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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Tuesday, September 02, 2025
Federal Judge Restores Democracy to Los Angeles
A U.S. District Judge has ruled the Trump Administration broke the law by deploying National Guard troops.
United States Constitution survives authoritarian challenge.
For Now!
California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has responded after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration broke the law by deploying National Guard troops to Southern California during immigration enforcement operations and related protests.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco stopped short of ordering the troops' immediate removal but said his ruling would take effect Friday, September 12. Breyer is the younger brother of Stephen Breyer, who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1994 to 2022.
The ruling blocks the Trump administration from "deploying, ordering, instructing, training, or using the National Guard currently deployed in California, and any military troops heretofore deployed in California, to execute the laws, including but not limited to engaging in arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants."
Newsom said in a statement, "Today, the court sided with democracy and the Constitution. No president is a king — not even Trump — and no president can trample a state's power to protect its people. As the court today ruled, Trump is breaking the law by 'creating a national police force with the President as its chief.' That's exactly what we've been warning about for months. There is no rampant lawlessness in California, and in fact, crime rates are higher in Republican-led states."
Why It Matters
The ruling comes as Trump has discussed deploying the National Guard to various Democratic-led cities, including Chicago, Baltimore and New York, citing concerns about violent crime in the cities. However, crime statistics show that many Republican-run states and cities have equal, or higher, rates of crime.
Trump has already deployed the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in addition to placing the city's police department under federal control.
"President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have stated their intention to call National Guard troops into federal service in other cities across the country—including Oakland and San Francisco, here in the Northern District of California—thus creating a national police force with the President as its chief," Breyer wrote in his ruling.
What To Know
In June, Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an emergency request asking the court to block Trump and the Department of Defense from expanding the current mission of federalized Cal Guard personnel and Marines.
The governor's office said the soldiers were ordered to "engage in unlawful civilian law enforcement activities in communities across the region."
Roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines were deployed to Los Angeles in early June to deal with protests over immigration enforcement, despite objections from local and state officials.
What is the Posse Comitatus Act?
The Posse Comitatus Act is a law passed in 1878 that limits the use of federal military personnel. Breyer said the Trump administration violated the law in its deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles.
"Because Defendants' alleged violations of the Posse Comitatus Act include allegations that Task Force 51 troops have engaged in law enforcement—a domain traditionally within the state's control—California has suffered an injury that gives it standing to challenge those violations," Breyer wrote.
What People Are Saying
California Governor Gavin Newsom, in a statement: "Trump's attempt to use federal troops as his personal police force is illegal, authoritarian, and must be stopped in every courtroom across this country."
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, in a ruling: "Los Angeles was the first U.S. city where President Trump and Secretary Hegseth deployed troops, but not the last."
What Happens Next
Breyer's ruling is scheduled to go into effect on Friday, September 12, which could give the Trump administration time to appeal the ruling.
This article includes reporting by the Associated Press.
Update 09/02/25 1:31 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
Monday, September 01, 2025
Raider Nation Comes Alive!
This is the year, Raider Nation. This is our hour. This is our time to show up and show out.
We are one week away from the Raiders taking the field to begin their trek towards a championship. Sure, the odds are against them to win it all. But the odds, the league, and all the haters are always against our beloved Raiders, so what's new.
What's new is us. We come into the 2025 season sporting a new head coach who's been to the mountain top and won. We are also sporting a new beast-mode running back itching to prove his mettle in the NFL. We got a new quarterback ready and able to lead our offense toward greatness, and a defense led by our fearless leader #98, mutha frickin Madd Maxx Crosby.
If you ask me, I say our chances of reaching the mountaintop of NFL football this season are as good as any. Even better. Who the hell is hungrier than us? Screw KC!
And it all begins next Sunday, Football Sunday, Commitment to Excellence Sunday dammit!
We who wear silver & black don't back down from the challenge to compete. We don't wait to fight another day. We go full throttle until the end-of-game whistle sounds. Then and only then, Win, Lose, or Tie, do we assess where we stand, care to the wounded and evaluate our game plan strategy moving forward.
