The Week That W.A.S.

"We Are Speaking" Summary August 8 - 14, 2022

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Aug 14, 2022

Issue #109 What a busy week it W.A.S.! We even published THREE extra issues. AND…we’re at 94 subscribers! Yay! Let’s get to 100—just 6 more to go!

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Monday, August 8, 2022 OpEd by Pam

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Joe is the president we need right now.

Issue #102 OpEd (about 6.5 minutes reading time) This is my longest op-ed to date, but trust me, it’s worth a read! I know. I know. A lot of Dems are “mad” at Joe Biden, thinking that he has not/is not doing what they elected him to do. Many Dems are already calling for him to be a one-term president, essentially relegating him…

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022 American History by Pam

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The Difference Between an FBI Subpoena and an FBI Search Warrant

Issue #103 American History August 9, 2022 On Monday, August 8, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a part of the Department of Justice, executed a legal search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the residence of the former pr…

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Education by Pam

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The Legacy of Booker T. Washington

Issue #104 Education August 10, 2022 (approximately 4 minutes reading time) The end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the post-reconstruction era, saw several initiatives put in place to help the transition of formerly enslaved African-Americans. Two of the leaders of Black thought were Dr. W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington…

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Thursday, August 11, 2022 Government by Pam

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The Teapot Dome Scandal

Issue #105 American History August 11, 2022 (about 4 minutes reading time) Over the centuries, there have been many presidential scandals. Every single one of the 46 presidents has had a scandal of one kind or size or another in their executive branch. Republican Ronald Reagan’s presidency was marked by numerous scandals…

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Thursday, August 11, 2022 Special Government Issue by Pam

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Attorney General Merrick Garland Requests the Release of the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant and Inventory Receipts

Thursday, August 11, 2022, 3:30 pm ET The FBI did not publicize the search warrant activity, #TFG did. He and his attorneys have copies of both the warrant and the inventory receipt document, but #TFG did not release those documents. Why not? All of the screaming and yelling and rending of garments and threats to the Justice Department, the magistrate who…

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Friday, August 12, 2022 Fun Friday by Pam

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Eleven Interesting Facts about the Secret Service

Issue #106 Fun Friday, August 12, 2022 (about 2.5. minutes reading time) With the recent growing Secret Service scandal surrounding missing text messages from around the time of the January 6, 2021, insurrection, today is a good day to learn some interesting facts about that government agency…

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Saturday, August 13, 2022 Special Saturday Issue by Pam and Keith

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A BIG "Thank You!" to our Founders!

Special Issue #107 August 13, 2022 As of today, 5.5 months after we started “We Are Speaking,” we are at 93 total subscribers: 73 Free Subscribers 2 Monthly or Annual Subscribers 18 FOUNDING SUBSCRIBERS! Although we haven’t quite reached our 1st goal of 100 subscribers, we’re getting close…

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Saturday, August 13, 2022 Podcast Episode #18 by Keith and Pam

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First, the Good News. Then, the Good News.

Listen now (28 min) | Episode #18 August 13, 2022 In this 30-minute episode, Keith and Pam discuss 1) the good news about everything that President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress have achieved in about 18 months, but especially in the last few weeks, and 2) the good news about all of the bad news Trump received this week…

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Sunday, August 14, 2022 Special Sunday Issue by Pam

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The Anniversary of the Social Security Act

Special Sunday Issue #108 Government August 14, 2022 The hallmark of the modern Democratic Party is that we care about and want to make things better for all Americans. That means that we care about bills and policies that may not affect us directly now or in the future, but do benefit others…

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"We Are Speaking" Summary August 8 - 14, 2022

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