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America Is Abandoning Its Edge Over China • How the balance is shifting in the rivalry between powers
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America Is Abandoning Its Edge Over China
How the balance is shifting in the rivalry between powers
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 29/09/2026
Fascism, Truth, and Small Acts of Courage • My conversation with Tim Snyder
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Fascism, Truth, and Small Acts of Courage
My conversation with Tim Snyder
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 28/09/2026
A Controversial Voter Database Is Back in Play Before the Midterms • The Supreme Court has lifted the block on a federal voter verification database
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A Controversial Voter Database Is Back in Play Before the Midterms
The Supreme Court has lifted the block on a federal voter verification database
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 27/09/2026
What Do We Owe Each Other? • Connection requires effort, inconvenience, and showing up
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What Do We Owe Each Other?
Connection requires effort, inconvenience, and showing up
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 25/09/2026
Vaccines Have More Benefits Than You Might Think • Research points to possible benefits ranging from cancer prevention to brain health
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Vaccines Have More Benefits Than You Might Think
Research points to possible benefits ranging from cancer prevention to brain health
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 24/09/2026
The Federal Government Is Not “Returning Education to the States” • The Trump administration is trying a new way to subsidize private school
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The Federal Government Is Not “Returning Education to the States”
The Trump administration is trying a new way to subsidize private school
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 23/09/2026
How the Houthis Got Their Hands on the Global Economy • Pressure on the Red Sea could raise costs for fuel, food, shipping and more
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How the Houthis Got Their Hands on the Global Economy
Pressure on the Red Sea could raise costs for fuel, food, shipping and more
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 22/09/2026
5 Things You Can Do Now So Your Kids Want a Relationship With You as Adults • The everyday habits that build a bond your child chooses to keep
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5 Things You Can Do Now So Your Kids Want a Relationship With You as Adults
The everyday habits that build a bond your child chooses to keep
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 21/09/2026
Why College Costs So Much — and What We Lose Because of It • High prices are changing who attends and what graduates become
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Why College Costs So Much — and What We Lose Because of It
High prices are changing who attends and what graduates become
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 20/09/2026
You’re Avoiding the Wrong Kind of Stress • We skip the things that fulfill us while worrying about things we can’t control
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You’re Avoiding the Wrong Kind of Stress
We skip the things that fulfill us while worrying about things we can’t control
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 18/09/2026
$40 Million to Put Trump on the Ballot in November • The unusual convention reveals the GOP's midterm problem
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$40 Million to Put Trump on the Ballot in November
The unusual convention reveals the GOP's midterm problem
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 17/09/2026
The Warning Before October 7 • A newly reported warning is fueling a debate Israel has never formally resolved
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The Warning Before October 7
A newly reported warning is fueling a debate Israel has never formally resolved
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 16/09/2026
The DEI Crackdown Has Reached Medical Research • Federal grant cancellations are reshaping how scientists study health disparities
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The DEI Crackdown Has Reached Medical Research
Federal grant cancellations are reshaping how scientists study health disparities
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 15/09/2026
Mail-in voting loss for the Trump admin, $5K checks to all adults, Mitch is back, and more • Get caught up quickly with The Preamble
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Mail-in voting loss for the Trump admin, $5K checks to all adults, Mitch is back, and more
Get caught up quickly with The Preamble
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 14/09/2026
America’s Best Minds Are Looking for the Exits • Funding cuts and political interference are driving US researchers away
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America’s Best Minds Are Looking for the Exits
Funding cuts and political interference are driving US researchers away
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 13/09/2026
The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Happiness • Why even the good things don’t feel good enough
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The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Happiness
Why even the good things don’t feel good enough
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 11/09/2026
The Human Cost of 9/11 Didn’t End That Day • The toll of the attacks extends far beyond 2,977 lives
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The Human Cost of 9/11 Didn’t End That Day
The toll of the attacks extends far beyond 2,977 lives
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 10/09/2026
The Pentagon’s New Definition of Merit • Dozens of officers have been fired, sidelined, or blocked from promotion
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The Pentagon’s New Definition of Merit
Dozens of officers have been fired, sidelined, or blocked from promotion
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 09/09/2026
America’s Wild Horses Are in Danger • Federal protections are failing the mustangs they were meant to save
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America’s Wild Horses Are in Danger
Federal protections are failing the mustangs they were meant to save
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 08/09/2026
What Ted Lasso Can Teach Us About Democracy • Believe, be curious, and leave room for redemption
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What Ted Lasso Can Teach Us About Democracy
Believe, be curious, and leave room for redemption
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 07/09/2026
Labor Day at The Preamble
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Labor Day at The Preamble
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 06/09/2026
Not Everything Is a Mindset Problem • Sometimes the problem isn’t you — it’s your circumstances
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Not Everything Is a Mindset Problem
Sometimes the problem isn’t you — it’s your circumstances
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 04/09/2026
Why Are We So Obsessed With Tradwives? • Their floral dresses and butter-churning content soothe and enrage us all at once
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Tradwives?