So, Raider Nation, I ask YOU:
Do You Feel Like I Do?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO?
DO YOU FEEL, DO YOU FEEL
DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO?
Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my handWhose wine? What wine?Where the hell did I dine?Must have been a dreamI don't believe where I've beenCome on, let's do it again
Do you, you feel like I do?Do you, you feel like I do?
My friend got busted just the other dayThey said, "Don't walk, don't walk, don't walk away"Drove him to a taxiBent the boot, hit the backHad to play some music otherwise he'd just crack
Do you, you feel like I do?Do you, you feel like I do?Yeah, do you, you feel like I do?Do you, you feel like I do?
Champagne for breakfast with a Sherman in my handPart hope part ales never failsMust have been a dreamI don't believe where I've beenCome on, we're gonna do it again
Do you, you feel like I do?Do you, you feel like I do?
Do you feelDo you feel like I do?Do you feel, do you feelDo you feel like I do?Do you feel, do you feelDo you feel like I do?Do you feel, do you feelDo you feel like we do?Like I do?
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Asian American Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong - Hollywood Histories
Anna May Wong and “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong” - The TV Professor
Anna May Wong and “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong” - The TV Professor
Anna Mae Wong
(January 3, 1905 - February 3, 1961)
note: also see Chinese Actress Ruan Lingyu
Amazon.com: Center Stage [Blu-ray] : Maggie Cheung, Han Chin, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Stanley Kwan: Movies & TVAmari Cooper and Da'Raidahs are Back!
Oh Well!
So much for that revitalized #89 "Coop" jersey.
NFL UPDATE 9/04/2025:
Better now than during the season . . .
So Long Poop!
In 2018, just six months after my winning an Amari Cooper #89 Oakland Raiders Jersey, the wide receiver was traded to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2019 NFL Draft first-round pick. News of the then two-time NFL Pro Bowl receiver was gut-wrenching to me and all Raider Nation. But as with all tragic Raiders news, we man up and soldier on.
Two days ago, to the surprise of myself and Raider Nation, Amari Cooper, the now five-time NFL Pro Bowl receiver, signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders. It is truly a reunion made for the rebuilding Silver & Black. Although many Raiders fans were put off by how the wide receiver stiff-armed the Raiders in mid-season 2018, we welcome back the 31-year-old receiver as it seems he still has some gas in the tank.
And, like myself, it gives us fans with Raiders Cooper Jerseys a chance to wear it proudly once again come game day.
Welcome Back to the Dark Side "Coop"!
We ain't all mad at cha . . . as long as you produce
Are you ready for some football???
Amari Cooper Career Stats - NFL - ESPN
Amari Cooper Shares Why a Raiders Reunion Was Always 'in the Back of My Mind'
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Lost and Found: Beacon's Black Community 1850 - 1930
Author Dan W. Pruitt has done a community proud in researching and shining a light on past accomplishments and contributions of a Black village and its main employer, a brickyard.
Reading this book was a true treat. Anyone who loves not just Black history, but American history, will enjoy its well-researched, chronological narrative. Maybe I am biased, being a descendant of some of the folks mentioned. But I find narratives like this help bridge a gap in my understanding of the rough times and discriminatory practices my peoples somehow survived. It also shows the love and comradery of families that made up an isolated and disenfranchised community. Brockway, New York.
The story of Brockway is a story of migration driven by industry and economic opportunity. It is peopled with southern black men and women who traveled north to settle in this little New York enclave with hopes of building a better life for them and their children. Brickmaking was hard work. But these men were conditioned to hard manual labor from generations of working the southern agricultural fields.
What they likely were not expecting was the frigid climate along with bouts of hardship and poverty due to low pay and economic crisis such as the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed. And yet these humble black folks found ways to adapt, overcome, provide for their families and answer the call of military duty and such when its country came calling. All at a time when America's "separate but equal" doctrine perpetuated a system of racial inequality and discrimination that lasted for decades. For blacks it was a time where the saying "one becomes what one's society allows them to be" applies. Although mostly poor, this Black community thrived in family love, lasting friendships and communal responsibility.
