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TRENDING: Beached whale draws hundreds Rippling Rivers Street Talk Free Will Astrology Nourishing Generations Street Talk By John Koenig November 10, 2026 What are your thoughts and feelings after the midterm election? My feelings are that it’ll be nice to see some change after the first of the year. But I’m a little nervous for these next two months—it’s so hard to predict anything. M.A., 59, post-production I’m happy that there’ll be checks and balances back in federal government. I’m delighted that the electorate as a whole is seeing that maybe some things aren’t okay. And I am hopeful that a normalcy of dialogue and working together can happen moving forward. J.C., 61, teacher I feel like I can breathe and my chest is not constricted with anxiety. I feel really positive. I realized that every time I opened my news feed my whole body reacted. Not having that every day is something I’m really looking forward to.

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