There's so much happening in politics right now. So red wine and blue is here to ask,

okay, but why?

We are in the process of the Second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.

I actually do believe we're in the middle of an American Revolution, but it's not his.

It's ours.

It's like that original American Revolution where people said,

hey, we don't think we should have kings.

We think that people should be treated equally before the law,

even though at the time they only meant white men,

that idea that we should all be treated equally before the law

and have a right to a say in our government, that idea that we should all be treated equally before the law and have a right to a say

in our government, that's revolutionary.

This week is the 4th of July, which means we're celebrating American independence.

But what exactly is it that we're celebrating?

What's so special about American democracy, and how does it work?

Let's start by going back to the beginning.

By the time Europeans landed in North America, this land had been home to indigenous people

for at least 12,000 years.

Tribes like the Lakota and the Cherokee had thriving and often very complex cities.

And historians estimate that there were somewhere between 1 and 12 million people living here

by the time Spanish ships arrived in the late 15th century.

It took until the 1600s for the British to establish their first colony in Virginia.

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