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[Amy - Artist and Designer @_AmyMarsh]

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The Button Deli – Proudly Made in the USA
Shop nowCelebrate America’s 250th with quality American-made products!
The Button Deli – Proudly Made in the USA
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[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.

But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.

After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)?

Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?

Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).

Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?

The editors said it was too much, they explained.

The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.

It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.

And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.

Still fawning after all these years.

[Amy - Artist and Designer @_AmyMarsh]

@bethanyshondark @justin_hart @lyndseyfifield ❤️❤️🙏

[Amy - Artist and Designer @_AmyMarsh]

Let's Celebrate America!

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@RepMann

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: "This is a weird rule, where you ask a question and I can't answer?"

[Amy - Artist and Designer @_AmyMarsh]

I heard Los Angeles is nice this time of year.

[One Bad Dude @OneBadDude_]

The same people who don’t want you to say Merry Christmas want you to celebrate homosexuality for a month.

Realize where we’re at.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

@barneyuniverse Stop sexualizing children.

[WeThePeopleKS 🇺🇸 @WeThePeopleKS]

@cindy4kansas We should only vote in person, at our assigned precincts on election day using paper ballots that are hand counted. Anything else is just going to lead to uncertainty and fraudulent outcomes. But you know that.

[🇺🇸🔥Kev🔥🇺🇸 @KevO4188]

Around this time 250 years ago, young men were about to DECLARE the boldest initiative in the history of our planet.

That initiative became The United States of America.

Celebrate, win, make it better, or STFU and stay inside.

[Jack @jackunheard]

Lost 300 followers over this post.

Good riddance.

[WC Varones @wcvarones]

@_AmyMarsh @MattWelch backyard barbecue with sparklers at friends' house in Pasadena

[Amy - Artist and Designer @_AmyMarsh]

@MattWelch Yes - From my memory as a child, the Bicentennial was local... community oriented. https://t.co/l6k8mMs4IH

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Smoky Mountains National Park - America the Beautiful #USA250

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@fugitivemama @MattWalshBlog @TinkerTYJ https://t.co/l6k8mMs4IH

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[FugitiveMama @fugitivemama]

I remember the bicentennial like it was yesterday not because I remember who was POTUS ( I forgot and had to look it up) and not because of who performed in DC. I remember it because my parents threw a massive party, my neighborhood held a block party, my community had a massive parade and carnival, my school had a yearlong celebration and every business celebrated. I fear the 250th will not be remembered for such wholesome memories.

[Amy - Artist and Designer @_AmyMarsh]

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[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Midwest dads when you open a window while the AC is on

[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

I should put my mind to this. We do it occasionally but should do it more often.