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Judith Henry's avatar

You really give us an amazingly deep dive into the nightmare! Thank you for your wonderful writing

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Carol Pladsen-Bloom's avatar

Love the punch of this, "another shiny headline to keep us staring at the circus instead of the ledger".

I uncreatively say to myself or out loud, "Stop reporting what he says, report what he does and what happens."

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Sharon Clark's avatar

Enjoy your time away from the “deafening crowd” … may you find some peaceful easy feelings to carry you through 🙏😊

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Vi Mooberry's avatar

Safe travels, Mary. The dust has settled from the wrecking crew, but the despot is still at large and creating mayhem. But, even in this darkness, the words of writers such as you, shed light and help us to go on and find our way out of this madness. Drive safely!

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Ellie Hampton's avatar

Love your take on TACO's activities. I hope your finger heals quickly!

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Kelly's avatar

We are still America but unfortunately not the United States.

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J. Lombardi's avatar

Thank you for the broad look that somehow makes sense of the trump induced chaos…interesting that he & miller think we will be unable to respond by their induced confusion. Again, thank you for clearing paths through the welter. Now I am going to buy a box of orange whistles. Safe travels with NO travails.

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Sarah Quinn's avatar

Excellent writing as always. Good to hear of some pushback from real patriots. Good luck with the finger surgery Mary. Let Marz do the typing for a few days 😂

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Tom Dailey's avatar

I read your commentary for lines like this, "nothing says “stable genius” like getting personally offended by a Republican ghost". You are a bon mot factory, Mary. Thanks for the bite.

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Lionel Beck's avatar

The only way to "Make American Great Again" is to have a different President. By the way, that slogan implies that America wasn't "Great" before the Orange Turd came along; it was only his arrival on the scene that took away the 'greatness'.

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Patricia Davis's avatar

We are road tripping with Mary and Marz! ‘The Loops’ are waited on , checking my email at various points amidst the winter prep , not to miss another of Mary’s ‘GO’ rounds.

We are so blessed.

The intent was to fire up ire,chaos,theories..and as planned -long periods of programming and algorithms ..here we are. The misery misers of discontent followed the playbooks, and we got trumped. Irony is as the lowest card in the deck talks ..misnomers like Truth Social…clever cunning con scripts. The lesson ? It’s a deck of cards . We are together , like it or not. Perfection is a myth. Better for the mistakes? There is a lot of history proving 1) we make mistakes 2) we are better -can do more - if we continue to learn, admit our errors, and work together. 3) Baby and Bath Water. 4) One bad apple does rot the whole if not removed. Germany , Italy, oh the lessons are there…5) Poverty halved 6) Diseases eradicated…

We.Can.Do.This…get out the vote..off the couch..watch dog your local arenas , everyone started small.

Love your country🇺🇸

VOTE

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