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In one sense, the stories I read betrayed me. Too few gave me back my mirror image. Fewer still spoke to, or acknowledged, the existence of the problems I faced as a black foster child from a dysfunctional and badly broken home.

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I was going to go to a Gathering of the Juggalos but decided that wouldn’t work. They would know I was there to make fun of them. It would be like me going to a Trump rally.

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I have seen the president and Secretary Tillerson work together. They work very well together. They talk through things. And then they manage it properly.

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May 19, 2024

I have seen the president and Secretary Tillerson work together. They work very well together. They talk through things. And then they manage it properly.

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May 19, 2024

I was going to go to a Gathering of the Juggalos but decided that wouldn’t work. They would know I was there to make fun of them. It would be like me going to a Trump rally.

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