Tropic Press: J.C. Bruce

Tropic Press: J.C. Bruce

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It is time for a new (nonviolent) American Revolution

Excerpted from a speech by David Silverberg at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples' 28th annual Progressive Voices Speak Out lecture series

Feb 07, 2026
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By David Silverberg

Paradise Progressive

In 1655, the French King Louis the Fourteenth reportedly said, “L’Etat, c’est moi” – “I am the state” (or literally, “the state is me.”).

This past January 8, President Donald Trump was asked in a New York Times interview if there were any limits to his global power and he replied, “Yeah, there is one thing: my own …

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