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I got through the airports as quickly as possible. I flew into El Paso two weeks ago and then traveled solo by car for a bit. But the hardest part was 36 hours on Amtrak recently. Downtown Chicago was deserted and Union Station was a desolate mix of homeless and a few anxious travelers.
We all shared that same look of fear and exhaustion as we endeavored to stay the 6 or more feet apart as much as possible. Thankfully the ridership was light. And I sani wiped everything I could think of. I washed my hands a lot. And I napped.
But the hardest to see were the few homeless hanging out in the train station for lack of anywhere else to go. The sheer starkness of their situation was just heart breaking. Please take a moment to share some reflection for the most marginalized of us who are going to pay a serious price for the orange man’s fuckery.
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