Religious Release Time, or, why did so many "nice" and "kind" midwesterners vote for Trump and continue to support him despite ICE and Epstein?

My forced religious indoctrination in public school in Minnesota may give you a clue

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Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Jul 16, 2025
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My little sister and I are very close. Since we were toddlers, our mother, an overwhelmed new immigrant from Korea simplified her life with four kids by treating us last-two like twins: same clothes, same bowl haircut; we spent hours together in a small netted playpen that was more pen than play. My sister went t…

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