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A. Democrats.com is a community built on mutual respect. If a member creates too many threads promoting their own ideas and activities, without showing interest in the ideas and activities of others, our Moderators will use their discretion to remove thread posting privileges.

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Q. How can I embed an HTML link in my post?

A. It's just simple HTML - click here for a longer explanation of the "anchor tag"

• Here is some plain text.
• <a href=http://democrats.com>Here is the plain text inside a link to Democrats.com</a>