What I took away from reading this engaging book is not that strong efforts were likely made to keep these peoples and their stories from ever rising to the top, but how the strength and fighting spirit of such peoples cannot be hidden, brushed aside or silenced when it continues to beat in the hearts of their descendants. For even out of a pot of poverty and oppression, the cream rises to the top.
The author's chronicling of the untold Brockway story before, during, and after his family's arrival, is testament to the unconquerable spirit of a people who have not surrendered to past injustices nor current gentrification. As long as stories are being told of once predominantly Black communities succeeding in spite of challenging environments and unequal incomes, their legacy of pushing onward toward accomplishing and contributing great things to society will feed those marginalized today who continue the struggle against injustice and unequal practices. It's their fighting spirit and love of community that lives on.
Bravo Dan!
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Chuck Mangione Joins Land of Make Believe
I saw Chuck Mangione live at a concert my oldest sister gifted me with many years ago. The experience of seeing this extraordinary and passionate musician, wearing his trademark hat and playing his magical flugelhorn was electrifying. He played with a joyful love for music and life. The man and his horn seemed as if they had merged into one spirit.
I will never forget the love I had for my big sister at that moment as I turned to look up at her in the concert hall with Chuck playing away. I suppose I was beaming because she hugged me as if to say, "I know, I feel it too and it's intoxicating," the music along with the shared moment.
And so it was, with my big sister at my side and Chuck Mangione giving us an unforgettable evening of music, that I discovered the magic of seeing, hearing, and feeling the harmonious convergence of a live performance. And it was intoxicating!
Upon hearing the passing of this musical legend today, I became filled with the wonderful memories and incredible music I was blessed to experience in my youth. And I owe as much to Chuck and other great musicians as I do to those family members and friends who introduced me to what music can bring to a soul who is open to its magic.
Life is truly a song that one must sing, play and/or dance to, right up until the final note vibrates its beautiful melody into your ear and settling on your heart.
Thank you, Chuck, for sharing what it means to be alive and feeling it!
Chuck Mangione
1940 - 2025
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good (Nana's Journey Into Song, March 8th, 1979)
Dominoes Donald Byrd
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
The Harafish - Book Review
The Harafish
by Naguib Mahfouz
This author writes like no other. In very short paragraph-chapters he gives readers everything a good story requires. Mahfouz is a poet, and yet he holds back from making his stories overly imaginary and surreal. His stories fully express everyday encounters people experience in life. And he does it with such flair.
The story "The Harafish" is an epic, multigenerational tale that takes place mostly in this one Egyptian alley (neighborhood). The people and their relationships are in constant motion, entangling themselves into what makes them a surviving community. Nothing stays the same as time moves on, babies are born and the old die off. Of note is how quickly time passes in this story. A child can age thirty to fifty years just as quickly as an old man can take his last breath and depart. It only takes a few pages for anything to occur in the alley. And yet nothing is left to rot.
What I personally like about reading "The Harafish" is I can stop and start my reading with little effort before getting wrapped up in the ongoings of the alley once more. The older names sometimes dimmer with the passing of generations, but the new names are so active and vivid that they keep refreshing the story. It's like having a built-in floor cleaner, constantly coming through and buffing away remnants of waste from previous tenants. Yes, the story always seems to refresh itself. Never boring and always offering something new while occasionally reflecting on the old. I like it.
A theme in this story is family member disappearance, while others arrive to eventually carry on family character traits and tradition. It is a battle between good and evil within a family and community. Between these two extremes lie "The Harafish." and all that comes and goes and comes once more into the alley.
pg236. She was struck forcibly by the idea that a woman's weakness is her emotions; and that her relationships with men should be rational and calculated. (Zahira, a most beautiful young woman realizes every woman should be Rational and Calculating in their relationships with men)
I found the sixth of the ten tales most striking in its telling of the life and character of Zahira. Wow, what an end to a tale. You saw it coming and yet you raced on through paragraph after paragraph, hoping to see the oncoming destruction right down to the dark, smoldering smoke and cinders left in a pile for all in the alley to see. A woman driven wicked by her own beauty and desires.
