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Medicaid and Social Security Replaced with Thoughts and Prayers (and Other Promises from the Apocalypse)
Welcome to the future: where the oceans have risen, the temperature is lava-adjacent, and America’s retirement plan is a half-used candle from Hobby Lobby labeled “HOPE.” In this brave new world, Medicaid and Social Security have officially been replaced with a federal program called Thoughts and Prayers, which is just a pop-up window that plays
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The Unofficial Rules of the Gym (According to Someone Who Doesn’t Go)
I want to be clear up front: I do not frequent the gym. I don’t even infrequent the gym. If the gym were a person, we’d be the kind of estranged acquaintances who wave awkwardly across a crowded room and then both pretend to take a phone call. I have nothing against exercise—I just prefer
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The Unseen Side of the South: What My Road Trips Reveal Beyond the Postcards
When people think of the American South, a particular image springs to mind: magnolia trees, sweet tea, wraparound porches, maybe a fiddle in the background and someone with a syrupy drawl offering you a “bless your heart.” And while those postcards aren’t exactly wrong—hell, I’ve sipped a sweet tea on a wraparound porch in Georgia
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Colorado Man Re-Indicted in Wife’s 2020 Murder: What to Know
Five years after Suzanne Morphew vanished on Mother’s Day 2020, her husband, Barry Morphew, is once again facing charges—this time backed by new forensic evidence, a recovered body, and a reassembled timeline investigators believe finally points to murder. The case, long a source of media attention and legal frustration, has taken a dramatic turn that
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5G Mind Control and Lizard People: The Most Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories I’ve Ever Heard (and Maybe Believed for 0.2 Seconds)
You ever hear something so absolutely batshit that your brain short-circuits trying to process it? Like, your eyebrows do that confused slant, your jaw unlatches, and you momentarily disassociate while wondering if we, as a species, deserve to survive? Yeah—welcome to the glittery underbelly of conspiracy culture. Now listen, I’m no stranger to questioning authority.
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Student Visa Pause – A Self-Inflicted Wound for America’s Future
The news that rippled through the higher education community this past week landed with the force of a sudden, unwelcome jolt: the U.S. government has paused student visa interviews. For colleges and universities across the nation, this decision immediately translated into chaos, confusion, and profound disruption. But for me, as someone who believes deeply in
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Why Your City’s Local Elections Are More Important Than the Presidency (Seriously)
I know. The red-white-and-blue elephant in the room is hard to ignore. Every four years, America collectively loses its mind over who’s going to sit in the big Oval Office and push buttons (or, let’s be honest, sign off on a few bills and make a lot of speeches). We meme it. We march. We
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My Top 5 Unexpected Joys of Self-Care (Beyond Bubble Baths)Because sometimes self-care is deleting that unread email from 2019 and calling it closure.
Look, I’m all for the image of a luxurious bubble bath surrounded by candles, Enya echoing in the background, and rose petals floating like a spa-sponsored hallucination. But if that’s your only vision of self-care? You’re missing out on the real joy. The kind that isn’t photogenic, but feels like taking your bra off after
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The Paradox of Travel: Finding Connection (and Disconnection) on the Road
There’s something sacred about a suitcase half-packed and a playlist that starts with longing. For me, travel has always been both an escape and a reckoning. It’s the act of physically moving through space while emotionally sifting through the weight I’ve carried from place to place—from a trailer in West Texas to a crowded train