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This is... so much. I so appreciate your distillation of SO much that is going on, to make it comprehensible. But this moment, this week, is almost breathtaking in how consequential these votes will be for our country's future. My mind literally reels, and I appreciate that yours does not.

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Lisa, you expressed perfectly how I feel, too. This moment, and week, is breathtaking in how consequential these votes will be for our country's future. We'll learn if we have a chance to continue being a democracy. Practically holding my breath

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What she said....

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This may or may not apply to all of us. But I thought of what she said, but watching a different topic On CBS this day. Al Gore re climate change and how people are disillusioned. Paraphrase: People tend to go from awareness to despair without stopping at action. Could apply to so much.

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You're so right about the "awareness to despair" - but I do stop and wonder at "action" I know what I do personally. I don't have much money, so I can't donate. But I'm a writer and can post on Medium about measures I take, have always taken. I don't have a car and use public transit - it's hard sometimes. But I persist. I must

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Hey, Dana. I, too, cannot take "action" like the Gretas of the world, or Al Gores. But I have been promoting the "Kiss the Ground" video whenever I can. This video is uplifting. It mirrors much of what Al Gore has been saying. It is something you might like to post on whatever Medium you are engaged with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cki3e7uYJ_I

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THANKS! I'll definitely watch it and pass it along!!

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I watched it, too, Jeri. I was so glad to hear how Gore is focusing on the importance of keeping the co2 in the ground using among other things, farming practices. There is growing move about this idea that I have seen in other places. Here's the link for CBS Mornings: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fifteen-years-after-an-inconvenient-truth-documentary-al-gore-speaks-about-climate-change/

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Farming is becoming exciting. Lots of things happening where people are listening to science and technology and updating practices to protect earth and creatures.

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Prince Charles has been on this for decades

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Exciting, indeed!

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What he said.

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What Gus said.

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What Mary-Kate said.

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You all are so sweet

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