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Monica Harris
Thought Leader Author Attorney
I awakened to the illusions,
ditched corporate America,
and found happiness in the Montana woods

B.L.O.G.
(Bringing Light Over Gloom)


For Subscribers Who Haven't Migrated To My Substack Yet...
The UK Daily Mail and Fox News Just Picked Up My Article On Censorship Hey gang! Apparently quite a few subscribers haven't found their...

Monica Harris
Jul 25, 20231 min read
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Are We Governed, Or Are We Ruled? (Part One)
We may not be in control now, but power is a game of numbers Heads up! My latest post is now available on my Substack, The Bigger...

Monica Harris
Jun 28, 20231 min read
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When “Protected” Groups Are Silenced, Diversity and Inclusion Are Illusory
Right-wing extremists and racists aren’t the only ones being censored. It can happen to ANY of us. Recently, I was reminded of just how...

Monica Harris
May 21, 20235 min read
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Marginalizing Protected Groups in the Name of Equity and Inclusion Is the "New Normal"
Why are women’s and lesbian rights minimized in efforts to promote equality for transgender Americans? As a gay black woman, I'm often...

Monica Harris
Apr 24, 202311 min read
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What Do Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes and Big Pharma Have in Common?
It doesn't take a conspiracy to deceive people. Sometimes it's just massive groupthink. “It is much easier to fool people than to...

Monica Harris
Mar 5, 20237 min read
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Let's Not Forget MLK's Message of Unity
Happy MLK Day to my peeps!! Excited to share my Op-Ed published today in The Billings Gazette (Montana's largest newspaper). King's...

Monica Harris
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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My TEDx Breckenridge Talk Just Dropped! Watch It Here!
Happy Happy Sunday! Please check out my TEDx Breckenridge talk that just dropped! Super proud of it and excited to share. Watch it here!...

Monica Harris
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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Welcome to the Apocalypse (Courtesy of Twitter)
From election interference to military psyops, we’re discovering the depths to which we’ve been deceived For the past decade or so, many...

Monica Harris
Dec 26, 20229 min read
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Check Out My First TEDx Talk!!
Happy Sunday and belated Happy Thanksgiving! Just a quick note to let you know that my TEDx Wilson Park talk, Overcoming the Illusion of...

Monica Harris
Nov 27, 20221 min read
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The Illusion of Division: Let's Spread the Message of Unity!
Apologies for being so quiet this past month! As some of you may know, I've been focused on getting my message out on the speaking...

Monica Harris
Nov 2, 202211 min read
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When Language Divides Us
Words are rapidly being re-defined in a way that pits Americans against each other If you follow me, you know that I believe our...

Monica Harris
Sep 21, 20227 min read
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Americans Can't Afford to Sit This Out. The Time To Resist Is Upon Us.
As the System implodes, elites will do everything they can to keep us from realizing our true power [NOTE: Wanted to share the good news:...

Monica Harris
Jul 14, 202211 min read
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Big News!
I love writing and giving my take on current events. Unlike bloggers who post short tidbits every day or two, I tend to do more-in depth...

Monica Harris
Jun 17, 20223 min read
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If You Love America, It's Time to Fight For It
Democrat or Republican, POC or white, we all need to defend what’s left of our country [Note: I've revised and updated this piece from...

Monica Harris
May 22, 20227 min read
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When Leaders Are More Terrified of Free Speech Than Nuclear War, You Know Something is Wrong
Why has Elon Musk sent the Establishment into panic mode? I’m always wary of people with a lot of money. I’m not talking about...

Monica Harris
May 3, 20228 min read
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Our Economy is An Illusion That Impoverishes Us
The way banks create money is grand theft on an epic scale [NOTE: Because I believe the economy will soon be the most important issue in...

Monica Harris
Apr 23, 202213 min read
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The Price of Supporting Ukrainian Freedom Is Much Higher Than We're Told (Part Two)
Why sanctions will kill the dollar and cause unprecedented inflation in the U.S. [NOTE: Economics isn’t a sexy topic, but we all need to...

Monica Harris
Apr 14, 202212 min read
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The Price of Supporting Ukrainian Freedom Is Much Higher Than We're Told (Part One)
Sanctions will hurt Americans as much — if not more — than Russians and lower our standard of living [NOTE: Economics isn’t a sexy topic,...

