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Politics Chat, July 2, 2026
In which I try to answer a different set of questions, today....
Topics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Declaration of Independence 250th anniversary, natural law and unalienable rights, consent of the governed, grievances against the King, dissolution of allegiance to the Crown, birth of a new nation