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Arkansas Blue's avatar

Great article and great pictures, Azza. To see high-class Kamala and her family replaced by no-class Vance is a rude awakening.

Azza Cohen's avatar

A rude awakening indeed!! I am still not over it

KnockKnockGreenpeace's avatar

That story about "the wife" indeed said it all about that jerk. What a troglodyte. Okay, my words came back...

Azza Cohen's avatar

Glad your words came back :) they are always great words!!

KnockKnockGreenpeace's avatar

[weak smile]

Azza Cohen's avatar

[we are in this together]

KnockKnockGreenpeace's avatar

I have a professor friend who is writing a book about women who have run for the presidency, and I honestly don't know how she gets out of bed in the morning. I so respect any optimism y'all can muster.

Azza Cohen's avatar

I eagerly await this book!! What’s the authors name? And the only way out is through. At least that’s what I tell myself…

KnockKnockGreenpeace's avatar

No words, Azza, other than thanks for showing up.

Richard S's avatar

I remember all the wonderful pictures from the Obama administration - the ones showing his sunny disposition, kindness, and humanity.

I can't think of a single photo from EITHER Trump administration that makes him look like a decent person.

Azza Cohen's avatar

Richard, I feel this. The photos really tell the story. And the story of the Trump administration is a single-character movie starring one person driven by greed, power, and corruption. It's devastating.

Teresa JV's avatar

Thank you! It breaks my heart about what we could have had.

Azza Cohen's avatar

Me too, Teresa. 💔

Esther Aronson's avatar

Wonderful essay. Filled my eyes with tears. Yes, we lost so much. Thank you for your steady gaze!

Azza Cohen's avatar

Esther 🥹 we lost so much but that does not mean we are lost!

Esther Aronson's avatar

Yes! So true. The moment of noticing the handshake will stick with me.

Polly Armstrong's avatar

What a heart warming message at a time in America as we weather the brutality of trumpian stooges brutalizing American citizens. Thank you Vice President Harris for your service.

Azza Cohen's avatar

Thank you, Polly, for the kind words. We are in this together!

Janice Darling's avatar

Even harder to see these images now that we have been battered and bloodied after a year led by such thirst for power, blatant corruption, ruthless greed and pervasive racism/misogyny. Thank you for reminding us what grownups look like.

Azza Cohen's avatar

Oof Janice, well said. It’s true that we have seen so much this year. And we must not normalize it.

Ma's avatar

And to think a no class woman of color would stand by her feckless man. She has enough wealth to function without his lily white ass. Really? I hope ice gets her and her brown children. Wiggle out of that one you f*ing billionaire. You deserve it until you make it stop.

Ma's avatar

I can’t listen to this.

KnockKnockGreenpeace's avatar

It made me cry too. But I appreciate the chance to bear witness. It shouldn't be forgotten.