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I Stumbled Upon A Dark Secret In An Innocent Looking Home In Germany. Could This Happen In The U.S.?
"A jumble of thoughts flashed across my mind: Can I do this? Should I? What will it mean if I turn away? If I go forward?"
"If this sounds familiar to you, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is part of the same denomination.”
“It was the first time that I had been directly referenced in the halls of Congress.”
“A third officer wandered up, eyeing me with a suspicious squint.”
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"What do you say to your child that isn’t legally your child when he reaches out to you in need of something you aren’t sure you’re allowed to give him?"
“The thing about big breaks for recovering cynics like me is that they shift everything about the truths one holds to be self-evident, including the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.”
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"If you’re reading this and thinking, 'That sounds amazing, but I could never do that,' I want you to know: I thought that, too."
"If this story makes you uncomfortable, I invite you to sit with that. Let discomfort be the beginning."
"The words coursed through my body looking for an answer — an answer I owed only myself."