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Local Artist Scores Cover of Literature Anthology

When local D.C. artist Marily Mojica sold her painting A Room of Her Own in 2015, she had no idea it would end up as the cover art for…

6 min readMay 2, 2020

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Local Artist Scores Cover of Literature Anthology

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Cruel Through Any Lens

Everyone has their own way of seeing the world. Liberals see the world through a lens that believes government is an inherently good force…

3 min readOct 13, 2017

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Cruel Through Any Lens

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Can CureFest cure Mondays?

Maybe, but Simon certainly can

3 min readSep 23, 2017

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The Children of 9/11

How a generation is made

3 min readSep 11, 2017

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The Children of 9/11

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Hey Democrats: Don’t You FUCKING Do It

Merrick Garland: The Tribe Has Spoken

3 min readFeb 21, 2017

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Bullshit.IST

A Soldier Looking for a Fight

Stephen Miller, a Senior Adviser to the President on Policy, seems to have taken Kellyanne Conway’s place on the Sunday show circuit…

3 min readFeb 16, 2017

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“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…….” You Know How the Rest Goes

Does President Trump?

4 min readJan 31, 2017

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“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…….” You Know How the Rest Goes

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What Would It Take for Me to Vote for Donald Trump?

Seeing him eat some humble pie instead of a taco bowl would be a good start

3 min readJan 7, 2017

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What Would It Take for Me to Vote for Donald Trump?

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Donald Trump is Not My President

He Does Not Represent Me

2 min readNov 10, 2016

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Why a Millennial, New Yorker Voted For Evan McMullin

I started at the top right corner in the column for county commissioner and filled in every box in that row without thinking. My pen paused…

4 min readOct 31, 2016

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Why a Millennial, New Yorker Voted For Evan McMullin

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Matt Leistra

Matt Leistra

“What had she done to her brother, so that she could survive, so that she could be the one who thrived?” — Fatima Farheen Mirza in “A Place For Us”

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