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This is the thing that gives me hope for this election. My father, a lifelong Republican and evangelical Christian, has been speaking out against Trump since before the primary in Wisconsin, writing long essays on Facebook. When I saw him earlier this month, he said, "The Republican Party has done something I never thought possible. They've turned me into a Democrat." He went on to explain that he's not only voting for Hillary, he's voting Democrat in the downticket races as well. And he's defending her when his Facebook commenters try to insinuate things against her.

Part of his particular reasoning is that he works directly with immigrants, helping them with applications for the DREAM act, with appeals of denied visas, and so on, and the hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Republicans has reached an intolerable level for him. Even though this is only true for a small number of Republicans (my mom and dad and their coworkers),

My sister, also lifelong Republican, refuses to vote for Trump but hasn't been convinced to vote for Hillary. She's planning to sit the election out, and I'll take that. She lives in California anyway.

I have some hope that other people like them will have their anti-Trump breaking points as well.

August books

1. Radiance, Catherynne M Valente


2. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, +JK Rowling et al


3. Full of Briars, Seanan McGuire


4. Chimera, Mira Grant


5. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect, Dr Jonice Webb


6. Bodies in Motion: Stories, Mary Anne Mohanraj


7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, +JK Rowling (reread) (audio)


8. Lucy, +Jamaica Kincaid (paper)


9. Nostalgia, +Mircea Cartarescu (Romania) (paper)
   Abandoned 60%, boredom.


10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, +JK Rowling (reread) (audio)