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Hey
David -- in case you missed it, Congress is back in session. That means the
clock is ticking once again on the Senate’s inaction on gun violence.
The Democratic-led House took up the
mantle and passed meaningful gun safety legislation over seven months ago,
yet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refuses to introduce the bill in
the Senate. His inaction is shameful.
Virginia is on the front lines of this
fight. Not only did our legislature convene for a special session to work on
these issues, but our
state also holds the power to shape our national discourse with our upcoming
elections.
90% of Americans support background
checks for gun sales but the NRA continues to wield unprecedented
influence on our elected officials. Republicans’ unwillingness to enact
commonsense gun safety measures is a betrayal of our communities and clearly
shows they are working for the NRA, not us.
As Virginia’s Attorney General, I’ve
worked day in and day out to reduce the gun violence epidemic by:
This issue is personal to me, as it is
for many Americans in our great state and across the country.
Onward,
Mark
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Help me restore commonsense to the Commonwealth and the nation. MARK HERRING.
NPR: September Democratic Debate: Live Fact Check, Analysis.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Philosophy without borders: our latest posts, 9-16 september 2019.
PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS, which is home-based on Patreon, here—
www.patreon.com/philosophywithoutborders
is an open-source, open-minded forum for sharing original philosophy,
produced by critically thoughtful, insightful, reflective people for
other critically thoughtful, insightful, reflective people, with no
restraints on what form the philosophy may take; and with no
restriction by borders or boundaries of any kind, be they restrictions
inherent in schools of thought, educational institutions, states or
national boundaries, or legal or moral systems.
Here’s our blog, AGAINST PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY—
https://againstprofphil.org/
Here are the latest posts on our blog—
Manacles 10–2.16 DAD.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/09/11/manacles-10-2-16-dad/
How To Win The Kant Wars.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/09/09/how-to-win-the-kant-wars/
Thoughts on Postmodernity 2: The Tensions of the Past and the Fluidity
of the Present.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/09/06/thoughts-on-postmodernity-2-the-tensions-of-the-past-and-the-fluidity-of-the-present/
And here are our two journals—
BORDERLESS PHILOSOPHY
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PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS assumes universal enfranchisement and
emancipation as a goal, so that all people may participate in the
generation and discussion of philosophy. Its only requirement is that
the cultural products shared, whether they may be philosophy in the
strict sense, being the continuation world’s history of philosophy
from all parts, including western and eastern or any other philosophy;
or whether they be other thought provoking cultural products including
conversations, serious or humorous writing, the visual arts, crafts,
multimedia, and future art, so long as they contain real philosophical
thinking.
By “real philosophical thinking,” we mean thinking that is unhindered
and not self-censored by subservience to any so-called philosophical
authority or canon, aimed at least in some way at generating,
elucidating or commenting on philosophical ideas; and respectful of
the assumed universal enfranchisement and emancipation of all people
and therefore communicating in a spirit of love, peace, and
understanding – not hate, conflict, or vilification.
PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS belongs to a radical phase in the
philosophical project that flowered in the period of western culture
which has become known as the Age of Enlightenment, occurring mostly
in Europe during the 18th century. The ideas of the Enlightenment
undermined the authority of the monarchy, church, and state, paving
the way for subsequent emancipatory political revolutions in the cause
of freedom from oppression of any kind. Radically enlightened
philosophers have existed in all cultures and all ages, readily
recognised by their support of unrestricted reason and universal
respect for human dignity as the two primary vehicles for creating
understanding real and imagined worlds, and for disseminating the idea
that disputes and conflicts can be resolved or avoided by means of the
search for logically-guided, evidence-based truth rather than personal
beliefs, creeds, mysticisms, or other oppressive, mind-enslaving
ideological constructs.
PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS is a safe haven for thinkers to explore and
warn against the incursions against radical enlightenment by abuses of
greed, power, control, oppression, obedience, censorship, hate,
derision, bullying, xenophobia, nationalism, feudalism, group-think,
enforced zeitgeists, and other crimes against and limitations of
humanity. PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS in this sense can be thought of
Enlightenment Redux, not just a passing phase, but the underlying
principles of all humane activity. Radical enlightenment opposes
oppression by complacency, stupidity, and evil, which persist all
around the world, not only in despotic regimes, but also in supposedly
enlightened ones, mostly as a result of an obsession with
self-interested competition and the possession of coercive power,
rather than on mutual aid and constructive cooperation as the bases
for rational human activity.
***
Again, PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS is home-based on Patreon, here—
https://www.patreon.com/philosophywithoutborders
Please consider becoming a patron!
www.patreon.com/philosophywithoutborders
is an open-source, open-minded forum for sharing original philosophy,
produced by critically thoughtful, insightful, reflective people for
other critically thoughtful, insightful, reflective people, with no
restraints on what form the philosophy may take; and with no
restriction by borders or boundaries of any kind, be they restrictions
inherent in schools of thought, educational institutions, states or
national boundaries, or legal or moral systems.
