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A little over two weeks ago, I woke up with a deep feeling of exhaustion, and not the type of exhaustion that would disappear with a few good nights of sleep. In fact, I had actually experienced a good night of sleep when I woke up. While I felt perky, as I went through the ...

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For a year-and-a-half, we have watched ICE come into communities to terrorize and kill people in upholding what increasingly feels less like immigration policy and more like ethnic cleansing. All to satisfy Stephen Miller’s twisted blueprint for a white nation. Each time they come into a community and take a life, our feeds are filled ...

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You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run – The Gambler One of the earliest country songs that I ever recall liking was “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers; in some ways, the lyrics struck me as a cautionary tale on ...

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One thing that the current primary season seems to be revealing is that far too many of us are not recognizing that the United States of today is not remotely the country of 18 months ago. Despite the reports that the United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism, far too many of us seem not ...

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After the national revelation over the weekend that U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner early in his marriage was texting with other women—and that the texts were sexual in nature and the resulting pearl-clutching around that—I have become thoroughly convinced that the Civil Rights movement and other movements would never have happened if they had occurred ...

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The post Senate races and magic thinking appeared first on Shay Stewart-Bouley.

      

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• Self-care during the chaos: Selfish or life affirming?
• A messy man for Senate and silencing of scientists: Thoughts on The New York Times and our general times
• Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My final thoughts