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Civility in Crisis: Running for Office Shouldn’t Require a Flak Jacket
Smerconish on CNN
Aug 9, 2025

CNN’s Michael Smerconish says, Democracy should not be a contact sport and public service shouldn’t require kevlar.  If we want good people to step forward, we have to make sure they can serve without fearing for their lives.

Plus,  the rise in Political Violence with Robert Pape Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago,  Trump ups redistricting war with call for new census with David Wasserman, Senior Editor and Elections Analyst for the Cook Political Report. 

And Operation Trojan Horse and Trump urging SCOTUS to allow ICE Patrols in California with Gregory Bovino Chief Border Patrol Agent.