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82 Years!
It's been 82 years since the USA and its allies stormed the shores of Normandy and started pushing the Nazis out of France. Reed Galen, writing on his substack (Home Front) produced a pretty good article, 2 years ago, about the 80th anniversary of D-Day. He republished it a few weeks ago, on the 82 anniversary of D-Day. Now, Reed Galen is a moderate conservative, and helped start the Lincoln Project. He opposes Trump and those who support Trump. I can't say I always agree with his takes on things but the article about D-Day was really good. Here's what he says at the beginning:

I originally posted this two years ago when the world was in a different place and it looked as if the forces of good might prevail. They did not, and now we owe it to ourselves, those of the Greatest Generation, to look back, learn their lessons, absorb their wisdom, and plot our own path through the darkness.

A bit later he writes:

As we face a battle of our own time, we must remember we’re not being asked to step off a landing craft or jump from a rickety airplane into the unknown. Our tasks are safer to be sure, and even mundane, but important nonetheless. As the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings wash over us, take hold of the spirit of those that came before us, that gave their last full measure of devotion, understood their tasks and faced their fears to do their duty.

We freedom-loving, democracy-defending Americans, we the lucky and the free, owe them nothing less.

Good morning everyone.
At the farm since last Thursday. Had to meet the tree guy early morn to begin felling big cedar trees, two live ones beginning to die, and two dead ones.
They got bucked and sliced into firewood sized rounds and chipped all the branches into a pile of chips as long and as tall as my little Mazda truck.

Yes, and Yes and Yes, Molly.

It's been months since I posted any of the dozens of bot-mails from various member-leaders of The Grand Old Party. They were amusing and modestly informative about where the Republicans want to go. Most of all, the messages have been risible.

The latest is nice and goofy:

We reviewed your response — and it raised a few eyebrows.
NRSC HQ
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Friend,