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How families navigate political divisions during holiday gatherings

My extended family does a big holiday gathering every year and this time my cousin is bringing her Trump-supporting boyfriend while my sister is still raw from the election, and we're all pretending we can just avoid politics for one day but the tension is already building in the group chat.

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A family is trying to preserve connection by avoiding conflict, but the silence itself is becoming corrosive to their bonds.

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