It was sobering to write this novel and have so many themes in the storyline pop up in the national news during the writing of the manuscript. Some storyline touch points were indirect, others were spot on. Most themes were already typed up, and then a news story would appear that mirrored the theme in part or in whole. It was uncanny and unnerving at the same time. Some of the articles below came out before I typed the first words, but the theme was already in my mind to include them. It was only as an afterthought that I provided the below list for the reader to explore. The list below is by no means exhaustive. There are new stories almost every week that in small or large ways touch upon themes in the novel.
There are two sets of links. The first set, just below, is after the publication of the novel. The second set starts after the long row of hash marks and are listed not only here, but also in the back of the novel. eBook readers get the added convenience of being able to click the link.
Post novel publication stories relevant to the plot line...
11/06/2024 7 Illinois counties vote to explore seceding from state.
09/27/2024 Leftist author Fran Lebowitz calls for "King Biden" to summarily "dismiss" the U.S. Supreme court.
09/25/2024 VP nominee Tim Walz Education Appointee Calls for the Overthrow of the U.S.
09/23/2024 "Is it time to torch the Constitution" The New Yorker.
09/23/2024 Kamala's use of the phrase: "What can be unburdened by what has been." Is right out of Karl Marx books. Check out this video!
08/27/2024 Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson urged people to "reimagine" freedom and democracy beyond the Founders' "little piece of paper" at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week. Essentially calling the Constitution 'obsolete' and a "little piece of paper."
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04/11/2024 Seattle dance squad says they were told American flag shirts made audience members feel ‘triggered and unsafe’
04/08/2024 ‘Death to America’ chants in Dearborn echo across social media, draw local condemnation.
03/13/2024 College Park, Maryland DEI Officer Kayla Aliese Carter “Already planning (BEEN PLANNING) for how we will eat and live and grow after we burn it all down.”
03/10/2024 Pentagon Developing Combat AI Drone Aircraft.
03/04/2024 Former MSNBC on-air personality Keith Obermann calls to dissolve the United State Supreme Court.
02/07/2024 ‘Woke Kindergarten’ founder Aliea ‘Ki’ Gross calls for the destruction of the United States and Israel.
01/11/2024 Texas Governor Abbot wields ‘Commander in Chief’ pen in ordering Texas National Guard to secure the border at Eagle Pass, TX.
01/08/2024 National Park Service to remove William Penn statue, (Founder of Pennsylvania), from Philadelphia Park.
(After a huge outcry, they rescinded the order.)
12/15/2023 Minnesota edges closer to picking new state flag to replace design offensive to Native Americans.
(Another news organization showed some of the early submitted entries included the hammer and sickle.) Thankfully the final redesign has been narrowed down and does NOT include the Hammer and Sickle.
11/15/2023 Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than ever.
10/20/2023 University of Virginia Center for Politics poll shows alarming findings mentioning surrendering certain Constitutional rights, support for secession, and violence.
10/11/2023 US House of Representative Shri Thanedar (D-Michigan) renounced his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America over the DSA support for the International Terrorist Organization Hamas.
10/06/2023 Hillary Clinton’s Cult ‘Deprogramming’ Comments Spark MAGA Outrage
08/07/2023 American Library Association Leader Surprised by Pushback after Publicly Identifying as ‘Marxist.’
06/19/2023 Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick Says, ‘Black Liberation Isn’t Possible Under Capitalism.’
05/22/2023 Colorado teachers’ union adopts anti-capitalist polemic.
02/15/2023 Idaho State House passes nonbinding measure calling for formal ‘Greater Idaho’ talks.
11/14/2022 Movement to create a new state in southern Illinois gaining momentum.
11/07/2022 The American Flag: A Symbol for Some or All?
08/19/2022 Law Professors Dr. Ryan D. Doerfler of Harvard Law School and Dr. Samuel Moyn of Yale Law School, in a “Guest Essay” in the New York Times write that “The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed.”
07/07/2022 Creating a Socialist Vision for Public Libraries: A Conversation with Emily Drabinski. (Authors note: Emily was elected in 2023 as the President of the American Library Association. Their policies and advocacy reach Public Library’s in every state in the Union.
06/20/2022 Student activists seek to remove Lincoln statue at University Wisconsin – Madison.
07/21/2021 KGW8 Portland (NBC News Affiliate) Protesters tore down 3 statues of US presidents in Portland last year. What happened to them? (Washington, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt)
01/19/2021 Most Americans don’t know what’s in the Constitution: “A crisis of Civic education”
07/03/2020 The LANDBACK Organization fights to permanently close Mt. Rushmore and have the entire Black Hills region returned to the Lakota Sioux.
