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Mary Trump has started a newsletter on Substack:
I’ve been working on this project for a while and I’m incredibly excited to announce my brand new newsletter, “The Good in Us” in which we come together to save American democracy, or at least have fun while trying. 1/
After the 2016 election, I began to wonder if America was following Donald’s lead and, like my family, treating kindness as weakness and cruelty as something to be admired. Or was I seeing patterns where none existed, a uniquely human tendency? 2/
But, no, I wasn’t making anything up. Over time it became clear that our country was becoming an outsize version of my family with the Republican Party leading the charge in making cruelty their only currency while using our best impulses again us. 3/
I’ve started The Good in Us in part because our country is at a crossroads and together I’d like for us to figure out what we’re going to do about it. We have a year to ensure American democracy lives to fight another day. 4/
So please check out The Good in Us. I will pull no punches and do my best to find humor wherever I can. There will be community, there will be dialogue, and more importantly, there will be a lot of pictures of my pets. I can’t wait to see you there. 5/5
After the 2016 election, I began to wonder if America was following Donald’s lead and, like my family, treating kindness as weakness and cruelty as something to be admired. Or was I seeing patterns where none existed, a uniquely human tendency? 2/
But, no, I wasn’t making anything up. Over time it became clear that our country was becoming an outsize version of my family with the Republican Party leading the charge in making cruelty their only currency while using our best impulses again us. 3/
I’ve started The Good in Us in part because our country is at a crossroads and together I’d like for us to figure out what we’re going to do about it. We have a year to ensure American democracy lives to fight another day. 4/
So please check out The Good in Us. I will pull no punches and do my best to find humor wherever I can. There will be community, there will be dialogue, and more importantly, there will be a lot of pictures of my pets. I can’t wait to see you there. 5/5
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