I am not sure How I feel about it this year. Monday's SCOTUS ruling was a gut punch. I tried to prepare for the worst, but it wasn't enough. Where I am at tho, is in a place of deep anger with the media and how they're treating our President.
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 07/04/2024 16:07:32 by Will_in_Ca)

Good Morning.

There's still an awful lot to process after yesterday. Strange to think of "Ask a Vet" as a distraction, but nonetheless - let's dive right in.
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 07/02/2024 15:57:56 by Will_in_Ca)

Picked up pieces from TriSec's mind, which I shamelessly steal from the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessey from time to time.
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 06/29/2024 19:44:25 by BobR)

The first presidential debate of this election year is happening tomorrow, so this will be my last blog before that happens. It's unusual to have the debate before either candidate is officially picked as their respective party's nominee. My understanding is that it's because so many states do early voting, and both have essentially clinched their party's nomination anyway.

Not that it will matter to the party faithful. What's up for grabs is those people who are referred to as "the undecideds", "the moderates", the "middle-of-the-roaders"... you know - those who "don't do politics". They will have to decide between the guy who the press keeps saying is too old, or the convicted criminal.
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 06/26/2024 16:07:33 by Will_in_Ca)

I remember exactly where I was. Sitting on my sister's couch, they made the announcement: We lost our right to bodily autonomy. I screamed a primal sound. My great-niece thought someone physically hurt me. too young to understand why, we calmed her down and reassured her that I was ok.
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5 comments (Latest Comment: 06/24/2024 20:46:48 by BobR)