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The massacre in Bucha has left me feeling oddly numb and withdrawn. What’s wrong with me? Is there anything we can do about it? #PsychicNumbing is one way we take care of ourselves when feeling overwhelmed by horrific events.
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Can we predict what Putin is going to do? Groupthink is the best tool we have in predicting Putin and figuring out the best way to stop him!
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It’s been a big week, but I realized in the middle of it that I have an anxious depression and am going to give #Lexapro a try. Otherwise, there are links to Ukraine, legacy media, blogs, and the friendlies! Let us know how your week was in the comments!
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It takes less than a minute to find out how you can help the brave citizens of Ukraine resist Putin’s invasion. Please make a donation today.
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Putin has been playing the long game: weaken the liberal Western democracies with divisive politics a la Trump and then remake the world order to favor oligarchs and authoritarianism. Trump was a means to this end.
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If you’re like me, you think that the impeachment of the Ol’ Pussy Grabber is painfully obvious and necessary. And, if you’re like me, it is difficult to understand why the rest of the country is not on board with it and why the Repubes are so reluctant to abandon an obvious sinking ship. Well, here’s the first installment of the explanation… and ain’t none of it gonna be pretty.
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Holy mother this is your Sunday deep dive news read. The Mother of All Explainers! How does the Ol’ Pussy Grabber turn so many otherwise sober rational people to his twisted conspiracy-driven paranoid interpretation of the world? In other words, how does gaslighting work? Why are human beings so vulnerable to it? And, most importantly, how do we resist it? I explain it all right here in six minutes.
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Do your part to stop the US from being a pawn of Putin’s Russia. Urge Congress to stand up to Trump and Russia and pressure the administration into releasing the $250 million in military aide to Ukraine before the budget and money expire on 30 September!
Call your MoC and tell them to put as much pressure as they can on the administration and speak out publicly in favor of releasing the funds.
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