Their floral dresses and butter-churning content soothe and enrage us all at once
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 03/09/2026
MAGA Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump • His import plan could make America’s cattle shortage worse
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MAGA Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump
His import plan could make America’s cattle shortage worse
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 02/09/2026
Linda McMahon's Sex Abuse Lawsuit • The Secretary of Education claims to be fighting the same conduct she's accused of covering up
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Linda McMahon's Sex Abuse Lawsuit
The Secretary of Education claims to be fighting the same conduct she's accused of covering up
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 01/09/2026
Press Secretaries Used to Actually Answer Questions • How the job went from press liaison to partisan warrior
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Press Secretaries Used to Actually Answer Questions
How the job went from press liaison to partisan warrior
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 31/08/2026
A Country Full of Bibles and Empty of Love • Christian nationalism mistakes political power for faith
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A Country Full of Bibles and Empty of Love
Christian nationalism mistakes political power for faith
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 30/08/2026
Is it Your Intuition or Anxiety? • Not every strong feeling is a warning sign
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Is it Your Intuition or Anxiety?
Not every strong feeling is a warning sign
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 28/08/2026
The President Mailed His Ballot In. Yours Might Not Make It. • With the midterms looming, the US Postal Service is changing the mail-in voting rules
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The President Mailed His Ballot In. Yours Might Not Make It.
With the midterms looming, the US Postal Service is changing the mail-in voting rules
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 27/08/2026
She Carried the Baby. Who Makes the Decisions? • A multi-state surrogacy fight became a battle over parental authority
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She Carried the Baby. Who Makes the Decisions?
A multi-state surrogacy fight became a battle over parental authority
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 26/08/2026
We Put Reading on Screens. It Backfired. • What 20 years of student reading data tell us about EdTech
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We Put Reading on Screens. It Backfired.
What 20 years of student reading data tell us about EdTech
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 25/08/2026
Men Are Too Emotional to Vote
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Men Are Too Emotional to Vote
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 24/08/2026
DOGE Got Audited, and the Receipts Were a Mess • We were promised transparency and savings. There were problems with both.
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DOGE Got Audited, and the Receipts Were a Mess
We were promised transparency and savings. There were problems with both.
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 23/08/2026
You Were Never Supposed to Do Life Alone • The modern household is doing a village’s work
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You Were Never Supposed to Do Life Alone
The modern household is doing a village’s work
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 21/08/2026
ICE is Putting Ankle Monitors on Legal Immigrants • Haitians have been stripped of TPS and put under surveillance
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ICE is Putting Ankle Monitors on Legal Immigrants
Haitians have been stripped of TPS and put under surveillance
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 20/08/2026
"Jab" Misinformation, Autism Fearmongering, and Bad Science • Debunking the president's wild claims about vaccines
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"Jab" Misinformation, Autism Fearmongering, and Bad Science
Debunking the president's wild claims about vaccines
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 19/08/2026
Stuck at Sea for 9 Months • What's happening aboard the USS Lincoln
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Stuck at Sea for 9 Months
What's happening aboard the USS Lincoln
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 18/08/2026
When Asking for Help Isn’t Enough • The Lindsay Clancy trial raises a much bigger question than guilty or not
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When Asking for Help Isn’t Enough
The Lindsay Clancy trial raises a much bigger question than guilty or not
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 17/08/2026
Why Are Public Lands Being Handed Over to Corporate Developers? • Trump is dismantling protections across millions of acres
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Why Are Public Lands Being Handed Over to Corporate Developers?
Trump is dismantling protections across millions of acres
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 16/08/2026
How to Identify Your Values • A meaningful life requires more than goals
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How to Identify Your Values
A meaningful life requires more than goals
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 14/08/2026
The Election Fight the President Keeps Losing • Trump is 0 for 21 in lawsuits seeking state voter rolls
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The Election Fight the President Keeps Losing
Trump is 0 for 21 in lawsuits seeking state voter rolls
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 13/08/2026
The Latchkey Generation Has Entered Its Power Years • Why Gen X matters more than ever
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The Latchkey Generation Has Entered Its Power Years
Why Gen X matters more than ever
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 12/08/2026
Why Student Borrowers Waited Years for Debt Relief • Until a recent settlement, victims of predatory colleges were left in limbo
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Why Student Borrowers Waited Years for Debt Relief
Until a recent settlement, victims of predatory colleges were left in limbo
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 11/08/2026
Are We Still Avoiding Lettuce? • Food safety cuts have made outbreaks like cyclospora harder to stop
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Are We Still Avoiding Lettuce?
Food safety cuts have made outbreaks like cyclospora harder to stop
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 10/08/2026
What Happens When the History They Want Hidden Becomes Searchable? • I found the history of my last name. Millions of other Black Americans soon could too
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What Happens When the History They Want Hidden Becomes Searchable?
I found the history of my last name. Millions of other Black Americans soon could too
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 09/08/2026
Most Decisions Don’t Matter • Focus your mind on making the best of whatever you choose
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Most Decisions Don’t Matter
Focus your mind on making the best of whatever you choose
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 07/08/2026
The Daily Brief — August 7, 2026 • Court halts Trump’s ballroom, Meta ordered to pay $942M, Blanche’s path cleared
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The Daily Brief — August 7, 2026
Court halts Trump’s ballroom, Meta ordered to pay $942M, Blanche’s path cleared
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 07/08/2026
Term Limits Are Not the Answer • Congress needs reform, but term limits aren't it
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Term Limits Are Not the Answer
Congress needs reform, but term limits aren't it
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 06/08/2026
The Daily Brief — August 6, 2026 • Trump targets birthright citizenship again, Fauci referred for prosecution, new flu shot
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The Daily Brief — August 6, 2026
Trump targets birthright citizenship again, Fauci referred for prosecution, new flu shot
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The Preamble @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz · 06/08/2026
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times • A recording from Sharon McMahon's live video
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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
A recording from Sharon McMahon's live video
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