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Overall, a good take, but when Caitlin writes, "It sure would be nice if US liberals pushed as hard for an end to the Trump administration's policies as they did for an end to the Trump administration," she inadvertently boosts the narrative that there is such a thing as "Trump administration's policies." The policies pursued in the last four years are not "Trump administration" policies. They are permanent US state policies, pursued seamlessly starting with Bush 41's invasion of Iraq to cure the "Vietnam Syndrome." Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, Obama, Trump and Biden foreign policies have all been seamless. Trump did make some feeble efforts to change those policies, but he really had no clue how to do it without offending donors like Sheldon Adelson.

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Molly Shaughnessy's avatar

This afternoon, after receiving about six of Caitlin's emailed pieces, something clicked. I feel in sync with her urgency, felt the reasonableness of her cursing, cantankerous, snarling moments; felt the agony and nausea of what we have become: a dirty Empire. And felt the vulnerable heart of her beating madly and tasted the foam of her outrage in my own mouth. Our American guilt is undeniable and it's impossible to see what role anyone like me could have in making a difference. But I know my awareness will give me no rest.

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