It is the absolute WORST

Good morning, #5amwritersclub! Isn't it funny how certain dates can stick in your head for a lifetime? My childhood dog would have turned 42 today, and I am trying to wrap my brain around this! Time is weird.

Thanks for sharing, and thank goodness for those WPA interviews so first-hand accounts like these weren't lost to history.

it’s great that if you are too busy to read the news for a day or two right now you get a jump scare when you try to catch up

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

I honestly don't know what to say to my Minnesota-born kids when a mom is shot in her car, a 5 year old is effectively kidnapped, a man is executed outside the donut shop we'd visit after church sometimes for a special treat. But I'm proud as hell of the Minnesotans who are standing up to this. 💜

A crowd of people stand in front of Target with anti-ICE protest signs.

A crowd of people stand in front of Target with anti-ICE protest signs.

A crowd of people stand in front of Target with anti-ICE protest signs.

A group of people stand holding giant letters that say END ICE TERROR IN MINNESOTA and TARGET PROMOTES UNCONSTITUTIONAL ICE ACTIONS.

We stand in solidarity with MN, and our immigrant communities, and people everywhere harmed by authoritarian regimes and state violence. Target is COMPLICIT. #boycotttarget. Photos from yesterday's action. #AbolishICE , #ICEoutofMinnesota , #ICEOutForGood

Minnesota is standing up for democracy. Are you standing up for us?

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

I always thought it was "hatmaker," but I only married into it! 😆

Good morning, #5amwritersclub. Pretty sure this is the worst timeline, right?

Good morning, #5amwritersclub. I was up too late and now I am pffffffffttttttt.

A belated good morning, #5amwritersclub! Keep showing up. Keep making art. Keep speaking truth. Keep creating community. It's needed now, more than ever.

Great reminder! Just took the family over to Harris Teeter last week to do exactly this. You can even schedule online! Easy-peasy.

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The gusting 40+mph winds have apparently taken out the giant confederate flag on 64 west of Zion Xroads, in case you need a mood-booster.

Is it too much dorkitude to tell you how much I love this one? ❤️

Me folding a week’s worth of laundry on top of our bed with the dog bed pictured* because that’s what normal people do *feel free to substitute cat bed

normalize instead of “would this candidate have a beer with me” asking “would this candidate be folding laundry on a Monday night, and planning out the grocery list for Tuesday while doing so”

I'm so sorry. I have been there. Deep breaths. You've got this.

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Good morning #5amwritersclub! A late check-in on a cold, dark morning.

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Good morning #5amwritersclub! It's my first morning writing in the home office in quite a while. In the summertime, I tend to write outside in the early mornings if I can. But sitting down at my desk in the office this morning was like greeting an old friend.

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Good morning #5amwritersclub! Can we all agree that Bluesky's GIFs are pretty awful? For that and other reasons I am really missing that other platform right now but I don't think I'll ever go back.

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Good morning, and happy October #5amwritersclub. Rabbit rabbit rabbit!

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Good morning #5amwritersclub! Realized my fatal error this morning: no real coffee creamer in the house. Send help.

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Good morning #5amwritersclub! Well, it's not exactly 5 a.m., but at least I'm here. These past few weeks have been...wow. But today is September 14, and it's a great day to hit reset on those writing goals!

Thanks for posting this - I needed this today too. You can do it!

Good morning! Late to #5amwritersclub, but I am trying to sleep in when I can after the chaos of the past two weeks. Back to school season is not for the faint of heart!

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Good morning #5amwritersclub! Checking in late, but I'm here. Trying to make sure there are characters actually DOING STUFF in this scene and not just thinking about doing stuff.

Congrats, Melody! 📚❤️