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It was a long month this week.

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Take a breather. You have gotten me through a very rough patch. Your clear reporting always makes me feel better in spite of the bad news. I think Iā€™m so glad for the truth. Take care of yourself- we need you!

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I agree it felt different this week. I love the photo. The lighthouse is a beacon of civilization helping us to navigate safely through these dangerous waters. Thank you Heather. I will leave it there too.

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Yes, this week did feel different just as you describe. Also, for me, on Tuesday, a Robot removed my kidney cancer and I only needed 2 nights in the hospital and am now at home ready to continue healing and resisting trump. If a Robot can do that, all of us can perform a landslide for Joe Biden and the whole country can begin to heal. That's my view and I'm sticking to it! We voted prior to my surgery and received confirmation from the county that they received our ballots. Yay!

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Headline on today's Sunday Times of London.....

"Panicking No 10 dumps Donald Trump and woos Joe Biden".

The British government has instructed it's ministers to develop contacts with Biden as they have concluded, with the supprot of the intelligence services no doubt, that Trump will lose and the Democrats will take the Senate as well as keeping the House of Representatives!

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Felt good to mark my ballot and sign the envelope in preparation to drop it in a drop box or go by the County Registrar's office given time. I'm not superstitious, so I'll say it, I think we'll take names and kick ass next month! Vote like our rights depend on it! Vote BLUE!

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Soothing photo. You're the lantern in the lighthouse. Thank you again and again for illuminating our way through the darkness. Rest well.

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Rough week. Just saw the special on Michelle Obama and Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan. How can we have so many wonderful people in the world trying to keep us afloat and that includes you, Heather, & Maddow, and still one orange shadow falls over us. How can so many support this cruel angry person? I do better understand how Hitler came into power & it scares the shit out of me...but Iā€™ve voted and will continue to encourage others to early.

Canā€™t take it for much longer though.

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It was a momentous week. Thank you for chronicling and unraveling.

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I also am hoping a change has come in the Zeitgeist. But in case not, Iā€™m still working on retirement overseas. Think Iā€™ll do that until Mr. Trump is physically out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. at Black Lives Matter Plaza.

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Thanks, Heather. You are the beacon of light that has helped me through this terrible time. Greatly appreciated.

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Sleep well, all... weā€™re in the final stretch. Professor, thank you for all you do to help keep us hopeful.

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Thank you, HCR. 22 days, 16 hours remain until November 3rd. And, even then, itā€™s not over. This POTUS is an evil genius, and I havenā€™t felt anything different last week from all the crazy s**t of the past year. In fact, I feel the madness intensifying. tRump is cornered, but this rat will never stop trying to bite us. His followers are loading their guns? Voter intimidation and suppression is happening? The courts, Barr and attorneys are plotting? I continue to worry and concentrate on GOTV. ā¤ļøšŸ¤šŸ’™

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Trump seems to be unraveling, but Republican voter suppression is not getting as strong a reaction from the courts as it should. its hopeful but still scary.

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The encouraging photos of seeing Florida seniors at The Villages in their Biden golf carts dropping off ballots...This gives me enough hope to sort of bubble-wrap my soul so it can continue to withstand the chaos that is going to be up-leveled at us for the next 25 days.

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As you are a beacon of clarity in these tumultuous times, your photo of the lighthouse is perfect! Rest well and thank you!

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