Sadly, we have an active shooter training, as well as conducting regular containment drills.
From SoCal, part of a large Blue State. We are living in interesting times. Keep your wits about you and don’t give up!
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So Cal in da house! 
welcome to the wtfam!
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Hello everyone! I’m a sex positive activist, author and relationship coach (semi retired) who is currently living in Cyprus helping some friends who just adopted a little girl. I’ve been politically active since I was 15, so that’s almost 50 years. I’m a very young 65 and love talking to and meeting new people.
Allena Gabosch
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Hi Matt, and WTF Community
I’m here because Matt’s emails have kept me sane since Day 1. Even when I didn’t feel like reading the news, that ping from inbox was a not-so-subtle reminder that I could find every source in one place when I finally got tired of not knowing WTF my neighbors are ranting at me about this time when I’m just trying to go home and sleep.
“Yes, I know. You love Trump. That’s fine. I guess maybe he’s nice in person. All his friends do say so. Okay. Yes. …Can I go now?”
I’m from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. I live in Jacksonville, Florida. I moved here 11 years ago and I’ve just finally gotten over the severe culture shock of never having seen a homeless person, unless it was just your brother coming to crash at your house again. Or a homeless cat, unless they were your neighbor’s pet and they merely got lost on their way home. I know - I was spoiled.
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Hello from Pennsylvania! Just moved from Arizona which was pretty much a political shithole, but PA seems a smidge more progressive. Anyway I’m no political expert by any means, but I’m absorbing as much as I can. My fave things include human and civil rights, equality, abortion staying legal, animals, tacos, and vodka.
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I’m old enough that I got to vote against Rick Santorum once, though I’ve moved around a bit since then 
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I am actually near Campbell! Thanks for the tip - will check it out
Hi I’m Karen, founder of BillTrack50 a website where you can research and track state legislation (we have a free level if you want to check it out). I got married and moved to the UK just before Trump won the nomination and it is so so painful watching the train wreck from afar, hearing the perspective of the rest of the world while it happens. But I still pay my taxes so you better bet I still vote!
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Thank you for the invite. I’m Linda, retired former federal employee. I lived in the center of the universe (Washington DC) for 28 years. After retiring, I fled to the farthest end of America, Washington State, figuring that was far enough from the black hole of DC. I am also geekish and feel that, to maintain our democracy, we must participate. WTFHappenedToday helps me keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of the current administration. Your blog is appropriately named - I can’t believe how often I have said WTF after a Breaking News story since that escalator moment in 2015.
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Hi Matt
My name is Jim and I’m a software developer. I live in New Zealand but I grew up in Canada.
Thanks for providing this view of the slow motion train wreck that is in progress in America. Even on the other side of the planet we are deeply concerned: for what is happening to the American people and for the implications for the rest of the world. Trump and his cronies are affecting our lives over here, but we have no recourse except through participating in fora like this one.
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I often wonder if the rest of the world sees through trump even more clearly than many Americans, as we have many in denial as well as those who remain obtuse by choice. Many have their own personal reason they support him (like poorly-hidden racism) while others just swallow his slogans as if a true American was speaking & everything was as normal as apple pie. One thing I noticed this morning though: I live in an area that rabidly supports trump, yet our local paper had no mention of the POTUS or any mention of it being “President’s Day”…it’s as if they don’t want to call any more attention to the mess…as IF that will make it go away? Interesting times we’re living in.
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I think perhaps that our distance gives us a certain perspective. More importantly though, we don’t vote in your elections therefore your power-brokers don’t need to influence us. And we don’t watch fox news.
I would hope not! It’s been known to destroy brain cells.
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I think we have a new slogan for network television:
Watching the News – It’s been known to destroy brain cells.
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So does that explain the tweet tantrums? I know watching Fox News drives me crazy. I never realized it was due to dying cells. But I try not to spend enough time to do any permanent damage.
Wouldn’t it be a hoot if it turned out than Fox News is a covert Russian operation and they are not only using social media but traditional media to influence us as well? Let’s start a new conspiracy theory! Can you imagine the tweets?!
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I’m not sure it’s only a “conspiracy” and anyway, that would just be poetic justice!
I guess he could continue to claim no collusion and that he had been covertly brainwashed, instead. Wasn’t there a movie with that plot? Is my memory faulty or does that sound vaguely like The Manchurian Candidate? I’ll have to see if that’s available on Netflix.
Hello, I’m a former software developer living just north and a bit east of Seattle. I am blessed to live in this part of the country because there are a lot of hella smart people up here. People, in general, are kind to one another and we don’t have a lot of public discourse. I found this website sometime around Day 100 I think and I really enjoy it. I became interested in learning more about the underlying framework, then forgot about researching it because the content was so engaging. I love the brief description of the day such as “Looking Forward To It” on the day Mr. Trump said he would talk to Bob Mueller. Yes, this administration IS a slow motion train wreck, but social media in general is just out of control. Between Twitter, Facebook, and the real gutter of social media, Yahoo message boards, it’s just too much. Very little intelligent conversation between contributors and just a whole lot of hate. I don’t want to hate people, most people don’t believe in hatred, but on other the hand, I’m not going to waste a lot of my time trying to convince people that the Trump Presidency was a profound mistake and that we all need to learn about how it happened so that we can stop future occurrences.
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