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When was the Second Amendment last used to fight against the US government to protect people's freedom?
I was not born in the USA, and I am trying to understand the Second Amendment. My big question is:
When was the last time US citizens made use of the Second Amendment and fought against the US government to protect their freedom?
I expect a date,…
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In the US why is nationalism equated with racism?
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There are various definitions for what constitutes a nation, however, which leads to several different strands of nationalism. It can be a belief that citizenship in a state should be limited to one ethnic, cultural, religious, or…
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Why would Madrid be so insistent on preventing the Catalonian independence referendum?
On the day of the Catalonian independence referendum, there were plenty of reports about Madrid's efforts to prevent the referendum from taking place, including large number of police shooting rubber bullets at voters and blocking entry to polling…
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Why does Donald Trump wield influence over Republican Congressmen & Senators?
Given that Donald Trump lost the recent Presidential election, why is it that congressmen continue to visit Mar-A-Lago? In what way is Donald Trump a power broker? What is it that congressmen seek from Donald Trump?
I realize that this is a forum…
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Is it true that "Trump did not have a serious opportunity to offer his side of the story" in the House impeachment proceedings?
I was just reading the editorial Trump Should Be Removed from Office in Christianity Today, and I was struck by this quote (emphasis mine):
Let’s grant this to the president: The Democrats have had it out for him from day one, and therefore nearly…
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What are the arguments in favour of Brexit?
As a fairly typical UK citizen, with a partner, children, job, mortgage, etc., what benefits can I expect to experience over the next five years as a result of the UK leaving the EU?
I'm aware of several definite down sides (e.g. losing the right to…
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Why does the Green New Deal push for green energy but not for nuclear energy?
It seems strange to me that that the new green deal wants clean and renewable power from solar and wind energy yet oppose nuclear energy. I have been googling experts’ consensus on nuclear energy and even tried to google experts against nuclear…
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Why don't poor people vote in the United States?
According to this article wealthy Americans' vote turnout is significantly higher than that of lower income ones:
Socio-economic status: Wealthy Americans vote at much higher rates
than those of lower socio-economic status. During the 2008
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Do poor people, people of color, and elderly have difficulty in obtaining ID in the US?
As mentioned here and here a commonly listed argument regarding voter ID's is the decreased ownership and/or difficulty in obtaining among the poor, people of color, and elderly.
A similar question has gone without an accepted answer, with the more…
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Why did the population of Bhutan drop by 70% between 2007 and 2008?
I was looking at a list of countries and their population on Polish Wikipedia. (It provides data for multiple years which I couldn't find in English.)
I noticed one quirk: between 2007 and 2008, the population of Bhutan dropped from 2,327,849 to…
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What challenges remain for online voting?
In 2011, nearly a quarter (24.3%) of participating voters in Estonia cast their ballot by remote electronic voting (that is, on their computer/phone/tablet via the Internet). Several larger countries, including the United Kingdom (63M), France…
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What specifically did Michael Flynn do wrong?
These are the three things which I understand about the situation:
He potentially discussed sanctions with a Russian ambassador
He misrepresented or lied about his conversations with the Russian ambassador
He was vulnerable to blackmail
This…
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What makes "Voter ID laws" so controversial in the US?
As a European, I am always baffled by the concept that requiring an ID to vote is so controversial in the US, for me is one of the most "natural" things.
I hear that it is because obtaining an ID in the US in no simple matter, is it true?
What are…
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What are Trump's incentives for withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement?
Donald Trump has been a pretty strong advocate for repealing and undoing rules & regulations aiming to cut climate change, however recently the New York Times and Axios have reported that Trump is planning to pull out from the Paris agreement (which…
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Is the proposal to create a US Space Force being taken seriously?
It seems like there have been a number of unusual ideas in recent American politics. And that's saying something because, as a foreigner looking in, it's never seemed normal.
Is Space Force being taken seriously?
I just don't understand why it's…
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