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We are on our own in this disaster. We can’t wait for anyone else to win this fight for us.

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A man drove a van into a crowd of people standing outside a mosque in London, killing one person and injuring others.

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To be Iranian-American in Trumpland is to feel stomach-curling fear. In my heart, I know that this is Trump’s plan ― to make us feel threatened so that the seeds of distrust grow stronger

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Pain so close to home, still we could not feel.

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Here’s the thing: just as deciding upon a course of action is a choice, tuning out is also a choice. If this is a choice you can afford to make, without fear of missing something that will directly affect you or your family, something on which you need to take action right away or else you’re screwed, you are lucky.