Pam Balluck

No Kings, Salt Lake City

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The Ocean State Review's reading period runs from April 5 to November 30:

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(9) This leads me to wonder: What if ALL Dems are registered as Independents? Then NO POLITICIAN can be sure which way we’ll vote and maybe they will FINALLY fucking LISTEN to us? BTW . . .

(8) BUT, IF I am an Independent, they cannot be sure which way I’ll vote, and especially if I’m on record as having switched back and forth from a middle position.

(7) . . . they are rubbing their hands together and clapping with glee, if not jumping up and down on their toes, at my unhappiness, because they know I have never and would never vote for them and their agendas.

(6) When I write to, or when I phone, my so-called “Representatives” at the state and federal level (of which, in reality, I have none), I feel as though. . .

(5) Now, though, I wonder whether I should register again as an Independent! Despite my respected activist’s opinion on power in numbers (for Dems), I wonder whether we should ALL register as Independents. Here’s why:

(4) After he lost, I could no longer stomach the horrendous “Republican” emails and texts (which I’m STILL assaulted with, no matter how many times I type “stop”) and I registered again as a Democrat.

(3) Several years ago, I took an anti-nausea pill and registered as a Republican because I wanted to vote for Jon Huntsman for governor in the Utah primary.

(2) A seasoned activist whom I respected and admired convinced me not to pretend to sit on the fence while I always, ALWAYS, voted Democrat, so in the 21st century, while living in very red Utah, I registered as a Democrat.

(1) When I was old enough to vote, in the 20th century, I registered as an Independent (I voted for Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, while my living parent voted for Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush).

The news helicopter came to photograph the crowd after 2:00, when it had started thinning, and the published estimate seems low by thousands. I think there were at least 10K people there. Did it look like that many from the Capitol steps?

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

5 Calls Newsletter The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter!

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FINALLY figured out how to download the 5 Calls app to my Android and am ready to call my UNrepresentatives (who clap with glee at my unhappiness).

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The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses Mustangs are an enduring icon of America, but in modern times their future is in question.

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These beauties must be saved (along with everything else that must be saved). If you can't experience them in person, you can begin to experience them here.

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Currently, all of my ready-to-submit nonfiction is either fewer than 1,000 words or more than the max, 10K, of this competition. Yours? This closed April 2.

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It’s just bad reporting to take Trump’s use of “pause” at face value when endless delays are one of his fundamental strategies & authoritarian regimes across history & the world so often introduce new oppression with these terms.

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Good luck with that.

Good luck with that.

Looks more like a "truck" than the adult size.

Good morning from Salt Lake City.

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"Woolworth" is amazing!

"Woolworth" is amazing!

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