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Boiling The Frogs

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Boiling The Frogs Essay One: The Republic, Revisited. Joyce Vance Oct 14 This is the first 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 my goals for these essays here . If you’re just finding Civil Discourse through The Republic, Revisited series, I hope you’ll subscribe—it’s free—and read along with us. I’m sure you remember the story of the frog: Placed in the pot while the water is cool, he doesn’t notice when it’s brought to a boil ever so gradually. That was a reasonable explanation for what happened to our country during the first Trump administration. Then, he was reelected. Here’s how the frog metaphor lands with me now, two years into Trump’s second term in office: The danger isn't just failing to recognize what's happening. It's recognizing it and then gradually getting used to it. That’s what worries me the most right now, that we could become accustomed t...

REMINDER: Minogue's blueprint promises audits, tax cuts and a net-zero emissions repeal SCRUTINIZE HIS RHETORIC

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  Minogue's blueprint promises audits, tax cuts and a net-zero emissions repeal September 11, 2026 MIKE MINOGUE MADE A  BUCKET OF MONEY....BOUGHT SOME IMPRESSIVE  PROPERTIES....HAS HE EVER DONE ANYTHING FOR HIS COMMUNITY?  HAS HE DONATED TO A FOOD PANTRY? HAS HE EVER SPOKEN TO THOSE WHO WORK SO HARD TO ENSURE THAT OR NEIGHBORS ARE FED? HAS HE CONTRIBUTED TO A HOMELESS SHELTER?  MIKE MINOGUE IS NOT AN ECONOMIST AND ON NUMEROUS ISSUES JUST REGURGITATES tRUMP PROPAGANDA!  HAS HE EVER VOLUNTEERED TO DO ANYTHING? NO!  EVERYTHING IN HIS MEANINGLESS "BLUE PRINT" IS LACKING SPECIFICITY!  NOTICE HOW MIKE MINOGUE CAREFLLY AVOIDS ANY CRITICISM OF tRUMP'S  LAWLESS ICE GESTAPO THUGS WHO FAIL TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS THAT  WERE FUNDED AND LIES ABOUT KILLINGS...EVEN WHEN THERE IS PROOF OF  THEIR LIES! tRUMP'S LAWLESS THUGS HAVE KILLED INNOCENT PEOPLE - THAT'S WHAT  MIKE MINOGUE IGNORES!  SHORT-SIGHTED AND NOT A SOLUTION! excerpt: With an eye...

Last-ditch effort

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                     BECAUSE NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A NEIGHBOR. THEIR FAILURES IMPACT                     MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE MEDIA MARKET IS FLOODED WITH JOHN                     SUNUNU'S ENDLESS PROPAGANDA!                    BELOW ARE A FEW ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY POSTED!                     DO YOU RESEARCH BEFORE YOU VOTE & INFORM YOURSELF!                    JOHN SUNUNU AND KELLY AYOTTE WERE LOBBYISTS WHO PROFITED                     AT THE EXPENSE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE!                     LOOK WHO'S FUNDING THEM!   ...