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9 Nov, 17 tweets, 4 min read
Reading Twitter today is just seeing local reporters from half of the states in the US post similar tweets:
In Tennessee:

In Utah:

In Nevada:

In Idaho:

In Oregon:

In Oklahoma:

In New Mexico:

In North Dakota:

More New Mexico:

In Eastern Washington, which is still dealing with the termination of Spokane's health officer:

In Wyoming:

More specifics in/around Laramie, Wyoming:

In Helena, Montana:

In Illinois:

In Nebraska:

In North Idaho:

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1 Nov
Here's some additional footage from the Graham, NC March to the Polls where police pepper sprayed multiple participants—including young children &, as seen here, members of the Voter Protection Legal Team. This was sent to me by a member of that team who was subsequently arrested
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The person who was arrested is a volunteer for the Democratic Party, working as a Poll Observer for Legal Protection Team. And they were *arrested.* They can't speak further because they have a pending court case. This is voting in 2020.
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31 Oct
This piece gets close to and then darts away from how militias et. al. will attempt to justify actions if Biden wins: they do not believe they are subject to the laws of the government, only their interpretation of the constitution

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29 Oct
All of the people I know who are handling COVID Month 8 (and the week before election) the best = people who are doing some sort of volunteer or mutual aid work.

I asked a bunch of them to tell me about their work & how it helps (themselves and others)

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29 Oct
For @ELLEmagazine, I wrote about white conservative women clamoring for a cause — and finding it in QAnon Lite

elle.com/culture/a34485…
Many thanks to @LByock for first seeding these ideas in my head, @KJezerMorton for her insight into the world of performative mom causes, and the ongoing invaluable research of @_MAArgentino
I do wonder, now that FB has shut down all of the QAnon content, where this energy is going or will be going — some of it's already in anti-vaxx, but will it all move there?
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1 Oct
1/ This morning, a friend directed me to the Instagram Stories of a popular southern lifestyle blogger who goes by the name "Charleston Blonde" (she was also a SURVIVOR contestant, of course)
2/ This blogger is never, according to this friend, political. The closest she's come is a single post in response to BLM about being actively anti-racist. But in a poll in her Stories, she asked her followers who they were voting for. At first, the tally was split.
3/ But Trump began to climb into the lead. She asked her readers to anonymously submit their reasons for voting for Trump or for Biden. The answers are a mix of what you might expect: a bit of abortion, a bit of God, a bit of QAnon "Save the Children"
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Okay it is Fall Fucking Soup Time, what is your favorite recipe so everyone can cocoon themselves in soup recipes for the next five months?
My go-tos:

A version of this, but add parsnips and a few small potatoes and smoosh up some of the beans ahead of time to make it good and creamy

epicurious.com/recipes/food/v…
Yes, the Stew; double it, add more kale and also carrots; that shit is so good:

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/101977…
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