Ducky2006

30something trying to find the passions in life.

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“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

- Benjamin Franklin

Franklin wrote these words during a conflict over who should bear the cost of defending colonial Pennsylvania. During the 1750s, attacks threatened communities along the frontier, and the elected assembly sought to fund defense by taxing property—including vast estates belonging to the Penn family, Pennsylvania’s proprietors. The Penns resisted efforts to tax their lands.

This placed the assembly in a difficult position. It could accept temporary financial assistance in exchange for abandoning its effort to tax the proprietors, or it could preserve its authority even as the need for defense money became increasingly urgent. Franklin believed sacrificing such an important power for short-term relief would create a troubling precedent.

Today, the quotation is commonly interpreted as a warning against surrendering freedom in exchange for security. Its original context, however, was much more specific. Franklin was addressing a political struggle involving taxation, governmental authority, and whether wealthy landowners should be exempt from financial obligations imposed on everyone else.

Seen in that context, Franklin’s reference to “essential liberty” takes on a more precise meaning. He was defending the elected assembly’s right to exercise its governing authority on behalf of the people it represented.

The controversy occurred more than two decades before the Declaration of Independence, at a time when Franklin and other Pennsylvanians were still British subjects.

Franklin later returned to the quotation in 1759, placing it at the beginning of his account of Pennsylvania’s prolonged dispute with the Penn family.

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[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at https://t.co/cLu9I7M2wC

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at https://t.co/arzrqInqJA

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[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Let me get this straight.

The leading Senate Republican walked into the White House Sunday with a bipartisan deal to end the TSA nightmare. Fund everything except ICE now, get TSA agents paid today, handle ICE separately.

Senate Republicans and Democrats said yes.

Trump said no.

Why? Because Trump is holding TSA workers’ paychecks hostage to try and force Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a voter suppression bill that would knock millions of eligible Americans off the voter rolls. He wants to make it harder for Americans to vote.

Like a petulant child flipping the board when he’s losing, Trump torched a bipartisan deal his own Senate leader handed him on a silver platter. His tantrum continues as he unleashes ICE agents into airports. Agents with zero screening training, zero TSA authority, and a good chance of making everything worse.

Democrats have been ready to fund TSA from day one. What we refuse to do is write a blank check for an ICE agency that gunned down two American citizens in Minneapolis and still demands the ability to kick down doors without a judge’s approval while hiding behind masks.

We will not pass the SAVE Act either. Call it what it is: the SAVE REPUBLICANS Act. Non-citizen voting is already illegal. It was illegal yesterday. It will be illegal tomorrow. This bill solves nothing except the Republican party’s losing electoral math.

Fund TSA. Reform ICE. End this today.

Trump is the one standing in the way.

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