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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:47 PM Monday

Opinion - Move over, MAGA -- it's time to take America back

Sixty years ago, after several women were attacked while walking alone after dark, Americans launched the "Take Back the Night" movement, drawing attention to the fact that rapists and thieves had stolen women's right to feel safe in the simple act of walking home.  

Today, we need a broader "Take Back America" movement because thieves have stolen our ideals, standards, symbols and words.

The far right cloaked itself in the American flag and made it a symbol of hatred, intolerance, racism and insurrection. We need to take it back.

Seditionists and militant groups also rewrote the very concept of patriotism, despite trying to overthrow the Constitution and wanting America to become a far different country than the one described in the Declaration of Independence. We need to take back the title of "patriot."

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/opinion-move-over-maga-time-120000676.html

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