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Good for you, Danny. I am

CVille Dem — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 03:38:22 +0000

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Good for you, Danny. I am sure it was very hard, especially at first. I also hope that you will bring your words here. Politics is getting even worse than it was, but I do somehow think the truth is edging it’s way out.

id like to hear more about your observations during this time.

When you’re ready. Thanks for this.

Beautiful photos. I

Michael Maiello — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:42:26 +0000

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Beautiful photos. I sympathize with taking a step back from all this. You captured it well here:

Writing about politics has become exhausting: not because of the constant scandals or the amount of time it takes to properly research a story, but because of the polarization. We are so fractured that telling the truth is often perceived as being divisive. I was tired of defending facts and basic standards of decency from people who spent the last few decades lecturing the rest of us about morality.

I'd add, and I think I've said this before, that I just find it frustrating and not very rewarding to get myself involved in discussions where you have to go back to basic facts every single time. Republicans who decide to fight the impeachment inquiry are all going to take the Trump line which involves distorting basic facts (they changed the whistleblower law!) or outright deflection (prosecute Schiff for treason!) and it's hard to feel like there's huge intellectual reward for getting involved in that nonsense.

Dag is mostly free of this, of course, but the rest of the internet... sheesh.

Congrats on finding an outlet

artappraiser — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:44:29 +0000

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Congrats on finding an outlet for your great eye. Don't give up on words, though, you've got quite some skill at those, too, mho.

Glad to see you back and that

rmrd0000 — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:11:27 +0000

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Glad to see you back and that you are doing well. I was concerned.