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Jul 19Liked by Melissa Petrie

I hope They™ will not take this as an instruction manual, like They™'ve done with other dystopias.

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Jul 18Liked by Melissa Petrie

I always thought Andrew Cuomo was a hologram when he spoke every day on CNN and Fox News during the Coronavirus pandemic! 😂🤣

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Jul 19Liked by Melissa Petrie

Great read. It’s all an illusion, isn’t it, and those that see through it are called crazy and locked away.

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Haha! Hey, you never know...

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Wonderful job Melissa, notably I could not smell any propaganda. I just got the art of it. The hologram is a perfect theme.

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Thanks so much, Michael!! I almost didn't post this because I thought it would be misinterpreted as partisan in some way. I'm glad it came across the way I intended!

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Indeed, that rocks. Well done Melissa.

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Jul 18Liked by Melissa Petrie

I believe you are onto something here Melissa, holograms and all!

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Haha! I wouldn't be surprised by anything at this point.

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Jul 18Liked by Melissa Petrie

So True!

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Jul 17Liked by Melissa Petrie

Fuck, this was refreshing, in a weird way, a good way. I wish I was a writer, or at least I wish I was well read, so I could say that it sounds like so and so... I don't know, Vonnegut, or something. You know what I mean. Anyway, what we have now in politics is worse, and is less sophisticated than what I just read. We are in deep, utter shit.

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Haha! We are in deep, utter shit—that is the absolute truth.

I'm sure American politics has always been a sham, but it's disturbing how much of a mockery it has become. I actually find it strangely hopeful—it's getting so absurd lately that people are starting to see it for what it is.

Thanks so much for reading!

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Jul 18Liked by Melissa Petrie

Right, it's so bad that we can finally hope for some changes. But why does it have to get to be such a disaster?

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Thank you so much—for the compliment and for reading!!

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