Ray Hartmann's Soapbox

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I’m terrified by America’s fascism trend and disgusted that my party is now a Trump cult. My time inside the system and in the probe of the January 6 attack has left me with just an ember of hope. Making it grow requires the hard truth. Can we handle it?

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Documenting corruption, human rights abuses, and dismantling of American democracy

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I'm a long-time Chicago journalist with a few things to say about media coverage. Follow me on Blue Sky at @newsjennifer.bsky.social.

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A first-person account of my experience as the Attorney General for North Carolina. Totally free.

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This is where I post articles by me that might otherwise get buried.

Putting into words all aspects of the experience of being between the grind of full-time work and the promised bliss of "retirement."

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