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Coffee with The Contrarians and Joyce Vance

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance · Joyce Vance · last updated

If you missed us live, here’s the video of Jen, Norm, and me in conversation from earlier this morning. It’s always good to have my first cup of coffee with them (it’s an hour earlier for me than it is for them, hence my slightly bleary look).

We discussed the news of the day, our plans for the rest of this year, and our hopes for the next one. 2025 may have been a year full of growing authoritarianism in this country, but as more and more Americans have awakened to that fact and the need to fight for democracy, 2026 can be the year democracy strikes back. I’m getting ready for that, and I hope you are too.

We’re in this together,

Joyce

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