Today is the day to celebrate peace and wonderful memories... One-hundred-four years ago today, November 11th, 1919 at 11 am, an armistice was declared to end World War I, known then as "The Great War."

An armistice is a peace agreement, and Armistice Day was, for decades, celebrated here as the day when "the war to end all wars" was over and peace would, humanity hoped, reign worldwide.

A national holiday in France, it's still celebrated that way, as Armistice Day, as well as in Canada and across Europe, although we've renamed the holiday twice here in the US and some countries call it Remembrance Day.

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-Thom & Louise

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "List of poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar".

Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (2022) (abortion).

Article: "Democrat Mark Kelly leads Arizona Senate race as battle for the majority drags on" by Emily Goodin.

Article: "Cortez Masto draws closer to Laxalt in Nevada Senate race" by Natalie Prieb.

Article: "Democrat Jacky Rosen beats endangered Republican Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada" by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "In Key Nevada Senate Race, Mail-In Ballot Trends Seen Favoring Democrat" by Siobhan Hughes.

Book: Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It by Chloe Maxmin, Canyon Woodward.

Article: "Brian Schweitzer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pence backs GOP's Kemp as Democrat Abrams hits on Medicaid" by Jeff Amy, Bill Barrow.

Article: "Rick Wilson calls out Mike Pence for 'blaming the Lincoln Project for Jan. 6'" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Trump warned Pence before Jan. 6: 'People are gonna think you're stupid'" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "We need to plan now in case Trump loses in November — but refuses to leave the White House" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: ""Smoking Doesn't Kill" And Other Great Old Op-Eds From Mike Pence" by Andrew Kaczynski.

Article: "Hyperbole" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ted Koppel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "One million Americans have died of COVID-19" by USAFacts.

Quote: "The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Rep. Boebert is locked in an unexpectedly close race. Some constituents say they're tired of a 'mini Trump.'" by Deon J. Hampton.

Article: "Rep. Paul Gosar, unopposed on ballot, reelected in Arizona's 9th Congressional District" by Alison Steinbach and Daniel Gonzalez.

Article: "Paul Gosar's Family Tears Into Him in Op-Ed—'Have You No Sense of Decency?'" by Anders Anglesey.

Article: "How the Georgia Senate runoff will work " by Paul LeBlanc.

Article: "Reps. Pocan, Lee Issue Statement on House Vote to Reduce Defense Budget" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "US Navy launches $13bn aircraft carrier Trump complained ‘just doesn't look right'" by Gustaf Kilander.

Article: "Mikhail Gorbachev" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oregon Tolling: ODOT's primary goal is improved travel on I-5 and I-205" by ODOT.

Video: The Climate Emergency: Trains-An Effective Response.

Article: "Trump goes ‘full Trump' on NewsCorp, Fox News, NY Post for being ‘all in' for Ron DeSantis" by Tom Tillison.

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Article: "America is an oligarchy, not a democracy or republic, university study finds" by Cheryl K. Chumley.

Article: "Nord Stream blast 'blew away 50 metres of pipe'" by Merlyn Thomas.

Article: "Veterans Day" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Veteran Homelessness Fact Sheet" by VA.

Video: Full Panel: Former President Trump's 2024 planning ‘distracts' Republicans from campaigning.

Article: "Nixon's Southern strategy" by James Boyd.

Article: "How Republicans' racist attack ads wiped out Democrat's lead in Wisconsin" by Chris McGreal.

Article: "Sen. Johnson suggests ending Medicare, Social Security as mandatory spending programs" by Amy B Wang.

Site: Democracy Nerd Podcast.

Video: Do The Poor Get Voting Rights? Featuring Rev. William Barber.

Article: "U.S. stops taking student debt forgiveness applications after ruling" by Nate Raymond.

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