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The U.S. flag is a great symbol of our nation, but the principles we cherish as a country are enshrined in our Constitution. Let’s give the Constitution the allegiance it deserves.
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#PledgeOfAllegiance #ConstitutionalOath
Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 PM on Sunday, March 9th.
What do you think... should Congress make Standard Time permanent?
#DST #SpringForward
To provide the highest standard of living for all Americans, and to remain competitive on the world stage, the U.S. needs scientific info & literacy now more than ever.
#StandUpForScience on March 7th at events nationwide!
https://standupforscience2025.org/
#ScienceForAll #ScienceNotSilence
The Benjamin Franklin Party is featured on the current episode of the Long Live Alternative Parties podcast available on Spotify, Apple, and TuneIn. Give it a listen!👂
https://open.spotify.com/episode/37btio87ceXKCExvzXnvZV
A better metaphor for U.S. politics is an orchestra, a business, or a movie, not a tribe or sports.
👉 https://bit.ly/prb-ms
Real leaders don`t spend time deflecting blame. They accept responsibility for the path forward.
You can`t lead into the past.
#WhatsThePlan
Per the U.S. Supreme Court`s 2024 presidential immunity decision, DJT`s statement applies to the President but no one else (although the President can pardon others).
#PresidentialImmunity #EndsVsMeans
Trust requires #transparency. #DOGE needs to appropriately show its work and immediately turn over any evidence of wrongdoing to the #DOJ.
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
In keeping with Franklin's legacy, Poor Richard's Blog tackles today’s complex issues and the foundations of the Franklin Party, while hopefully also dispensing some wisdom and good humor along the way.
Welcome to the Franklin Party Newsletter!
Declarations
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved a document with the heading “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” While it didn’t have this title, that document became known as “The Declaration of Independence” because, among other things, it declared the political independence of the newly formed American states from Great Britain. But this document made other monumental declarations as well.
For example, it declared that “all men are created equal” and that they are endowed with the unalienable rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” This watershed document further declared that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” And, importantly, this document declared for the first time that these newly formed states, “free and independent” from Great Britain, were “united” with each other. In fact, the last line of the Declaration declares that “we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
So, you could say this seminal document wasn’t just a Declaration of Independence, it was also a Declaration of INTERdependence. And our new nation went even further to declare this interdependence on its Great Seal with the Latin phrase, E pluribus unum, “Out of many, one.”
Today there are many forces threatening to tear America asunder: hyperpartisanship, culture wars, tribalism, political polarization, and incivility. It is time for us to remember the unifying declarations that formed our great nation. Our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor are bound together. This July 4th let’s declare our independence from the modern adversaries that would rip us apart, and redeclare our interdependence to each other.
Happy In(ter)dependence Day!
Yours in republic keeping,
James Carroll
BFPNC Chair
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