It might not seem like it, but plenty of places like this still exist across the United States.

It’s very sad, and it just shouldn’t be this way.

the U.S. has become an "oligarchic society"

That affects everybody's safety.

Those are folks who otherwise would be making discoveries that could benefit the public good.

It is disturbingly dystopian.

When you look at, like, autism from 25 years ago, and you look at it now, something's going on.

Let’s bring religion back. ... Let’s bring God back to our lives.

You tear down the federal government, you also tear down our whole society.

I wished in this country we wouldn’t have to do this.

I understand people don't like paying taxes, but this is how we fund our civilized society and the many programs that our constituents care about.

Every one of us that is not a farmer is not a farmer because we have farmers.

As a veteran who served for this Nation for over 26 years, I know how important the GI Bill is for opening doors for transitioning service members to become productive members of society following their service.

Cheating undermines the integrity of our democracy and threatens the very fabric of our society.

You've spent the last two-and-a-half years full-time trying to sow hate and division among us.

This is a moment in time for us to look in the mirror and ask a question. That question being, who are we?

If you do not have truth, how do you survive as a democratic society?

Fiction was useful as a reminder of the truths under the surface of what we argue about every day and was a way of seeing and hearing the voices, the multitudes of this country.