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Author: Confluence

Informed

Trust Me, Mueller Doesn’t Need the Trump Organization Documents

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Times report said the subpoena is related to records before Trump’s run for office specifically related to real estate and business dealings with Russia. Considering the list of high profile witnesses that have been on parade cooperating with the investigation in recent weeks, it’s fairly clear Mueller isn’t on a fishing expedition. Mueller is on a coffin nailing mission, and who’s in that coffin is yet to be determined. However, these court documents have the name “Trump Organization” written all over them.

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Elevate

The Beauty of Boredom

Reading Time: 4 minutes It takes a lot of energy to push against inertia. There’s enough spoons. Give a reference for that to get your locomotive moving. A locomotive, a big steam locomotive can be held in place, despite all its power by one small block of wood placed on the track. Once it gets moving, that block of wood would be smashed to smithereens.

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Engage

How to Find that Really Great Guy

Reading Time: 4 minutes I’m not going to tell you how to spot or avoid a player or an abuser. I am going to say that if you want to attract a man who’s going to treat you like a partner and an equal, you’re going to need to look beyond the players and make your move with the guy who might not be making moves at all. That guy might be worth some risk. That guy will take more effort, especially initially.

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Informed

When the Person Who Just Got Fired is a Horrible Human, Isn’t That a Good Thing? Don’t bet on it.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Every departure from this administration, no matter how vile the human who is leaving, is sending us further into a death spiral of a failing democracy. Trump is not capable of designing a leadership team who will challenge him.

The good news about democracy is, it’s still built on people. Truth be told, we may have already lost our democracy. However, 2018 can be the year we took it back.

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