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Casey Blake

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Voices Editor for @USATodayOpinion/ stay-at-home dog mom. She/ her.

 Asheville, NC
Joined July 2011
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Treat yourself to this defense of slime.
USA TODAY Opinion (@usatodayopinion) profile pictureUSA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinionOct 29
Opinion: Date night? Slime. Corporate retreat? Slime. Catastrophic, career-and-life-altering week? Slime. Obviously. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
When life fell apart, slime gave me something to hold on to | Opinion

When life fell apart, slime gave me something to hold on to | Opinion

Kids can't get enough of it; parents can't wait for it to disappear. But what if I told you that slime doesn't have to be messy?

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Opinion: I feel like my eyes have been opened. God helped me change my mind about the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
I was angry when my son came out. Watching him as a dad changed that

I was angry when my son came out. Watching him as a dad changed that

When my son came out, I felt embarrassed, hurt and ashamed. Today, I feel like my eyes have been opened. God helped me change my mind.

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Opinion: Lewis Cantwell was a "huge" Trump supporter and spent 5 months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Now he says his views have changed. usatoday.com/story/opinion/c…
He went to prison for Jan. 6. It changed his life – and his mind | Opinion

He went to prison for Jan. 6. It changed his life – and his mind | Opinion

Lewis Cantwell was a 'huge' Trump supporter and went to prison for his role in Jan. 6. He says he's changed his views and wants to start over. Can he?

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The White House became my home when I was twelve years old. I always understood that it wasn’t my ‘house’; it was The People’s House. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
Chelsea Clinton: Trump is wrecking the People's House | Exclusive

Chelsea Clinton: Trump is wrecking the People's House | Exclusive

President Trump has authority over the White House and the right to turn the East Wing into a ballroom. But authority is not the same as stewardship.

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Kofi Mframa@MframaKofi4 Oct 2025
wrote about taylor swift. usatoday.com/story/opinion/c…
Taylor Swift makes her own mythology her muse on 'Showgirl.' How boring. | Opinion

Taylor Swift makes her own mythology her muse on 'Showgirl.' How boring. | Opinion

From the eye roll-inducing 'Wood' to 'CANCELLED!', Taylor Swift's new album, 'The Life of a Showgirl,' is more of the same – but shockingly worse.

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Thanks to The Excerpt podcast @USATODAY for having me on to talk about Forum, our new weekly space from @usatodayopinion to hear readers' thoughts and opinions on this wild news moment we're all living in. Listen here: art19.com/shows/5-things/epi…
BONUS | Opinion: Hearing differing perspectives with Forum

BONUS | Opinion: Hearing differing perspectives with Forum

People are passionate about their views, and we'll continue to bring you that pulse from readers and listeners like you. Today you’ll hear from Senior Voices Editor Casey Blake about how her team...

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Wow, cats have had a hell of an election season huh?
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"It’s clearer now that people like authenticity until it conflicts with the version they’ve created in their heads," writes columnist @MframaKofi. bit.ly/47aVupM
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ALT A photo of Chappell Roan in a nun outfit singing into a microphone with a pink filter. Text added to the image reads: "Opinion: Chappell Roan speaking out against mistreatment she experiences doesn’t make her unfit for fame. Engaging with an artist’s offerings doesn’t mean you have a stake in ownership of the artists themselves."

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As #Paris2024@Olympics+@Paralympics begin, former #Afghanistan natl 🏀 player @samirasghari reminds world: “Don’t forget the 20 million Afghan women+girls who are denied basic rights to access education, work, health—and sports” Voices column in @USATODAY usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
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Wrote this up for ⁦@usatodayopinion⁩ in a lil girlie fit of rage 😊💅usatoday.com/story/opinion/c…
5 reasons Kamala can't be president that definitely aren't because she's a girl!

5 reasons Kamala can't be president that definitely aren't because she's a girl!

America is totally ready for a woman in the White House. Kamala simply isn't the executive branch's optimal girlboss.

