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Corrupt Trump is a Symptom

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on May 12, 2017 by RachelMay 14, 2017

After Corrupt Trump was elected, I was under shock. How could people vote for this man? He stands for everything I dislike – and seems to clearly violate American values (not to mention norms and laws). I held on to …
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Withholding Consent

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 30, 2017 by RachelJanuary 30, 2017

I sent the following letter to my Senators and the Senate minority leader. Please withhold consent from the Trump administration! As Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, pointed out in an article in the Washington …
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Remembering the Holocaust

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 27, 2017 by RachelJanuary 27, 2017

Seventy-two years today, Auschwitz was liberated. Two years ago, I visited the memorial sites in Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau. The images from that visit are haunting me during this time of a resurgence of the fascist populism that ended up with …
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Gerrymandering & Voter Suppression

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 23, 2017 by RachelJanuary 23, 2017

As others have pointed out, there are many causes that led us to the disaster we’re in now. The two most influential factors might be gerrymandering and voter suppression. According to David Daley, the Republicans realized after Obama won that …
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Inauguration Day Commitment

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 20, 2017 by RachelJanuary 20, 2017

Sophie Scholl Janusz Korczak Rosa Luxemburg and all the others who resisted quietly and not so quietly, you were my childhood heroes. I will now try to honor your example by continuing your resistance against fascism. I will not go …
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Uncertain Times

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 18, 2017 by RachelJanuary 18, 2017

Maybe the most stressful part of this transition period is all the uncertainty. Since this isn’t a normal transition of power, given the president-elects authoritarianism, we don’t know if the 2016 election was our last real election (although it was …
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