06/26/2020 Black leader wants Abraham Lincoln statue at UW-Madison removed.
06/19/2020 Protesters tore down a George Washington statue and set a fire on its head.
There are two sets of links. The first set, just below, is after the publication of the novel. The second set starts after the long row of hash marks and are listed not only here, but also in the back of the novel. eBook readers get the added convenience of being able to click the link.
Post novel publication stories relevant to the plot line...
11/06/2024 7 Illinois counties vote to explore seceding from state.
09/27/2024 Leftist author Fran Lebowitz calls for "King Biden" to summarily "dismiss" the U.S. Supreme court.
09/25/2024 VP nominee Tim Walz Education Appointee Calls for the Overthrow of the U.S.
09/23/2024 "Is it time to torch the Constitution" The New Yorker.
09/23/2024 Kamala's use of the phrase: "What can be unburdened by what has been." Is right out of Karl Marx books. Check out this video!
08/27/2024 Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson urged people to "reimagine" freedom and democracy beyond the Founders' "little piece of paper" at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week. Essentially calling the Constitution 'obsolete' and a "little piece of paper."
### Links in the back of the novel ###
04/11/2024 Seattle dance squad says they were told American flag shirts made audience members feel ‘triggered and unsafe’
04/08/2024 ‘Death to America’ chants in Dearborn echo across social media, draw local condemnation.
03/13/2024 College Park, Maryland DEI Officer Kayla Aliese Carter “Already planning (BEEN PLANNING) for how we will eat and live and grow after we burn it all down.”
03/10/2024 Pentagon Developing Combat AI Drone Aircraft.
03/04/2024 Former MSNBC on-air personality Keith Obermann calls to dissolve the United State Supreme Court.
02/07/2024 ‘Woke Kindergarten’ founder Aliea ‘Ki’ Gross calls for the destruction of the United States and Israel.
01/11/2024 Texas Governor Abbot wields ‘Commander in Chief’ pen in ordering Texas National Guard to secure the border at Eagle Pass, TX.
01/08/2024 National Park Service to remove William Penn statue, (Founder of Pennsylvania), from Philadelphia Park.
(After a huge outcry, they rescinded the order.)
12/15/2023 Minnesota edges closer to picking new state flag to replace design offensive to Native Americans.
(Another news organization showed some of the early submitted entries included the hammer and sickle.) Thankfully the final redesign has been narrowed down and does NOT include the Hammer and Sickle.
11/15/2023 Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than ever.
10/20/2023 University of Virginia Center for Politics poll shows alarming findings mentioning surrendering certain Constitutional rights, support for secession, and violence.
10/11/2023 US House of Representative Shri Thanedar (D-Michigan) renounced his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America over the DSA support for the International Terrorist Organization Hamas.
10/06/2023 Hillary Clinton’s Cult ‘Deprogramming’ Comments Spark MAGA Outrage
08/07/2023 American Library Association Leader Surprised by Pushback after Publicly Identifying as ‘Marxist.’
06/19/2023 Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick Says, ‘Black Liberation Isn’t Possible Under Capitalism.’
05/22/2023 Colorado teachers’ union adopts anti-capitalist polemic.
02/15/2023 Idaho State House passes nonbinding measure calling for formal ‘Greater Idaho’ talks.
11/14/2022 Movement to create a new state in southern Illinois gaining momentum.
11/07/2022 The American Flag: A Symbol for Some or All?
08/19/2022 Law Professors Dr. Ryan D. Doerfler of Harvard Law School and Dr. Samuel Moyn of Yale Law School, in a “Guest Essay” in the New York Times write that “The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed.”
07/07/2022 Creating a Socialist Vision for Public Libraries: A Conversation with Emily Drabinski. (Authors note: Emily was elected in 2023 as the President of the American Library Association. Their policies and advocacy reach Public Library’s in every state in the Union.
06/20/2022 Student activists seek to remove Lincoln statue at University Wisconsin – Madison.
07/21/2021 KGW8 Portland (NBC News Affiliate) Protesters tore down 3 statues of US presidents in Portland last year. What happened to them? (Washington, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt)
01/19/2021 Most Americans don’t know what’s in the Constitution: “A crisis of Civic education”
07/03/2020 The LANDBACK Organization fights to permanently close Mt. Rushmore and have the entire Black Hills region returned to the Lakota Sioux.
06/26/2020 Black leader wants Abraham Lincoln statue at UW-Madison removed.
06/19/2020 Protesters tore down a George Washington statue and set a fire on its head.
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