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A-Paul-ed

@a-paul-ed.bsky.social

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"People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people." Retired from Amtrak, now living in AZ (it's a dry crazy) Been interested in politics, since the 2000 fiasco. Democratic socialist/atheist. #FreePalestine

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 4h

Texas school district cancels “Little Shop of Horrors” after girl is cast as Seymour open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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Texas school district cancels “Little Shop of Horrors” after girl is cast as Seymour

South Grand Prairie ISD canceled the musical citing an anti-drag law that has already been struck down in court

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 4h

Trump Is Teaching America the Most Terrifying Lesson Every Dictator Knows open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

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Trump Is Teaching America the Most Terrifying Lesson Every Dictator Knows

You don't have to imprison a nation to control it. Destroy a handful of critics, make sure everyone sees it, and watch the rest fall silent…

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 4h

Iranian mine sinks ship in Hormuz; Trump pardons two at Alaska rally; Congo Ebola cases top 9,000 open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

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Iranian mine sinks ship in Hormuz; Trump pardons two at Alaska rally; Congo Ebola cases top 9,000

Drop Site Daily: October 14, 2026

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 4h

Read the Details From the ‘Unhinged’ Tantrum of Bari Weiss’s Pro-Israel Foreign Chief open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Read the Details From the ‘Unhinged’ Tantrum of Bari Weiss’s Pro-Israel Foreign Chief

CBS News foreign editor Shayndi Raice explained exactly why Netanyahu was removed from an Oct. 7 script. You also won’t believe what she said about the Palestinian death toll in Gaza.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 4h

‘Secretary of Cuck’: How Marco Rubio Learned to Love Waging Trump’s War on the World open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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‘Secretary of Cuck’: How Marco Rubio Learned to Love Waging Trump’s War on the World

Rubio was once a supposedly reasonable Republican, even the GOP’s ‘savior.’ Now he’s Donald Trump’s ‘Narco Rubio’ and overseeing a level of violence his staffers are terrified to question internally.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 4h

MAGA would vote for Charles Manson, if he had an (R) after his name. The GOP’s parade of horribles open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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The GOP’s parade of horribles

Gawdawful candidates are hurting the party’s hopes of holding the Senate.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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A bestselling Christian couple faces serious charges!

YouTube video by Friendly Atheist

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Is Gavin Newsom Repeating the Billionaire Mistake That's Tearing France Apart? open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

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Is Gavin Newsom Repeating the Billionaire Mistake That's Tearing France Apart?

France's unrest exposes the consequences of failing to tax the wealthy. California's billionaire-tax fight raises the same fundamental question about who should pay to make a nation succeed...

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Is This the ‘Defining Political Emotion of Our Time’? A Best-Selling Author Makes the Case open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Is This the ‘Defining Political Emotion of Our Time’? A Best-Selling Author Makes the Case

Acclaimed writer Anand Giridharadas talks to Mehdi about what the chokehold death of a man on an NYC subway car reveals about Americans’ collective political anxieties and deep partisan division.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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Where Did The Public Option Go?

Democrats have completely forgotten about a public health insurance option, choosing instead to deliver expensive subsidies to their industry donors.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

7 Things to Know About the New Insane White House Press Secretary open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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7 Things to Know About the New Insane White House Press Secretary

From lying about being a lawyer to promoting QAnon conspiracy theories, here’s what you need to know about Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

American ‘Psycho,’ Fascist Dork: Inside Stephen Miller’s War of Terror open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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American ‘Psycho,’ Fascist Dork: Inside Stephen Miller’s War of Terror

The world’s most powerful unelected bureaucrat is leading Trump’s wars on immigrants, civilians, the law, and human decency. It doesn’t matter that he’s made Trump historically unpopular.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization

Just kidding, they always love it when they’re holding the weapon.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

An assault-rifle manufacturer helped Collins land a job after a failed gubernatorial campaign. She later backed legislation shielding gunmakers from lawsuits. www.levernews.com/susan-collin...

