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The Preamble

The Moment I Realized I Didn’t Have to Inherit My Politics

Nov 20, 2025
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My family’s political affiliations have definitely shifted since I was a child. My father grew up in Jackson Hole, WY, and fit just about any description you could give of a rough-and-tough, pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps cowboy, whereas my mother grew up in a very wealthy family just outside of Chicago.

Though they had extremely different upbringing…

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