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The last 2 days I’ve watched this video a dozen times, each time thinking about waking up on Nov 4th.

This cycle led to a thread and ask: please share this thread with any undecided voter or D thinking about not voting. It may not sway them, but our future is worth the shot. /1
Let me step back for a minute. In 2008, I met my wife working on the Obama/Biden campaign. I was 28, living on fast food and the sense that I was bending the arc of history.

At 30 we were both working in the White House.

At 33 we moved to Chicago, leaving politics behind. /2
She ran education non-profits. Me, a federal prosecutor focused on cases involving the city’s most violent gangs.

By 37 we had 2 beautiful little girls. I could not have asked for more.

Then, out of the blue, I was diagnosed with ALS and given 6 months to live. /3
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