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It's been a harder than expected winter. 

Hillary losing the election has hit our family hard. Many of our friends will be hurt by the policies being put forward, our communities will be damaged, and there are kids and adults all around us sad, scared, and afraid for what this means for our county. Harris works at the Jewish Community Center - his clients, friends, and families have seen Jews be vilified, images of their children in ovens, references to the Holocaust. Jews make up less than 3% of our country. Why are you picking on them? Why are you silent when you allies seek to hurt them? 

I get it, everyone disagrees about political ideas and concepts , but fundamentally, I'm not saying the religious right has no place in our society. I'm not saying that Republicans should all die and yet, the rhetoric I see from others is that immigrants don't belong here, that some people 'deserve' more than they are getting, that gay people are gross and shouldn't exist. Why. WHY? What harm is caused you by two people existing in a loving and mutually respectful relationship? How does that hurt you? How does someone seeking freedom and democracy and safety in America harm you?  How do you look at immigrants in our communities or really just brown people bc you don't know that they are immigrants and say, you don't deserve what I have?  Tiny segments of our population and you think, well, I'll show them. That's tyranny, not democracy. 

What kind of horrible interpretation of your new testament have you been reading that you think any of those things are ok?  How can people vote for someone who has been married three times, brags about raping women, and threatens to murder people in the street?  How little do you think of men that you think everyone acts and talks this way? 


And finally, how afraid are you of successful women? Have you seen me? Do you know me? Is this how you feel about me too - a smart, highly educated, driven woman - that I should be put in my place?

Perhaps you just think I should know my place and be content with inequality. 

Fuck that. 
I'm strong, independent, fair, and ethical. I, with Harris, am raising a whole passel of strong, smart, independent daughters. The world belongs to us. We will continue to change this country and this world for the better. In the end, we - the fair minded, ethical, loving - prevail.  


Life continues.  













My President is a black man. I saw his plane before election day. It was amazing. 
Our next president should have been the most qualified candidate in history - a woman. I fear what's in store for our country. 

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