Akbar Ali
As of March 2026, Akbar Ali is the new record-holder for Georgia’s youngest state legislator. Leaders We Deserve didn’t just support them because they were young, we supported them because we knew they would be the best fighters for their constituents.
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Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.
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Jared Yates Sexton: Preparing for the Storm
Happy new year to you. I hope in 2024 you found some things of value. Perhaps, like myself, you were both dismayed by what happened but also motivated. As I’ve discussed in a previous Audio From A Collapsing State, moments of immense danger and rising authoritarianism have a tendency to bring clarity.
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New Term for Republicans – Hatriots
Republicans sure seem to hate democracy. In a multitude of ways, Republicans are subverting the most basic principle of our nation: that the people decide. Like a tin-pot dictatorship, they are using the heavy hand of government power to try to remain in power regardless of the vote of the people.
