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     You can tell the pro-life extremists. They’re the ones who want their enemies–the women and men who support a woman’s sovereignty over her own body–dead by any means at their command. Hard to get more pro-life that that.

     America is divided, but the fracture is not beyond repair. Beneath the noise, most citizens still agree on core values—fairness, opportunity, and justice. The challenge is turning that quiet agreement into bold, collective action.

       Congress is now in August recess, when members return home to reconnect with constituents. For Democrats, this month isn’t vacation time; it’s a lifeline. While Republicans flee tough questions, Democrats can prove they’re listening through town halls, door-knocking, and direct engagement with working families who’ve lost faith in the party.

     Yeah, I said it, not abstractly or politically, but personally. It’s not simply that “people” are going to die, or “you” are going to die. I’m going to die. I don’t know when. I’m full of determination, just shy of age 79, to stay alive and functional, but doing so ain’t what it used to be. Ouch. Simply standing up now takes the sort of effort I once exerted walking a mile. Our Hero (as I call myself) is functionally ebbing.