We were told Mexico would pay for the wall and China would pay for the tariffs. We were told Trump had the largest inauguration in history, even when our own eyes said otherwise. We were told the virus was “under control” months before 500,000+ Americans would end up dying from it. We were told people are only paid what they’re worth, yet people can simultaneously be “heroes” and not worth paying living wages. We were told that we had to be armed to the teeth to prevent tyranny, and then those doing the telling became the tyrants. The lies Republicans manufacture play on Americans’ sense of fairness, hard work, and patriotism...but somehow, they never end up coming true. For a party that continually rails against “alarmism” and “fearmongering,” Republicans sure seem to thrive on scaring their voters to the polls.

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It’s tough to be an optimist in a global pandemic, especially one that has cost 500,000+ American lives, sent millions into poverty, and driven countless women from the workforce in just one year. But we’re getting there. More vaccines mean we’re inching ever closer to normalcy, schools are reopening, and additional stimulus payments are finally refilling overstretched bank accounts. Experts seem torn on whether we’re fully on the upswing or headed for a “fourth wave,” but when you’re this far down, there’s only one direction to go, right?

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By D’Anne Witkowski (not a doctor, not even a lady doctor)

It has been a very, very long year. And although we’re still in the midst of a pandemic that has killed over 500,000 people in the U.S. (not to mention the number of dead the world over), there is a light at the end of this very long and narrow and poorly ventilated tunnel. President Biden announced that the estimate for getting the COVID-19 vaccine to all American adults is May! Well, stick a needle in my arm and call me a Spring shower!

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