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Many are asking what should we do now? “We use our power, organize, mobilize, educate…the American story will not be written by who occupies the White House or by the wealthiest among us…it will be written by you, by ‘we the people.’” -fmr VP Kamala Harris receiving the NAACP Chairman’s Award.

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Last week, I made a huge decision. As many of you know, I’ve been working on a few new projects, one of which is a new middle grade novel. I’ve been sitting on revision notes for months, stagnant, until last week when I finally asked myself WHY I was stalling. #Writing #Creativity

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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I’m thrilled to share that A Perfect Mistake has been selected for the 2025-26 Virginia Reader’s Choice Award list. Thanks to this nomination, thousands of young readers will read Max’s story. Thank you to the educators & librarians who support Virginia readers. I couldn’t do this without you! 🙏🏻❤️

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We are dealing with numerous emergency appts at once right now and would appreciate any solidarity you can send in the form of $$: 1. One patient we want to put together an abortion aftercare kit for after some horrible treatment at an ER. www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund

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Want to stick it to the patriarchy? Order a copy of my book! It’s a #metoo story set in middle school that touches on social media, boundaries, and consent. It’s the Gold Standard, according to the Junior Library Guild! 💃🏻💅🏻 www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melan...

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✨ The key to problem-solving isn’t having the right answers. It’s asking the right questions.✨ melanieconklin.substack.com/p/ask-questi...

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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Does everybody else laugh when you watch #LoveIsBlind? It’s so funny to watch some of these people say the same line to two different people they’re dating. That’s funny right??? Bad acting maybe? LOLLLL

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“Protests by military families against a defense secretary are extremely rare,” NBC News reported.

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Hey could we do a flat tax rate and everyone pays 8%. That would reduce my taxes SIGNIFICANTLY while increasing the Billionaires taxes to…8%??? 🤔

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“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.” Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.

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Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

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