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Showing posts with label patriotism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patriotism. Show all posts
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
Celebrating Black Military Service Is Not “DEI Woke Shit.” It’s Essential to America’s Defense. – Mother Jones
Shortly after taking office, in February 2025, President Donald Trump abruptly fired General Charles "CQ" Brown, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as part of a purge of military leaders who advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. In March, Arlington National Cemetery scrubbed from its website educational materials about the history of Black service members, including the Tuskegee Airmen and even General Colin Powell, the first Black Joint Chiefs chairman. …
With these and other petty moves executed by Pete Hegseth, Trump's loyalist secretary of "war," the White House and Pentagon appear strangely determined to undermine, and even erase the evidence of, Black patriotism—not to mention the military's hard-won reputation as an institution that embraces the talents and capabilities of all Americans…
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Call Me Antifa – A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love
“Call Me Antifa” is a powerful modern protest anthem that redefines what it means to stand for freedom, justice, and democracy in America. Inspired by the spirit of the Greatest Generation who fought fascism in World War II, this song celebrates love over hate, peace over violence, and liberty over authoritarianism. With lyrics that honor unity, diversity, and the enduring American dream, “Call Me Antifa” pushes back against the fear and division spread by MAGA extremism and political scapegoating. This is a song for everyone who believes that being truly patriotic means standing up for civil rights, equality, and democracy itself.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Paying Taxes in the DOGE ERA: Moral Duty, Religious Experience, or Place of Protest? (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
In this episode of Straight White American Jesus, Brad sits down with Dr. Ruth Braunstein, professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of My Tax Dollars. Together, they explore an unexpected question: Can paying taxes be a moral act?
Far from being a dry civic obligation, Braunstein argues that taxation can serve as a collective ritual—one that reflects our values, builds solidarity, and fuels moral debate. The conversation traces the historical evolution of tax narratives in the U.S., from patriotic propaganda during World War II to the rise of anti-tax movements tied to abortion, war, and distrust in government.
They also unpack the cultural shift from taxes as a civic duty to something to be avoided or even bragged about, as seen in Donald Trump’s infamous comment on dodging taxes. Throughout the episode, Braunstein sheds light on how Americans’ attitudes toward taxation reveal deeper fault lines around democracy, governance, and belonging.
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Far from being a dry civic obligation, Braunstein argues that taxation can serve as a collective ritual—one that reflects our values, builds solidarity, and fuels moral debate. The conversation traces the historical evolution of tax narratives in the U.S., from patriotic propaganda during World War II to the rise of anti-tax movements tied to abortion, war, and distrust in government.
They also unpack the cultural shift from taxes as a civic duty to something to be avoided or even bragged about, as seen in Donald Trump’s infamous comment on dodging taxes. Throughout the episode, Braunstein sheds light on how Americans’ attitudes toward taxation reveal deeper fault lines around democracy, governance, and belonging.
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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Jim Jordan's 'In America' Rant Goes Very Wrong, Very Quickly | HuffPost Latest News
The GOP congressman's latest message had two key flaws...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-jordan-american-flag_n_6847df32e4b0682b100ba8de
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Pete Buttigieg on the campaign
Brian interviews Pete Buttigieg about Kamala's ascendant campaign, Trump's inability to fill up his rallies, and Democrats reclaiming patriotism.
Friday, July 5, 2024
How reciting the Pledge of Allegiance became a sacred, patriotic ritual
Not all Americans were enthusiastic about the pledge. The most common complaints were religious. For instance, followers of traditions with strong pacifist commitments opposed reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. They objected to the implication that defending the flag would mean resorting to violence in violation of their religious beliefs. Others regarded the Pledge of Allegiance as a form of "idol worship."
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Jon Stewart Calls BS on Trump & the GOP's Performative Patriotism | The ...
Jon Stewart unpacks Biden’s fired-up State of the Union and Katie Britt’s disastrous GOP kitchen rebuttal, then calls bulls**t on conservatives branding themselves the party of “true American patriots” and wrapping themselves in the Constitution, while their leader Trump's rhetoric sounds more like an undemocratic king.
Friday, December 1, 2023
For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground - The New York Times
Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That's discouraged...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The housing community that will require ‘patriots’ to fly the US flag
Developer of North Carolina neighborhood for homeowners 55 and older says his brand 'only the beginning' of a 'movement'
Thursday, June 29, 2023
What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?
Patriotism encompasses devotion to the country as a whole – including all the people who live within it. Nationalism refers to devotion to only one group of people over all others...
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
FFRF applauds historic congressional testimony on Christian nationalism - Freethought Today
"Christian nationalism is not patriotism," Tyler noted. "Patriotism is a healthy love of country; nationalism is an allegiance to country that demands supremacy over all other allegiances." She noted that "the Christian nation myth" necessarily downplays or ignores the role of indigenous communities, Black Americans, immigrant populations, religious minorities and secular Americans because they "undercut the false narrative that the U.S. is special because it was founded by and for white Christians."…
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Why Religion is Not the Answer: The Perils of Religious Patriotism (Student Essay contest 4th place)
"The Constitution is a miracle not of God, but of compromise and erudition. In preparation for the Constitutional Convention, James Madison ordered books from his close friend, Thomas Jefferson. Through his extensive reading list, we can see the names which inspired the Constitution — Cicero, Herodotus, Montesquieu, Locke, Hume, Aristotle, Voltaire, Plutarch — Madison looked across antiquity and the enlightenment for ideas, but there was not a holy book in sight. Madison and Jefferson recognized God only in the sense of a being who created the universe, then sat back to enjoy its handiwork. (Jefferson also famously owned a copy of the bible in which he had removed all the dogmatic and supernatural passages.)..."
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Opinion | Dick Cheney set Liz Cheney's demise in motion decades ago - The Washington Post
There is a bitter irony in Cheney's fall: She is being undone by the very politics her father championed. Weaponizing patriotism? Abandoning the truth? Vice President Dick Cheney was a pioneer...
Monday, July 25, 2022
Navy Vet Ken Harbaugh CALLS OUT fake patriotism of Jan. 6 rioters - YouTube
Meidas contributor and Navy veteran Ken Harbaugh grew up in a military family. As a third generation fighter pilot, Ken always had an American flag flying outside his house. But now, extremists on the right have covered themselves in the symbols of country. Not only do these extremists not know what true patriotism is but they engage in the most unpatriotic and anti-American conduct. In this Meidas exclusive, Ken discusses what we can do.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
This Fourth of July, it’s worth pondering the true meaning of patriotism
True patriots don't fuel racist, religious or ethnic divisions. Patriots seek to confirm and strengthen and celebrate the 'we' in 'we the people of the United States'…
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Angels and artillery: a cathedral to Russia's new national identity | Russia | The Guardian
"For many priests, who were young in the 1970s and 1980s and personally came up against the repressive Soviet machine, which targeted the church, they are in shock and they can't get over it," said Sergei Chapnin, a religious scholar in Moscow. "This is not really an Orthodox cathedral, it's a cathedral of our new post-Soviet civil religion," he added.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
GOP Senator Who Egged On Insurrectionists Introduces Bill About Loving America | HuffPost
Josh Hawley's legislation isn't even about patriotism. It's about pandering and whitewashing American history...
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