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By Sharon Synowsky Dear Gen X MAGA, We were the first generation raised with TVs in our homes. Our first friends (and babysitters) were Big Bird, Ernie and Bert, and Fred Rogers. Big Bird taught us to be kind and empathetic. Ernie and Bert taught us to be true to ourselves because even opposite kind

By Sharon Synowsky Dear MAGA Women, What the fucking HELL are you thinking? Seriously, I cannot wrap my head around your mindset. How can a woman support a man who thinks women (and young girls) are here for his pleasure only? A man who thinks it’s perfectly fine to “grab ‘em by the pussy”. A man wh

By Sharon Synowsky Dear Mr. Trump, Sir, I come to you today, with tears in my eyes, because, Sir, I have so much to say to you... So, buckle up, Buttercup! Now, I do not know the precise day/time/moment I became aware of your existence. But that doesn’t really matter because I DO remember HOW I beca

By Sharon Synowsky Dear Representative Mace, I, too, am a survivor of sexual assault. I watched George Stephanopoulos repeatedly ask how you, as a survivor, could endorse an adjudicated rapist for the highest office in the land. The way you turned it around on him? Embarrassing. For you. Your attemp

By Sharon Synowsky “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.” -Jack Posobiec, right-wing influencer, opening the recent CPAC conference (aka MAGApalooza) Of all of the groups who are in

By Sharon Synowsky Ever since January 6, 2021, more people are paying attention to politics (or whatever you want to call the shit-show the RWNJ party is running). At least I am, for two big reasons, one fundamental and one highly personal. On January 6, 2021, I was three weeks post-surgery followin

By Sharon Synowsky Friends, While we are so focused on Donald Trump and his myriad of legal woes; while we are focused on Congress and all the GOP shenanigans; and while we are watching the nationwide GOP slo-mo implosion; State legislatures are trying to undo Democracy from the ground up. In Pennsy

By Sharon Synowsky “Your boos mean nothing to me; I’ve seen what you cheer for!”-- Former PA State Representative Brian Sims, to PA House Republicans, 6/9/21 The MAGA crowd likes to laughingly throw out the old “Trump lives rent-free in your heads!! LOL!!” Huh… Let me explain a few things, dear MAGA

An open letter to MAGA, Years from now, when Trump has gone to that glorious golf course in Hades, when the kool aid has run dry; when you take off the Trump hats & see reality without red-colored MAGA lenses; don't expect to be welcomed w/ open arms back into polite society. /1 — Sharsyn o