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They Wanted the Collapse Story

I wouldn't give it to them then. I won't now.

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Jennifer Makeeff
Apr 06, 2026
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Six years ago, I wrote this.

April 6, 2020. Nobody knew what April 7 would look like. Nobody knew the DC area wouldn’t reopen until the following year. Nobody knew that words like grit and resilience were about to get redefined. That we’d find out what they actually mean when there’s no timeline, no roadmap, and no guarantee there’s another side.

What I k…

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