Election violence anxiety

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Anxiety about the election??

Many of us are concerned about what will happen as the election approaches. Will everything go smoothly? How will people react to the election results? Will there be violent protests and counter-protests in the streets??

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News and views

Some news and views that caught our attention:?

• Football fever comes to election season. How can this movement compete with the “dopamine-spiking, political mud-wrestling we see all around us?” Deseret News covers our Power Rankings.??
• A storm of bad information. When hurricanes and other disasters strike, our divides can lead to a surge of distorted, pessimistic, and paranoid information.

Movement updates

• Conservative talks climate change. On the 12 Geniuses podcast, Benji Backer, author of The Conservative Environmentalist, talks about his efforts to build bipartisan consensus on climate change and about political views that defy stereotypes.?Watch now.
• Criticism of CBS. In a Fox News piece criticizing how CBS has handled recent on-air interviews, our CEO Tom Fishman weighed in on Americans' distrust towards the media. What do you think of the criticism CBS has received? Read more.

Make It A Habit: Don’t assume talking politics will be painful?

Kurt Gray writes about talking with his Uber driver, a Christian Nationalist, and includes some tips for talking to people with whom we have major differences.?

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