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So it’s guy lying super loud versus guy telling the truth super soft.
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Kofi Mframa@MframaKofi7 Feb 2024
Made my @USATODAY debut sharing my thoughts on the Grammys and their habit of sidelining Black artists usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
Another year, another Grammys where Black excellence is sidelined. Why do we still engage?

Another year, another Grammys where Black excellence is sidelined. Why do we still engage?

A Black woman has not won album of the year since Lauryn Hill’s 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' in 1999.

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"My heart is heavy with sorrow, anger and, most of all, a profound sense of helplessness after an act so horrific and brutal that we never could have imagined it," writes Yaniv Yaakov. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
Hamas terrorists invaded my brother's home. Now, my family is held hostage in Gaza.

Hamas terrorists invaded my brother's home. Now, my family is held hostage in Gaza.

We learned the fate of my family in southern Israel when a friend shared a video of the terrifying moments when Hamas terrorists took them hostage.

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I'm excited to share this op-ed I wrote about identity and the Eras Tour for @USATODAY. In The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is no longer playing along with what patriarchy makes women do. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
In 'Eras Tour' movie, Taylor Swift shows women how to reject the mandate of one identity

In 'Eras Tour' movie, Taylor Swift shows women how to reject the mandate of one identity

With 'Eras Tour,' Taylor Swift shows us how to express who we are and who we are not. We can stop playing along with what patriarchy makes women do.

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"Without the context of the March on Washington and Dr. King’s words, America has little hope of recovering from the backslide into tribalism, racism and antisemitism it has wallowed in between the elections of Obama and Trump," writes Clarence B. Jones. usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
I helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Its message remains essential 60 years later.

I helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Its message remains essential 60 years later.

Is Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech fading in Americans' collective memory? That's like erasing the Holocaust from history classes.

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My latest- every wk in #USA, there’s another #GunViolence tragedy, many we see roll thru hospitals. On avg, we have ~1.5 mass shootings/day in 2023. Something needs to change. We need to push #lawmakers for significant #GunReform @USATODAY @usatodayopinion usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
As a doctor, I've seen what an AR-15 does to the body. Unless we act, so will many Americans.

As a doctor, I've seen what an AR-15 does to the body. Unless we act, so will many Americans.

I'd like to be able to tell my patients who've suffered gunshot wounds that no one else will suffer the way they have. I can't.

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From Highland Park, Illinois, shooting survivor @CampBeasleywood for @usatodayopinion: In the simplest terms, our guns are enforcing the fentanyl crisis in Mexico while creating a public health crisis here at home, and we can stop it. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
I survived a mass shooting – and found Americans aren't all that divided on gun safety

I survived a mass shooting – and found Americans aren't all that divided on gun safety

There's a solution that could bridge the gap between Republicans and Democrats by addressing two of their biggest concerns: gun safety and fentanyl.

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“Our guns are enforcing the fentanyl crisis in Mexico while creating a public health crisis here at home, and we can stop it.” @USATODAY usatoday.com/story/opinion/v… @NewtownAction @gaysagainstguns @ChangeTheRef @andersoncooper @maddow @AMarch4OurLives @po_murray @gailbarb1
I survived a mass shooting – and found Americans aren't all that divided on gun safety

I survived a mass shooting – and found Americans aren't all that divided on gun safety

There's a solution that could bridge the gap between Republicans and Democrats by addressing two of their biggest concerns: gun safety and fentanyl.

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Fenit Nirappil@FenitN27 Mar 2023
The parents of two children who died by AR-15 gunfire consented to having The Post visually reconstruct what the bullets did to their bodies. A spokesman for the family of Peter Wang, a Parkland victim, said the "parents want people to know the truth" wapo.st/3JRkV4o
The Blast Effect: How bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

The Blast Effect: How bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

The Washington Post examined autopsy and postmortem reports from nearly a hundred victims of past mass shootings that involved an AR-15 style rifle.

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