<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:03:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/partisanship/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Religion of Statetism]]></title><description><![CDATA[This video is divided into two parts. First, I want to invite, yet again, other content creators on Hive to join me in soft-selling Hive. The more of us, the merrier—the better. I see people putting in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120417/@meno/excyimfo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120417/@meno/excyimfo</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120417]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVbGNP5m946xeBVbUAM8T55ooGtKcJCmtNpLV4bZxSJfrjSTqKPKmh1kyLMjcab7SHA7afwrg6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to say nothing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm of the impression that if you follow politics long enough, you either learn how to do this yourself, or you dive in head first into cynicism. Feature, not a bug When I complain about this to someone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/learning-to-say-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/learning-to-say-nothing</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:20:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW71fZEy3zViYhyJSREp6HMaEiX7bF3T5jvxmbrr9SboEkkXqUP6GnrarFmtyoGYvJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Found Guilty]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wonder if anyone is actually surprised here, because I'm certainly not. Correction, I am surprised. I'm surprised some right wing voices are shocked and feel like a mistake has been made. Terrible defense]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/found-guilty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/found-guilty</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 02:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3Zp9B6wTMyRyRwcm8TGY7MDQYb1Pn677XN7RvEt6eJguJJ1z2QeHQxoWq5M5PnHe6VVAzgE4Qoud29nYfCWvXCdzFstGtwLuGP8uiWRvVxNMKJt8JRm2xHLYb5xA23BrdQsd6wf89KFYFgEuHaPzftCC4vV5kpxUdiLGNKfBiaML6N6fpcqsLv3QxZAEoXjFZLFTA77PQ91qKf9rSZKFGFSPpYiu47HnetruHVzbtSJWbf27gXT88?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partisan clashes make no sense at all. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the outside looking in, clashes between Democrats and Republicans make no sense. I happen to currently be a registered Democrat. That's not because I like Biden or AOC, really, I oppose both of them.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secularism/@mingus/partisan-clashes-make-no-sense-at-all</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secularism/@mingus/partisan-clashes-make-no-sense-at-all</guid><category><![CDATA[secularism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:33:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpuBhkfFnSPAPrps1koZdR4kWgDdD543QrJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partisanship seeping into the armed forces?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a very important issue. There may be no graver danger to any country than a politicised military. The commitedly apolitical character of the U.S. military is its finest characteristic. But that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@honeybee/partisanship-seeping-into-the-armed-forces</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@honeybee/partisanship-seeping-into-the-armed-forces</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPe1Avvo9y2iaMGtrhQhqvyHdJpZAHkLvjVbB268aV9G6Kjyd4bhqMGE1i6qMzgDD5CeYjBm3zv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Not Left. Not Right. Forward.”]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are in a dangerous time in our society when compassion, love, and understanding is replaced with hatred and fear toward our fellow men and women. In my previous article I talked about Andrew Yang, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/yanggang/@shrewdmagnolia/re-not-left-not-right-forward-steemitapp-ios</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/yanggang/@shrewdmagnolia/re-not-left-not-right-forward-steemitapp-ios</guid><category><![CDATA[yanggang]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shrewdmagnolia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 4th of July Trumpiness.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The inveterate Trumpiness of Trump, by which I mean his apparent inability to ever do the decent thing out of actual decency, can lead his critics to overstate the awfulness of anything he happens to do.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@honeybee/the-4th-of-july-trumpiness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@honeybee/the-4th-of-july-trumpiness</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:47:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQXMGYCvvgUALkj1P6jqot8PHBssbvYNvezp9UaSRaVGEM39wfVpvryVer7phfib3YTTh8YazDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives and Partisan Religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The partisan mind has a tendency to politicize institutions in our society. The radical left uses our public school system as a weapons. The reaction right seeks to "weaponize" our churches.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservative/@yintercept/conservatives-and-partisan-religion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservative/@yintercept/conservatives-and-partisan-religion</guid><category><![CDATA[conservative]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yintercept]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:12:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WQ1WwkQeChQCq9wU5VbKF6ogen5gvd7kQnxfuN1fy4peMWKDQvaxUPYk6gf9g1RbTmXmcR8AAupWAxYUuJ3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pros & Cons of Having a Two Party System in Government]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the two parties we have are certainly very similar (although that's changing thx to Trump), the ability of someone to be elected with 20% of the vote is concerning. #Republican #Democrat #Conservative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/republican/@real2offendisok/zs04d9w6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/republican/@real2offendisok/zs04d9w6</guid><category><![CDATA[republican]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[real2offendisok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMAEnmQjrw7y5FoLC6RbyXrEFaU5kMwXcgJVR5149sixtuDBuVz51z8Bs1kAra?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#newspeakliberal Nonsense of the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[blind partisanship is killing this country]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberal/@pgveer/9wgdk-newspeakliberal-nonsense-of-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberal/@pgveer/9wgdk-newspeakliberal-nonsense-of-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pgveer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:27:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VY44xrG6xqr4heST6YLVpc2PwJxuvkJwB96ZsMWvKRoCGnhrsLKrw9giGFMbSWAPoeKtTN89aGCAnA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partisanship and allegiance.