The message seems so clear.

Why are so many fervent believers in the Christmas message unable to apply it to today's world and the leadership of our own nation?

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A courtroom scolding of a decorated United States General, and President Trump's promise about the extradition of a Muslim cleric to Turkey, echo a murder in Washington four decades ago.

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In 1948, a plane carrying migrant workers crashed in Los Gatos Canyon. Those deaths were nearly ignored by the press and public of the day. An echo comes to us as a small child traveling in hope from Guatemala to America is lost to dehydration and neglect.

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We went to gallows humor when my employer made that minor change. We knew it meant the company was going down.

Now the NRA makes the same minor change and it gives us hope.

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Parallels in history are not hard to find with my President. The third emperor of ancient Rome used at least one remarkably similar military tactic.

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Well meaning people who object to, and often work against voter suppression, see the importance of dirty tricks, of cheating, of elections stolen.

It is sometimes too easy to miss the most important theft of all.

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Republican candidates around the country now insist they support protection for those with pre-existing conditions.

And Republican lawmakers from every part of the nation are working to get their healthcare promises declared illegal.

Here's how.

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Cute little blue and pink baby bonnets can teach us something important about the reasons Republicans are giving for plans to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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The Trump administration tax cuts for the wealthy, and Republican plans to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, can all be traced back to a line drawn on a napkin in 1974.

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Last year, Elizabeth Warren challenged the documented history of a nominee and was silenced under an arcane rule.

This year, Mitch McConnell directly challenged the integrity of opposing Senators and the rules were ignored.

It helps to control the rules.

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