Susan Collins’ Hard-Luck Story Has An Assault-Rifle Twist

An assault-rifle manufacturer helped Collins land a job after a failed gubernatorial campaign. She later backed legislation shielding gunmakers from lawsuits.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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The RFK Jr. Lament - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

YouTube video by Randy Rainbow

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Trump's $40 trillion debt could wipe out Social Security: experts www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The “pro-life” pastors who want America to watch a live-streamed execution open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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The “pro-life” pastors who want America to watch a live-streamed execution

Many of the evangelical pastors who denounce Pride flags in classrooms and Ms. Rachel are celebrating the possibility of a government-sponsored snuff film

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A Tennessee school board is putting Christian Nationalism ahead of students open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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A Tennessee school board is putting Christian Nationalism ahead of students

Hamilton County could divert education funding to lawyers after approving Ten Commandments displays in every school

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The fascist spectacle of streamed executions open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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The fascist spectacle of streamed executions

It’s a sign of a deeply sick society.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Why Was Ilhan Omar’s Home Raided Over ‘Illegal Immigration’ Claims, and Not Elon Musk’s? You Know the Answer open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Why Was Ilhan Omar’s Home Raided Over ‘Illegal Immigration’ Claims, and Not Elon Musk’s? You Know the Answer

In Donald Trump’s latest fascist outrage, ICE agents swarmed the Minnesota Democrat’s DC house, the whole thing reported by Fox. In Kansas, the president tried to stop a senator from self-destructing.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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MUST WATCH: Jewish Americans PANIC Hit After THEIR DNA Results As They Realize they're not jews

YouTube video by Convo SPACE

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in D.C. raided by federal agents

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Hidden History of American Healthcare: The Man Who Made Racism a Science, and Killed Healthcare for All open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

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The Hidden History of American Healthcare: The Man Who Made Racism a Science, and Killed Healthcare for All

Part one of the story of Frederick Hoffman, the Prudential statistician nobody remembers, from The Hidden History of American Healthcare...

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Americans Are Rejecting the Trump Economy – For Good Reason open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Americans Are Rejecting the Trump Economy – For Good Reason

By nearly every measure, he has made things worse.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Deepening Betrayal By Putin’s Servant open.substack.com/pub/america/...

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The Deepening Betrayal By Putin’s Servant

In his deal with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel, Donald Trump deepens the betrayal of Ukraine in its fight for survival

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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Same old playbook from Skid Mark at the Trump rally. #kidrock

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones

For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A city overtaken by Christians wanted invocations. It got “Hail Satan” instead. open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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A city overtaken by Christians wanted invocations. It got “Hail Satan” instead.

Battle Ground, WA’s Christian-backed invocation policy backfired when a member of The Satanic Temple claimed the first available slot

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Expert Pollster on the ‘Deeper’ Dynamic That Could Bring Down Trump and MAGA open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Expert Pollster on the ‘Deeper’ Dynamic That Could Bring Down Trump and MAGA

Can we trust the polls? Will there be a blue wave? And what bubbles underneath the surface that could reshape the midterm elections? Pollster Cornell Belcher joins John Harwood to break it all down.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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The Elon Musk Film You Need To See Before The Midterms

Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney reveals what he learned after years of researching and reporting on the world’s richest person.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Then he deserves the blame for unilaterally making prices skyrocket in the first place.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My boycott list just keeps growing. www.comicbasics.com/quentin-tara...

