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You are a historian and documentarian who has been asked to do a concise analysis of the period 2017 to the present, the first term of President Donald Trump. You are to select two of what you believe to be his most significant accomplishments or failures in this period and why you consider them especially noteworthy

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People who know about Covid-19, but choose to tempt fate; Behind Trump's enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talks tough.

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You're Cordially Invited to Free Your Mind!

Welcome to "Free Your Mind Friday," our weekly open forum, where you choose your own topic and take the conversation wherever you want it to go.

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07.10.2020

Here's what we're talking about today on Leid Stories.

Just yesterday on Leid Stories, presidential candidate Joe Biden came in for much criticism for continuing his national campaign for the nation's top job without giving voters a comprehensive idea of what a Biden administration wants to accomplish. 

Well, today Biden rolls out what he calls a "revolutionary" agenda. 

We discuss what some of its priorities should be.

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What's Biden's agenda?; Trump abandons ship of state while coronavirus ravages U.S; Protests and power in these times; Chipotle is pure gringo.

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Things Are Not What They Appear to Be In Times of Mass Distraction

Especially now, when there is climate is a heightened awareness of the power of people to create the change they want, it is vitally important to understand the inherent nature of the systems they're up against. 

Leid Stories discusses ways in which systems are seeking to control--and, inevitably, to destroy--the power of the people.

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After 244 Years of Independence, What's Your Version of Being 'American'?

On July 4, the nation commemorates 244 years of independence from Britain and its official beginnings as a new, free nation. 

In many parts of the world, achieving national independence is cause for great celebration. But in the United States and its territories, well-choreographed, razzle-dazzle celebrations mock the truth of how this nation, and our national identity, came to be--and  in so many ways, still is.

Leid Stories asks: What's your version of what it means to be American?   

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Are You Ready for A Proxy President?

As they approach the home stretch of the 2020 presidential race, the Democratic and Republican parties and their candidates apparently have struck a deal: The subject of fitness for office is off limits.

Trump, 74, won't have to explain his erratic and bizarre behavior and policies, and Joe Biden, 77, avoids having to deny that his own advisers worry he's in cognitive decline.

EIther way, whoever wins the election will come with a lot of mental-health baggage, which raises the question: In that event, who actually will be president -- the winning candidate himself or several unseen "advisers?" Are we comfortable with that -- president by proxy?

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Are We Doomed to Two-Party Politics? 

Leid Stories discusses the pickle many of us have been in for years: We're not in the Republican camp and don't want to be;  the Democrats take us for granted; and third parties are in disarray and show little or no interest in courting our vote.

Are we doomed to live in this  political vortex, forced to make decisions we'd rather not make?

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