
Andra Watkins
Author at For Such a Time as This Newsletter
Author at For Such a Time as This Newsletter
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3 weeks ago |
andrawatkins.substack.com | Andra Watkins
What gave me HOPE this week:Anyone who’s learned another language (especially later in life) knows it comes and goes. I have one conversation where I’m killing it; everything flows from brain to tongue; and it is beautiful. In the next conversation, I ask for a woman’s crotch full of gelato (coño = woman’s crotch; cono = cone.)But I had a lovely conversation with a cab driver this week.
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3 weeks ago |
andrawatkins.substack.com | Andra Watkins
In China, “state-sanctioned moral values" comprise WeChat’s Social Credit Score. It is the imposition of a specific code of morality on the Chinese population. That code includes following government orders without question, never saying anything negative about the government or anyone in it, and constantly proving one’s loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party. These laws will make up every American’s Social Credit Score and will be non-negotiable.
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3 weeks ago |
andrawatkins.substack.com | Andra Watkins
Yesterday, our Democracy Reading Group had the honor of sitting down with Dr Marcel Dirsus to discuss his book How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. A recording of this video interview for Paid Subscribers is included at the end of this newsletter. Paid Subscribers, please join us!If I can provide a link for everyone, I will. I’m also speaking with Blue Tennessee on 12 June. Wednesday. 11 June 2025. Noon eastern. Substack LIVE event with . Why are so many Americans drawn to asshole leaders?
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3 weeks ago |
andrawatkins.substack.com | Andra Watkins
Don’t forget today’s Democracy Reading Group discussion with Dr Marcel Dirsus for Paid Subscribers! Noon eastern TODAY (3 June 2025.) Zoom link went out yesterday. Click below for the Zoom link:And tomorrow. 4 June 2025. Noon eastern. Join our Substack LIVE with . He is killing it on ideas for Democratic Party messaging. His Substack posts give me a whole new lens to process what’s happening.
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3 weeks ago |
andrawatkins.substack.com | Andra Watkins
The Zoom link for our Democracy Book Club discussion with Dr Marcel Dirsus is at the bottom of this message. This link is for Paid Subscribers. Please don’t share it with anyone.
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