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And, a HAPPY NEW YEAR to YOU, Dan. Tomorrow is my 91st Birthday and as I recall, you are soon to follow. So, for both of us in 2022, - "L' chaiml" To Life. And, may STEADY continue to LIVE also in 2022. Gus

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Thanks, Dan. I hope 2022 will bring us an investigative journalist who counts those we have lost -- not to covid, but to the lack of medical care because covid patients filled the hospitals. My husband died in August because he could not get a bed for heart surgery; the hospitals were overflowing with unvaccinated covid patients. Our hospitals are a war zone and we need a fresh approach to dealing with the true costs of this pandemic. I try to be optimistic for 2022 but first I have to find a way to set aside my anger about losing my husband when proper medical care would have saved his life.

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Jan 1, 2022Liked by Elliot Kirschner

Happy New Year to you Mr Rather & to Elliot. I wish you both, your loved ones and the community here a good year blessed with courage, grace & laughter. May we all hold Steady. Together.

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Happy New Year, Dan! You voice is a source of comfort and support for me, cutting through the bombardment of hate, lies, corruption, and the resulting fears. THANK YOU, Dan. Wishing you a very healthy and happy year ahead, and many, many more to come.

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Thank you Dan and team. You are a steady voice of reason and light in a world that feels increasingly uncertain. There are a lot of people and many faith communities doing good, stepping up, speaking wisdom in our country and our world. They do this quietly, steadily and without the media attention that all the bad actors seem to get. They give me hope.

Here is my one small beacon of light from 2021: my small church now has 10 tiny homes in our parking lot with 10 formerly houseless residents brought in off the streets. Happy New Year to all. May the beacon of love shine ever brighter in 2022. 💖

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What a privilege to read words from one of the worlds greatest reporters, journalists and newscasters.

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I would like to wish anyone reading this a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year. We're all in this together, share that happiness, health and good fortune with each other.

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Thank you for Steady, for lifting us up (when we needed that), for holding out hope (when there didn’t seem to be any reason for it) and for sharing your opinions and explanations on events of the past year - so very much appreciated.

Happy New Year!

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Jan 1, 2022Liked by Elliot Kirschner

Dont forget it was the year of the James Webb telescope launch!!!

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Jan 1, 2022Liked by Elliot Kirschner

Dan and Elliot, you enrich my life and I thank you!’

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Thank you, Dan and Elliot, for the words that lift away some of the fog that has come to seemingly forever surround us. As we come into this new year, I am full of deja vu at the passing of 2020 and how that feeling of "Thank God it's over, 2021 will be ever so much better". Then watching the events unfold before our eyes on 1/6 and knowing that the dates are just numbers, it's our actions and our attitudes that make the difference. Thanks for reminding me of that once again.

Thanks for creating this forum in 2021, as y'all said, it's a good thing that came from that year- here's to more good than not good in 2022.

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Mr. Rather -- your loyal followers are deeply grateful for your calming voice of wisdom. All the best in the New Year for you and for all of us who want to see our country remain a bedrock of democracy.

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Jan 1, 2022Liked by Elliot Kirschner

I felt like giving up but your message inspired me! Thank you 🙏🏻

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Dear Dan your words seem to always ring true to me. It warms my heart to know I am not alone in my ideologies. Thank you.

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Thank you for always reminding us of the good in the world, of the hope and possibilities that exist everywhere. You are a blessing. Happy New Year!

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Jan 2, 2022Liked by Elliot Kirschner

Thank you, Dan and Elliot. Your words always bring me comfort and hope.

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