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Thank you, Ally, for organizing all the things into a cohesive story. My brain has been on overdrive this week trying to process this barrage of crap.

I hope the people who voted for him do realize what they’ve done but I’m skeptical since a lot of what I’m reading indicates that all the negative aspects of this horrifying bill, all the things being taken away, are not slated to kick in until January 2028, after we might have midterms. If true, this means that they’ll be duped into voting for more republicans since their lives have yet to be affected. It’s a nefarious design. But totally on-brand.

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It's one a.m. and I'm exhausted and wide awake. Wondering if yesterday's reports that Mike Johnson was short by 20 Republican votes to pass this bill were just a sadistic lie to make us suffer more.

Knowing that there is nothing I can do to protect my in-laws, whose green cards do not make them safe from those who laugh at the idea of brown people eaten by alligators.

I worry that we're beyond repair. Not just the US, but the world. Our beautiful world, full of people who disdain compassion, who are excited by cruelty, who think they are heroic for making the wealthy richer.

And I know these people have always existed, but not that there were so many in this country. I'm so angry. It's almost all we have, that rage, and our arsenal of words. It has to be enough.

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