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Thank you, Professor.

Your passion soaks these Letters; your scholarship enriches and informs our lives as citizens, brothers and sisters all, in the pursuit of our more perfect union.

Ours is a challenging time and I can't think of anyone who has done more to make sense of it.

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Hello R. Dooley NY. I too am fortunate in having HCR give context to current events. I thank her every day and this forum including you, a fellow citizen of NYS

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R Dooley, I am in the opposite corner of this Republic. I am literally about 6 miles from MX, and perhaps 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean. I know there are many of like mind across this country bin countless communities who want our Republic to stand. Professor is a glue for all of us. Read on, stay tuned and most assuredly stand for free voter rights everywhere. I am fortunate to have those rights here as all should no matter where they live and vote

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Amen R. Dooley. Well spoke. I concur, wholeheartedly.

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Give a listen to someone else making sense of things.

Leigh McGowan, Politics Girl, on her podcast with Ruben Gallego, Congressman from Arizona, an important state on Road to Democracy in тАШ24.

https://youtu.be/1jSqhWKzVEc

Salud, RDooley!

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I just discovered PoliticsGirl interviewing Pete Buttigieg. It was inspiring - including a discussion of how good he is at having tough conversations w/o losing his cool and how can we do that too! https://youtu.be/7UX3paWpGxg

So happy to be a part of HCR's amazing community!

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Yep. Next one I was going to send. Will post again tomorrow.

Salud, Terry.

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Thanks Christine - hope all is well with you. And yes, PG is a good source: Like her energy.

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First time I've watched Gallego. I'm impressed.

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Yes--I discovered her recently!

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I hope everyone here is giving a listen to Timothy SnyderтАЩs testimony to the United Nations Security Council on Russian hate speech. HeтАЩs posted it on his substack page, тАЬThinking AboutтАЭ. I wish to share it with the entire world

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Very powerful and important. I shared it with friends and family this morning.

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Just catching up on reading and this comment sums it up so well.

Dr. Heather is a national treasure. ЁЯТЬ

So glad and grateful to be here in the community of LFAA. It has helped me retain sanity and gives me hope for democracy.

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JustJanice, my sentiments exactly

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There is a saying that, "When the student is ready, the teacher will come."

For reasons I do not know, I came upon a post by HCR in the last month (or so) of 2018, not knowing who she was, and instantly began to follow her and shared her posts with everyone I knew.

Her posts were daily, then. In fact, I think that first post I came upon was during her winter break from classes, and she was catching up.

Others must have discovered her around the same time, as her followers grew exponentially from there and she began her daily posts in 2019.

What a godsend to us all.

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And there's a typo in my post. It was supposed to say, "...her posts weren't daily then." Not daily in 2018. But they soon became daily "Letters From An American."

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