Here’s our blog, AGAINST PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY—
https://againstprofphil.org/
Here are the latest posts on our blog—
Manacles 10–2.16 DAD.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/09/11/manacles-10-2-16-dad/
How To Win The Kant Wars.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/09/09/how-to-win-the-kant-wars/
Thoughts on Postmodernity 2: The Tensions of the Past and the Fluidity
of the Present.
https://againstprofphil.org/2019/09/06/thoughts-on-postmodernity-2-the-tensions-of-the-past-and-the-fluidity-of-the-present/
And here are our two journals—
BORDERLESS PHILOSOPHY
https://www.cckp.space/
CONTEMPORARY STUDIES IN KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY
https://www.cckp.space/
PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS assumes universal enfranchisement and
emancipation as a goal, so that all people may participate in the
generation and discussion of philosophy. Its only requirement is that
the cultural products shared, whether they may be philosophy in the
strict sense, being the continuation world’s history of philosophy
from all parts, including western and eastern or any other philosophy;
or whether they be other thought provoking cultural products including
conversations, serious or humorous writing, the visual arts, crafts,
multimedia, and future art, so long as they contain real philosophical
thinking.
By “real philosophical thinking,” we mean thinking that is unhindered
and not self-censored by subservience to any so-called philosophical
authority or canon, aimed at least in some way at generating,
elucidating or commenting on philosophical ideas; and respectful of
the assumed universal enfranchisement and emancipation of all people
and therefore communicating in a spirit of love, peace, and
understanding – not hate, conflict, or vilification.
PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS belongs to a radical phase in the
philosophical project that flowered in the period of western culture
which has become known as the Age of Enlightenment, occurring mostly
in Europe during the 18th century. The ideas of the Enlightenment
undermined the authority of the monarchy, church, and state, paving
the way for subsequent emancipatory political revolutions in the cause
of freedom from oppression of any kind. Radically enlightened
philosophers have existed in all cultures and all ages, readily
recognised by their support of unrestricted reason and universal
respect for human dignity as the two primary vehicles for creating
understanding real and imagined worlds, and for disseminating the idea
that disputes and conflicts can be resolved or avoided by means of the
search for logically-guided, evidence-based truth rather than personal
beliefs, creeds, mysticisms, or other oppressive, mind-enslaving
ideological constructs.
PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS is a safe haven for thinkers to explore and
warn against the incursions against radical enlightenment by abuses of
greed, power, control, oppression, obedience, censorship, hate,
derision, bullying, xenophobia, nationalism, feudalism, group-think,
enforced zeitgeists, and other crimes against and limitations of
humanity. PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT BORDERS in this sense can be thought of
Enlightenment Redux, not just a passing phase, but the underlying
principles of all humane activity. Radical enlightenment opposes
oppression by complacency, stupidity, and evil, which persist all
around the world, not only in despotic regimes, but also in supposedly
enlightened ones, mostly as a result of an obsession with
self-interested competition and the possession of coercive power,
rather than on mutual aid and constructive cooperation as the bases
for rational human activity.
***
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https://www.patreon.com/philosophywithoutborders
Please consider becoming a patron!
Tell Trump and McConnell: NO shutdown this time, Jennifer Wexton.
David,
Congress is back in session, and Jennifer is hard at work to improve the lives of her constituents.
But first, we need to make sure that Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and their extremist allies in Congress don't force us into another reckless and harmful government shutdown at the end of September.
We must reach an agreement by the end of the month to keep the government open. The American people want a clean funding bill, and we need to show Trump and McConnell that we won't tolerate any political games on their part this time.
When Trump and McConnell forced a shutdown last December, they hurt the livelihoods of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors in Jennifer's district. She stood up for her constituents then, and she's doubling down today to make sure they don't have to endure another period without paychecks.
We finally ended the last shutdown because Trump and McConnell succumbed to public pressure. So we're building that pressure early this time.
Will you stand with Jennifer and tell Trump and McConnell to support a clean government funding bill and avoid another shutdown? We want to get 15,000 signatures to show that the public is on our side.
Thank you,
Team Wexton
Congress is back in session, and Jennifer is hard at work to improve the lives of her constituents.
But first, we need to make sure that Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and their extremist allies in Congress don't force us into another reckless and harmful government shutdown at the end of September.
We must reach an agreement by the end of the month to keep the government open. The American people want a clean funding bill, and we need to show Trump and McConnell that we won't tolerate any political games on their part this time.
When Trump and McConnell forced a shutdown last December, they hurt the livelihoods of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors in Jennifer's district. She stood up for her constituents then, and she's doubling down today to make sure they don't have to endure another period without paychecks.
We finally ended the last shutdown because Trump and McConnell succumbed to public pressure. So we're building that pressure early this time.
Will you stand with Jennifer and tell Trump and McConnell to support a clean government funding bill and avoid another shutdown? We want to get 15,000 signatures to show that the public is on our side.
Thank you,
Team Wexton
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