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just so we're clear, if an anonymous source in the Obama Administration had leaked the existence of his unconscionable mass-surveillance regime, the Democrats would have called for blood and the person]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@honeybee/partisanship-and-allegiance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@honeybee/partisanship-and-allegiance</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HmByiEV7yjYVYAiSpiFSmGH9SkbXq2jTxAwb32JMScJzte9MfCUk8UXhiB2H4wt3hbxZ7b53TntUKP66D3AEd3ga3Fb8zRug?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walk Away from Partisanship]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been watching videos from the #WalkAway movement. A common thread in the videos is a growing distaste for partisanship. The Democratic Party works hard to present an image of inclusiveness. I imagine]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/walkaway/@yintercept/walk-away-from-partisanship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/walkaway/@yintercept/walk-away-from-partisanship</guid><category><![CDATA[walkaway]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yintercept]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2018 01:46:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9GuH41ALQKsHUAxuyXeBfye8YhuNPa6FHMKNu6fEt4agoeWmJV5Ji6sqdugBQFFJzYhsCmqmrT6vJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative Nonsense of the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Every day or so, I will share with you the worst of what right-wing statists, i.e. conservatives, say    Blind partisanship is killing this country]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@pgveer/59ymkp-conservative-nonsense-of-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@pgveer/59ymkp-conservative-nonsense-of-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[partisanship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pgveer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 22:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/iRU2mQbZhT4WCszLoNzqPYvGr7dKAdFdCuM6TqhZkhw2tkbSB6uMGwxTauCdy8S3Xp72RLbiNEZUDNenfbXVSzHsoHWQqKnTiqnjzCuZVrqD73WcnNxBVz86uzHwnNNBGR2pfX5MHfhwJgs8YD9kbnSoJ4Tu2kM4kusJTPAcuiSf4eABD7WKnzcn99s8FXk2qJ5SXdkoMGq3awT4m4MTkx3S4aEno74BGhfR5MNLDasiovqnHg37syxL7gDMeczzj6VrPqcvSceZ5WPhM4RRWX23ithhzaBscQYtT5ZvYr9DZShqjSNX1AuMmy345v3h6sWiyDUZXkAJWcRo4uHzKGBYPP66QtRHbLSu3R2eGLoMzFA3k73abhnJFwyEtxe3qRpHSBYFE3Lvwp18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#newspeakliberal Nonsense of the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Every day or so, I will share with you the worst of what left-wing statists, i.e. #newspeakliberal, say    #whatpubliceducationdoestothebrain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@pgveer/4jjfxa-newspeakliberal-nonsense-of-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@pgveer/4jjfxa-newspeakliberal-nonsense-of-the-day</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pgveer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 19:44:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/24QmLBi2hi5tBP4fVXq3zp9EMAFik5G7ykZSfJJBbZDxmEiuEc5PzGmrg84GshoGEiqkBXXdxTwN7L9ma9BE9g74bDGUL4C16QcqJkFAUC1UmsqvPCPGQbgi3iK9uWW8x6UzNSTi7jnwsH2vMPy9SNDryFqBzRjEF3EusYjxUDS3KQYXqrGN1mQaSfeXwNsmRz42dxQe6wst2Z8vRuUPuiqkcPcaPJYvfZPbUqq12tZ7CLWxZsRXEhr9WVe9URxua3AUPhVuvcZD2fHuHMmfEYa7hBYE6NraLwGNuAJT3K5c8TWNuxt3EhMvgnRahCE2YJaJN6Q9v7LN1Nkguyu4Chw25qyPZsc1cnysHcAAxvBVMagQAnHpwdvLLhf9SUbQ79GKYeepRqQG4eiwHJxdv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[About Me Podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just uploaded my second podcast. It is the dreaded about me page. The actual content of the program will start with the next episode. I studied mathematics in college and wrote programs to analyze insurance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/utah/@yintercept/about-me-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/utah/@yintercept/about-me-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[utah]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yintercept]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 21:37:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flipside Sins]]></title><description><![CDATA[A partisan is a person who puts allegiance to a political faction above principle, prudence, and perception. It is a form of tribalism, but translated to the activist realm. Parties are inevitable in a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@wirkman/flipside-sins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@wirkman/flipside-sins</guid><category><![CDATA[partisanship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wirkman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNnnjFiqMmyKJEJnC8Dif4RZh8zMtgvazu8yTFkbuGnAPVzZtNFL3ekCobv4xobjbXvjkwf9Ee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE CURSE OF BIPARTISANSHIP]]></title><description><![CDATA[JANUARY 12, 2018 **THE CURSE OF BIPARTISANSHIP ** American elites already get along pretty harmoniously. And that’s the problem. by LUKE SAVAGE Excerpt: Let us try a thought experiment. Let’s suppose that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@nanabaakan/the-curse-of-bipartisanship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@nanabaakan/the-curse-of-bipartisanship</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nanabaakan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 03:01:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwtd9W3ysmfXNpK9t7s2NqiLBpWaVGheqep98xZZbKbngSQyv1AHq2mMeHEzRATVGccuvy8NdbW48PFSh5QJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump and Macron's Message to the Senate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States Senate, the "world's greatest deliberative body", if they say so themselves, is having serious issues getting anything done, which is the absolute norm when neither party has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@rmosutton/trump-and-macron-s-message-to-the-senate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@rmosutton/trump-and-macron-s-message-to-the-senate</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rmosutton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do we all get along?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me preface this by stating I don't know the answer. I only have ideas that may or may not work in practise. I unfortunately don't have a magical cure for the world's problems. But I think this line]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@johnyliltoe/how-do-we-all-get-along</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partisanship/@johnyliltoe/how-do-we-all-get-along</guid><category><![CDATA[partisanship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnyliltoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:03:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I have decided to return to Steemit after nearly 10 months]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I feel my I have to outline my return to Steemit. And if you're wondering "who the hell is this guy", don't worry, it doesn't matter. Actually I'm not returning to Steemit because of the hardfork,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@brandonh/why-i-have-decided-to-return-to-steemit-after-nearly-10-months</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@brandonh/why-i-have-decided-to-return-to-steemit-after-nearly-10-months</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brandonh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 04:59:30 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>