If only her mother had not arranged her marriage as a child.
If only she had found contentment with being the wife of a baker.
If only she weren't so beautiful.
Beauty cannot co-exist with power and money. They will somehow destroy her beauty and leave behind an ugly pile of rubble. Zahira had become rich and powerful, but the beauty that helped her acquire all this was the same perpetrator who sealed her fate.
Zahira became Irrational and Miscalculated her relationships with men. The tale warns us of this behavior in women earlier.
"A woman must be rational and calculated in her relationships with men."
Oh yes! Of all the tales I had read up to that point, Zahira's gripped me the strongest. It is an episode I will long remember for its power in showing the connections between beauty and tragedy in life.
pg405. The first Ashur had relied on his own strength, while he had made the harafish into an invincible force. His ancestor had been carried away by his passion; he would stand firm like the ancient wall. No, he repeated firmly. That was his sweetest victory: his victory over himself.
(Know and conquer Thyself. Ashur learned from stories of his ancestors' things to avoid in life if he were to be a great leader. Even greater than his al-Nagi namesake who began it all.)
pg406. He squatted on the ground, lulled by his feeling of contentment and the pleasant air. One of those rare moments of existence when a pure light glows. When body, mind, time and place are all in harmony.
And the voices sang:
Last night they relieved me of all my sorrows
In the darkness they gave me the water of life.
A Wonderful Story. Not just a great story well written, but one in which its assemblage and linking of each short chapter as you read onward is uniquely genius.
I had read this author's "Midaq Alley" many years ago while traveling across country via Amtrak. This story and style brought back to me that wonderful first discovery of his writing. My only little gripe might be in similar names confusing me at times when returning to the book, but never enough to completely lose me for any length of time.
I am so glad this book chose me off the shelf. What an amazing epic of short stories weaved into a family historical saga. 5 stars
Born December 12, 1911, Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Thursday, July 10, 2025
The Lord is My Shepherd - Canada Lee
Canada Lee recites "The Lord's Prayer" in the 1944 movie "Lifeboat"
Former jockey and boxer Canada Lee was one of the most talented actors of his generation, but he appeared in only five films before his death at the age of 45. He was also a musician and stage actor. You can read more about his fascinating life here: Canada Lee (1907-1952) | BlackPast.org
I have always been moved by this segment of the classic Hitchcock movie "Lifeboat." Something about the feeling he put into the recital of "The Lord's Prayer" made it feel as if he were praying for more than just rescue from the unforgiving sea. His character, nicknamed "charcoal" by another character, was the only person of color on the lifeboat. And although there were obviously some racist undertones directed toward him, "he maintained a dignity and rational presence throughout the film."
Years ago, I read a very interesting book about him titled "Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee." The book was a very enlightening read with lots of American history from the era written into the story. I came away from the book with the impression Canada Lee would have been successful at whatever career chosen in life. But for the era of segregation and stereotype casting racial roles in movies, the name Canada Lee would likely be remembered as an iconic leading man from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Unfortunately, it was McCarthyism/The "Red Scare against communism which led to his blacklisting and acting demise.
McCarthyism, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, refers to the period of intense anti-communist suspicion and accusations in the United States during the Cold War era. It was characterized by accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason, often without sufficient evidence, and the persecution of individuals and groups suspected of communist sympathies. This period, also known as the Red Scare, involved public figures like McCarthy using unsubstantiated claims and intimidation tactics to target perceived enemies, particularly within the government and entertainment industry.
"inside dust jacket flap"
Imagine an actor as familiar to audiences as Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Morgan Freeman are today - who is then virtually deleted from cultural history. Such is the story of Canada Lee. Among the most respected black actors of the 1940's and a passionate civil rights activist, Lee was reduced to a footnote in the history of the McCarthy era, and his death was one of a handful directly attributed to the blacklist.
