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My husband Joe.
Last night we flew home from vacation with two of our kids.
As soon as the plane took off, our 18-year old daughter became violently sick.
For over three hours, he wiped her forehead with a damp napkin. He fed her small pieces of ice and smoothed her hair back from her face.
❤ if you support Zelensky
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An excellent take on such an important topic. Thank you for this necessary hard stance
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I wish every living former U.S. President would stand up, hold a press conference, and tell the world Trump’s treatment of Zelensky is not right. Who’s with me?
Friends, you have no idea what it’s like to be Ukrainian at this moment.
We’ve been through much harder things over the last 3 years and 4 days. But this is still a punch to the stomach like few others.
Thank you for your solidarity. Especially to those in the United States of America who don’t endorse this monster.
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This man is the leader of the free world.
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As a middle aged, British 🇬🇧 wife and mother I don’t normally swear on Substack but I feel compelled to say this:
Trump you are not fit to lace Zelenskyy’s boots. Shut the fuck up you bullshitting fucker and tell your long lashed bitch Vance to do the same.
Feel free to restack, I need a cup of tea.
Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
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I’m quite surprised at how many sensible people wonder, like me, if Putin doesn’t have something on President Trump
If it WAS true, what would have been happening that isn’t happening now ?
This is an inquiry made in complete seriousness
Abuse will not count as evidence, for or against
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This is why I couldn’t get behind this book even though everyone loved it. It had a lot of good points but this take is 💯
Honoring a REAL President of honor, integrity, and bravery on Presidents Day. 🇺🇦
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There’s nothing wrong with Billionaires having billions. There is something inherently wrong with billionaires cutting your benefits, and help to the poor through USAID, and running around with a chainsaw giggling.
You can have power or billions. But we refuse to be an oligarchy
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
4:02 AM in Ukraine.
So many of you subscribing to read my words. it's still something I don’t fully understand. I look inside my heart, put those thoughts into the world, and somehow, they find their way into yours. Across borders, across time zones.
It’s breathtaking.
💙💛
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🙏 3 steps to authentic prayer:
1) Find a quiet spot and set a timer for 5 minutes.
2) Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and say nothing. Just sit in God’s presence.
3) If your mind starts to wander, gently return to a single phrase like “Jesus, I trust in you” or “Speak, Lord, I am listening.”
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Three things I like about Substack
You meet a better class of person
It’s not run by the greediest man in the world
I’ve forgotten what this one is
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A reader told me this week that “Your politics are a bit too loud right now. Wish we could stay focused on shared faith.”
In case you need a response when people tell you to be quiet or stay in your lane (especially nice Christian folks), I thought I’d share my response so you could tuck it in your back pocket.
“I'm glad the internet is vast and wide so that you can find other places to nurture you. It's crystal clear to me that right now is a time of widespread injustice that calls for people of…
This Forever Father.
He could be on vacation.
Out to dinner.
Mid-conversation.
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Hey friends… I’m Catholic now 💗
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I am so so beyond excited to have joined the Church today and to have recieved the Eucharist for the very first time! I will be giving a much more detailed account of all that has happened and transpired in the last few months so soon! For now, thank you for every prayer, intention, and kind word of enc…
Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
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Outside the Russian embassy in London.
My hate for Trump is not really about politics. And as a Ukrainian, I’d be perfectly entitled to hate him for that.
But my real hate, my real disgust for him, has to do with his behavior as a human being. Just that.
He’s rotten.
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Over the past 5 days I have been warned to "stay in my lane" and "stick to decluttering". I've been reminded (not so nicely) that no one cares about my political views. I have received a handful of 1-star reviews on Apple Podcasts which threaten to tank my show. I have also lost hundreds of email subscribers.
Still, I must ask: What's the point in having a platform if you don't/won't use it when it matters?
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You don’t expect a grocery list to break your heart. Until it does.
I was filling shelves in the baking aisle, when I noticed her—an elderly woman clutching a handwritten grocery list that looked like it had been folded and unfolded a hundred times.
She kept glancing at it, then at the shelves, then back at it—like the list itself might change if she stared at it long enough.
I asked if she needed help, and she gave a small, tired smile.
“Oh, I do,” she said. “But it’s silly.”
I assured her it wasn’…
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Jasmine Crockett called out House Republicans for not admitting Russia invaded Ukraine.
Few are as vocal as Jasmine. This is true leadership.
Did anyone else see the horrific display in the Oval Office last Friday as a ritual exercise in male domination? I don’t want to insult great apes, but I’ve seen similar performances at the zoo. Trump and Vance sought to humiliate Zelensky, treating him with the same disrespect they treat … well, women.
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Dear President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine,
You don't deserve this.
We are ashamed.
We are embarrassed.
Signed,
--The 75 million Americans who voted for Kamala Harris
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Friends from USA, be sure that Ukrainians understand very well that Trump does not speak for all of America.
We see the millions who stand with us. We hear your voices, your outrage, your massive support. We know your hearts burn just as fiercely as ours.
And that is why we do not lose hope.
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They didn't downplay the rapes. Which I was also concerned with, given the podcast title. But, in an effort to reflexively oppose anything Elon Musk does, accepted credulously any accounts opposing him.
Per Jesse, at ~26:50 "Elon seems to be interpreting this as 'Ah-ha, they are trying to cover up the Muslim rape gangs' but that's just not a credible interpretation of this" and then proceeds to just accept everything stated by government officials and the BBC as conclusively ending the inquiry -…
He clearly hates musk and it stops him from being level headed regarding him.
Nailed it.
