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08-02-2016, 10:57 PM
Hey America: It's August. Let's all take a nice long Trumpcation.
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Forget vacation. Forget staycation. The new American summer getaway is a Tr*mpcation.
On Monday August 1, I committed myself to this challenge on Twitter: Take a much-needed break from the exhausting showboat of a GOP presidential candidate until September. Don't read any news about him; don't engage on Facebook in any discussion about him; don't even say his name.*
It's hard to avoid seeing or hearing his name, of course. Few people can do that in this media-saturated world, especially **t when they work in the media.*
SEE ALSO: When Hillary Clinton embraces her inner nerd, she wins (http://mashable.com/2016/07/29/hillary-clinton-nerd/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
But clicking through to the story? Lingering on yet a**ther social media discussion taking place in the shadow of his picture? Paying attention to the TV news? Opening the newspaper, when I can find one? Getting riled up by his offensive antics yet again, for the umpteenth time? That, I figured, was on me.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/trumpcation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Forget vacation. Forget staycation. The new American summer getaway is a Tr*mpcation.
On Monday August 1, I committed myself to this challenge on Twitter: Take a much-needed break from the exhausting showboat of a GOP presidential candidate until September. Don't read any news about him; don't engage on Facebook in any discussion about him; don't even say his name.*
It's hard to avoid seeing or hearing his name, of course. Few people can do that in this media-saturated world, especially **t when they work in the media.*
SEE ALSO: When Hillary Clinton embraces her inner nerd, she wins (http://mashable.com/2016/07/29/hillary-clinton-nerd/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
But clicking through to the story? Lingering on yet a**ther social media discussion taking place in the shadow of his picture? Paying attention to the TV news? Opening the newspaper, when I can find one? Getting riled up by his offensive antics yet again, for the umpteenth time? That, I figured, was on me.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/trumpcation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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