Born in Harlem in 1907, Lee was a Depression-era Renaissance man, reinventing himself numerous times during one of our country's darkest periods: a musical prodigy on violin and piano, he made his concert debut at New York's prestigious Aeolian Hall at eleven; by thirteen he had become a successful jockey; in his teens, a pro boxer; and in his twenties, a leading contender for the national welterweight title, until an unlucky blow to the head cost him the sight in one eye and his fighting career. After wandering into auditions for the Federal Theatre Project's Negro Unit, Lee took up acting and shot to stardom in Orson Welle's Broadway production of Native Son. He later appeared in such films as Alfred Hitchcock's classic Lifeboat and the original Cry, the Beloved Country with a young Sidney Poitier.
But Lee's meteoric rise to fame was followed by a devastating fall from grace. Labeled a Communist by the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee as early as 1943, Lee was pilloried during the notorious spy trial of Judith Coplon in 1949, and his career was ultimately destroyed when his longtime friend Ed Sullivan denounced him in his nationally syndicated column. Lee died in 1952, forty-five and penniless, a heartbroken victim of a dangerous and conflicted time. Now, after nearly a decade of research, Mona Z. Smith revives the legacy of a man who was perhaps the blacklist's most tragic victim.
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
Patrick Bailey Inside The Park HOME RUN!
"Now We've Seen Everything!"
With one swing of Patrick Bailey's bat our San Francisco Giants restored the faith of hometown fans. In the bottom of the 9th inning, trailing 3-1 with men at first and third and one out, Big Bat Pat crushed a first pitch, four-seam fastball to right center for a rare baseball feat, an Inside the Park Home run.
These Giants continue to struggle hitting with men on base. Pitching has been mostly lights out, but the Phillies continued what many Giants opponents have done this season in limiting or eliminating clutch hits. We fans almost expect a pop-up, strike out or ground ball into a double play from Giants hitters with men on base. Well not on this Tuesday night, ninth inning rally.
Watching the play unfold is classic baseball. Listening to Dave Fleming's call on the play brings back nostalgic sports radio moments the likes of Russ Hodge's 1951 "The Giants win the pennant" walk-off win call.
"The Shot Heard Around the World"
Even the Giants new City Connect Uniforms, which I've been opposed to, looked majestic as Giants players celebrated with Patrick Bailey at home plate. With this win, their second over the NL East leading Phillies in a three-game series, the Giants are warming up for a showdown series against their division leading rival Dodgers. As of this posting the Giants are five games back and second in the NL West division. Go Giants!!!
Patrick Bailey's Historic Inside-The-Park Walk-Off Home Run!
Congratulations Patrick Bailey and the 2025 San Francisco Giants!
The story for this season is still being written, but for one glorious July evening we got a peek at what could just be Orange October 2025. Don't Stop Believin'!
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Guitar Wisdom for Beginners
“The amazing drama you are about to see is a matter of human record.
You may believe it, or not.
But the real people who lived this story . . . they believe it.
They know.
They took that . . . one step beyond.”
Life is short.Play your Guitar!
In other words,be passionate about playing.Play it like you stole it!
He Believes. He knows. He took that . . .
One Step Beyond!
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Kerkedions - Political Minions of Lucifer
Midway through reading this intriguing and well written novel, I came across descriptions of political minions/sycophants who, had it not been for the misconduct of U.S. maga-republican politicians, I would have thought far-fetched and improbable. But we learn how some seeking power have "forgotten their origins and shed their humanity."
"Power has corrupted them absolutely"
In the paragraphs below, the novel's protagonist, Desta Kidane Wold, has been arrested and delivered to the Emperor's office on charges of conspiracy in joining a revolutionary group. He holds an important position as confidant to the Prime Minister. As he awaits his fate, the observations he makes of the goings on in the Imperial Palace are revelatory. The Empire is teetering on the brink of collapse and minions and sycophants attached to power look every bit the corrupt, lying, cheating, reptilian types of homo sapiens.
cover by: Carles J. Juzang
The memory of December 28 in the Imperial Palace is so vivid that when I think of it, it is as if it is happening now. I am sitting on a couch in the ante-chamber, waiting alone, observing the ebb and flow of the movers and shakers of the empire, as if for the last time before the curtain of life descends on me . . .
