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No Kings: The Founders wanted a powerful president but not a king.

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  No Kings: The Founders wanted a powerful president but not a king. Essay Four: The Republic, Revisited. Joyce Vance Nov 4 This is the Fourth in a series of ten essays revisiting my book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy , which was released a year ago. I wrote about the series of essays here . If you’re just finding Civil Discourse through The Republic, Revisited essays, I hope you’ll subscribe—it’s free—and join us. What did the Founders mean to create when they created the presidency—and how is it different from having a king? Even as the “No Kings” movement grew in popularity because of Donald Trump’s perceived desire to take on that role, he never addressed the issue. He’s never denied his desire for an ever more powerful presidency invoking his “Article II” powers He’s never pushed back, never said he doesn’t want to be a king, or worse, a dictator. “Except for Day One,” Trump said during the campaign, “No, no, no, other than day one…After that, ...
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NEMASKET WEEK: Middleboro and Lakeville buck the trend in statewide elections

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  Middleboro and Lakeville buck the trend in statewide elections Christian Uva reporter@nemasketweek.com Nov 04, 2026 Voting signs placed outside of the Middleboro High School polling location on Election Day. Photo by Christian Uva Middleboro and Lakeville voters went against the grain on many major statewide elections. The towns mostly sided with the Republican candidate in elections for governor, U.S. senator and U.S. representative. All of those Republican candidates lost, however. Voters also went against the prevailing notions on many of the nine ballot questions, voting for looser gun laws and against same-day voter registration.  Middleboro and Lakeville had voter turnout rates of roughly 51% and 34.6%, respectively. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov Kim Driscoll defeated Republican challenger Mike Minogue. Middleboro voted for Minogue 5,517 to 4,430, and so did Lakeville, with a split of 2,332 to 1,179 in favor of the Republican. Democratic U.S. Sen. Ed Mark...
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AG Blanche NIGHTMARE Begins as He’s Called to Testify in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files Case?!?

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  Legal AF 1.28M subscribers Nov 4, 2026 The Intersection with Michael Popok Popok reports on new developments in the Epstein-Trump child sex trafficking scandal, as the DOJ just inadvertently revealed that they have already translated the foreign language Epstein files when they told courts they hadn’t! And now the Katie Phang side wants Todd Blanche to testify about it! Incogni: Get 60% off an annual plan at https://incogni.com/truth and use code: TRUTH at checkout! Subscribe:     / @legalafmtn   Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community:     / @legalafmtn   Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.b... Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky... Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Subscribe to the Intersection with...
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The Downballot podcast live: Holy crap!

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    Watch now   The Downballot podcast live: Holy crap! Can we make sense of Tuesday’s insanity? We’re gonna try! David Nir and David Beard Nov 4 So much is still unfolding from Tuesday’s extraordinary election—and our heads are still spinning—that we decided we had to do this week’s episode of The Downballot podcast live. Co-hosts David Nir and David Beard discuss some of their top takeaways, foremost among them the intense motivation on the part of Black voters to send a message following the Supreme Court’s destruction of the Voting Rights Act. The Davids also check in on some of the biggest uncalled contests and explain exactly how Republican gerrymandering utterly failed to save the GOP. Thank you so much for being a paid subscriber to The Downballot! If you’d like to further support our work, you can donate on our ActBlue page .
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🚨BREAKING: MAGA Mike QUITS…

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  🚨BREAKING: MAGA Mike QUITS… MeidasTouch 6.5M subscribers Nov 4, 2026 MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Mike Johnson stepping down from House Republican leadership after the GOP’s midterm wipeout. Order the new book from MeidasTouch, WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy, today: https://bit.ly/wtfamericayoutube Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: https://meidasnews.com/podcast MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network:    / meidastouch   Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter:    / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook:    /...
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