When Trump came for Birthright Citizenship, we stopped him. When he came for mail-in voting, we stopped him. When he came for SNAP right before Thanksgiving, we stopped him. Not here. Not in Massachusetts.

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My thing with the whole “we have to stay and convince/debate the right wing” people is they consider my very existence to be a provocation of some sort.

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I need you to all understand just how much racism, sexism and other biases shapes how people hear tone, framing, and affective stance in other people’s language: if you ever hear someone’s speech being described with affective language (“angry,” “diatribe,” etc) NEVER take that at face values

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I have spent inordinate amounts of time worrying about the fact that their schoolyards are open, though I know a locked fence or door will do nothing against someone armed with a long gun.

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As a parent of two school age kids, there is a constant undercurrent of anxiety when I drop them off at the bus or I hear sirens going in the general direction of their school (I check news feeds to see if there's any reported mass shooting).

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