To enter the domain of the Imperial Palace is to pass through the looking-glass into a wonderland where appearance and reality hopelessly mixed, where everything is topsy-turvy, and good and evil change places. In this imperial center, there are the few earthy types who do good within the limits of their power, whose heads have not been turned. And there are the many - far too many - who have forgotten their origins and shed their humanity, assuming the manner of petty gods . . .
Their behavior seems to me this morning particularly reptilian. Power has corrupted them absolutely. To curry imperial favor, they lie and cheat and sponge and spy and inform on people, including their friends and families . . .
I call them kerkedions, because in Ethiopian mythology the kerkedion is a mythical rhinoceros-shaped minion of Lucifer. Most of these kerkedions are shabbily dressed, and their level of social awareness does not go beyond the point at which homo sapiens emerged. They are erratic and arbitrary. One minute they are smiling (or grinning, to be exact); the next minute thy are heaping abuse or obscenities on some poor wretch who has strayed into their path . . .
No one speaks to me as I wait. I am not surprised. Last week I was somebody, a rising star in the empire. Today, I am a fallen star - ashes to be trodden under and spat upon. I am ignored or ridiculed in whispers. All this should amuse me, but I am also afraid . . .
It wasn't until much later in the day, when the traffic in the ante-chamber had thinned out, that I realized I had been waiting for eight hours. A stray minister who had just returned from a visit abroad saw me and rushed to greet me with open arms. Poor wretch, he was behind the news! The kerkedions looked at him with alarm, but he sat and kept me company, chatting about the latest fashions in shoes and ties! He laughed volubly, and created massive anxiety among the kerkedions. In doing that, he helped me more than he knew.
"Desta Kidane Wold!" cried the palace chamberlain. His voice echoed across the hallways, and my name was repeated by one of the kerkedions in the ante-chamber.
"Go on, don't just sit there! Move!" said the kerkedion. He came closer to push me (that is what they do to fallen stars) and I shoved him away, to the disbelief of those remaining in the ante-chamber. Before he had time to recover and strike me, I moved out of his jurisdiction and into the hallway leading to the Emperor's office.
excerpt from chapter eighteen of the book -
by Bereket Habte Selassie
copyright 1993
The name of the protagonist, Desta, was chosen by the author to memorilise his deep gratitude to his friend Desta Wolde Kidan. The latter risked much to save the author's life in Novermber 1974 by driving him out of Addis Ababa, all the way to the North, putting him in touch with Eritrean liberation fighters.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Boston Gifts San Francisco Giants
Barry Bonds arrived in San Francisco in 1993 after seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bonds retired a SF Giant after playing fifteen seasons of historic, Hall of Fame baseball in the SF Bay Area.
Rafael Devers comes to San Francisco after 78 games into his ninth season with the Boston Red Sox. He's a three-time All-Star as well as a World Series Champion. Like Bonds, he bats left and is an elite major league slugger.
Adding a slugger like Rafael gives the Giants an offensive weapon they haven't really had since Barry Bonds. In his eight-plus season in the majors, there's one word that defines the worthiness of having such a slugger: Consistency!
30+ HR Seasons (3)
100+ RBI Seasons (3)
Sunday, June 15, 2025
"No King" San Francisco - Not Up in Here
I participated in a peaceful and communal celebration of unity at the "No Kings Protest" here in San Francisco. Americans of all walks of life came together as citizens who support constitutional law and the governing Democracy it has held together for 250 challenging years.
Americans are angry with what the current Presidential Administration is doing to our country by ignoring constitutional laws and weakening and/or ignoring the checks and balances of government.
What citizens across America demonstrated on Saturday, is this Democracy will not fall to authoritarianism without a fight. And every man and woman in this great nation, who passionately believes in the future of democracy in America, is willing to fight to preserve its ideological principles. They stand for "We the People," and understand that any and all government representatives holding office do so to serve All the People while adhering to the laws of the land.
A passionate San Francisco protest recruitment sign inspired by Uncle Samuel L. Jackson:
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Once independent, the founders created a system that imitated the British model of mixed government and created barriers - the powers of Congress and the oversight of the Supreme Court - that they hoped would safeguard their liberties against the threat of renewed tyranny.
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