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Quentin Tarantino Calls Israel Home, Says He’d “Die as a Zionist”

Quentin Tarantino and his wife Daniella Pick are firmly settled in Israel, calling the country their permanent home. In a recent interview with Channel 12’s

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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One of the most powerful insurance campaigns ever made

YouTube video by YouLynq.me | Your Virtual Assistant

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

First Draft: Donald Trump Is Trying to Start a Race War to Win the Midterms open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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First Draft: Donald Trump Is Trying to Start a Race War to Win the Midterms

The president’s attacks on Abdul El-Sayed and Somali Americans are appalling and show the dangerous path he is on. A U.S. diplomat in Israel, meanwhile, was shown to be working in Israel’s interest.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump Is Building an Election Trap, and Millions of Americans May Not See It Until It's Too Late open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

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Trump Is Building an Election Trap, and Millions of Americans May Not See It Until It's Too Late

From missing mail to armed federal agents and sweeping voter investigations, the warning signs suggest a democracy being squeezed before Americans even reach the ballot box…

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Empires fall when idiots rule.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Ranking Celebrity Responses to the Gaza Genocide open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Ranking Celebrity Responses to the Gaza Genocide

Three years on, how have celebrities responded to Israel’s genocide in Gaza? It’s a weirdly mixed bag.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Child killed in Gaza every 71 min for 3 years; Pentagon to livestream firing squad; Human rights jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

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Child killed in Gaza every 71 min for 3 years; Pentagon to livestream firing squad; Human rights jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize

Drop Site Daily: October 9, 2026

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's a good bet that she won't be giving her Nobel to Trump. Judge Who Accused Israel of Genocide Given Nobel Peace Prize (Sorry Trump) open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Judge Who Accused Israel of Genocide Given Nobel Peace Prize (Sorry Trump)

The Nobel committee has infuriated Israel and rebuffed the U.S. president – just two of the many reasons Navi Pillay is an excellent choice. This is a win for international justice.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Public Sadism robertreich.substack.com/p/public-sad...

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Trump’s and Hegseth’s barbaric decision to live-stream an execution

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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MAMDANI on ICE shooting: "There is no explanation for these tactics"

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pro-Israel Democrats oppose the Michigan Democrat’s views, yes. But they also fear his election would make them politically irrelevant. www.levernews.com/what-would-a...

What Would An El-Sayed Win Mean For American Zionism?

Pro-Israel Democrats oppose the Michigan Democrat’s views, yes. But they also fear his election would make them politically irrelevant.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is This Failed Actor Nepo Baby Now the Biggest Media Mogul Ever? open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Is This Failed Actor Nepo-Baby Now the Biggest Media Mogul Ever?

Good evening, and welcome to this week’s ‘Ragebait.’

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

3 Years of Israel's Genocide in Gaza: By the Numbers open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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3 Years of Israel's Genocide in Gaza: By the Numbers

An empty ‘ceasefire,’ illegal land grabs, thousands of amputees, generational damage, and perpetual U.S. funding – Israel’s war on Palestinian life continues to unfold, three years later.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How Did October 7 Happen? Mehdi Asks a Former Israeli Intelligence Official open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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How Did October 7 Happen? Mehdi Asks a Former Israeli Intelligence Official

Mehdi asks Avi Melamed how thousands of Hamas fighters were able to invade and overwhelm a country with Israel’s level of surveillance and security, even despite multiple intelligence warnings.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Why Californians Want a Billionaire Tax (but May Not Get One) robertreich.substack.com/p/why-califo...

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Why Californians Want a Billionaire Tax (but May Not Get One)

The Lesson here?

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

First Draft: ICE Jailed a Rabbi For Protesting Israel. Now He Can’t Observe His Faith open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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First Draft: ICE Jailed a Rabbi For Protesting Israel. Now He Can’t Observe His Faith

Officers told an anti-Zionist Orthodox Jew they ‘don't care’ about his need to pray away from a prison toilet. Plus: Trump gets angry over two advisers leaving the country for a major payday.

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A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No wonder they don't like drag shows... Too much competition.

A-Paul-ed @a-paul-ed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A pastor in an interracial marriage says he won’t let his daughter marry a Black man open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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A pastor in an interracial marriage says he won’t let his daughter marry a Black man

Dale Partridge’s racist attack on interracial marriage comes with a glaring exception: his own