Monica Harris
Apr 1, 202212 min read
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Will Smith's Oscar Smack Says a Lot About Privilege in America
When a wealthy black man commits an act of violence in front of millions of people, his punishment is limited to light shaming What...

Monica Harris
Mar 29, 202210 min read
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Hunter Biden's Laptop is Back. This Time, We'd Better Pay Attention
People in a "free" society must have the right -- and the courage -- to point out corruption when they see it The cognitive dissonance in...

Monica Harris
Mar 20, 20227 min read
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Is This Why We're Moving to a Cashless Economy?
When leaders deprive citizens of access to their money, it opens the door to more control over our lives The Canadian Freedom Convoy has...

Monica Harris
Feb 26, 20228 min read
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When Yesterday's "Misinformation" Becomes Tomorrow's Headlines
Are rapidly shifting COVID policies a sign of changing “science” or merely proof that “science” has been politicized? If you’ve been...

Monica Harris
Feb 12, 20228 min read
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Raising a Child While the World Burns
One of the most important things we can teach our kids now is the ability to think for themselves I find it odd that as our world becomes...

Monica Harris
Jan 19, 202210 min read
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When a Black Woman Loses Her Tribe
As a woman of color, why do I feel alienated from progressive friends who used to be my biggest allies? I’m not saying it’s tough to be a...

Monica Harris
Dec 30, 202112 min read
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On "Science," "Data," and Bullshit
How I learned to stop relying on pandemic "experts" and start thinking for myself Those of you who follow this blog know that I'm often...

Monica Harris
Nov 30, 202113 min read
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Don’t Be Fooled by What Happened In Virginia
The Left sees Youngkin’s win as proof of white supremacy. The Right takes it as a sign that the System can work. They’re both wrong. As...

Monica Harris
Nov 5, 20218 min read
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We’ve All Been Playing Along With a Distorted Reality, and We Need to Stop NOW
“The masses have never thirsted after the truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to...

Monica Harris
Oct 12, 202133 min read
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What the FDA Isn't Telling Us
The agency isn’t being transparent about its approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine — and the proof is buried in the fine print In the...

Monica Harris
Aug 26, 20217 min read
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If You're Wondering Why More Americans Are Skeptical of What They're Being Told, Allow Me to Explain
Any reasonable person who pulls focus can see that NOTHING that's happened in the last 20 years has made any sense Every morning I wake...

Monica Harris
Aug 13, 20213 min read
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Why So Many Americans Are Resisting a Vaccine Mandate
They’re asking questions, and they’re not getting answers that make sense to them If we’re going to get through this pandemic in one...

Monica Harris
Aug 5, 20218 min read
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The Joys of Perma-Renting a/k/a Getting America Comfortable With Serfdom
When the media starts pushing the perks of renting, you know we’re heading toward a feudal society Last week I came across a Bloomberg...

Monica Harris
Jun 26, 20218 min read
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Are We Living in the Early Years of "The Handmaid's Tale"?
Margaret Atwood’s America might be a wake up call to resist our “new normal” As a lawyer, I’ve been trained to spot problems and point...

Monica Harris
May 26, 20219 min read
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This is Why It's Almost Impossible to Trust the Mainstream Media Now
Journalists are giving us news and “facts” based on self-interest and groupthink Not long after the world locked down last year, a story...

Monica Harris
Apr 24, 20217 min read
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Americans Will Soon Face a Bigger Threat to Their Survival Than COVID
A few weeks ago my partner and I made an offer on a house. It was an 1,800 square foot home, built in 1954, on a quiet street in a middle...

Monica Harris
Mar 28, 20217 min read
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The Antiracist Quagmire
Well-meaning white people should focus on being anticlassist, not antiracist Human beings are funny creatures. We’re often reluctant to...

Monica Harris
Feb 28, 20217 min read
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Mainstream Media Are in Big Trouble, and They Know It
Fewer than half of all Americans trust the news they're supposed to trust. But the media has a plan to fix that. According to the newly...

Monica Harris
Feb 8, 20216 min read
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Wall Street Teams Up With Little Tech to Stop the GameStop Revolution
You may have heard some fuss in the past few days about a company called GameStop and the crisis it's causing on Wall Street. You may...

Monica Harris
Jan 31, 20216 min read
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How Can We Heal If We Can't Even Talk to Each Other?
“My lips are moving and the sound’s coming out The words are audible but I have my doubts That you realize what has been said You look at...

Monica Harris
Jan 26, 20215 min read
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When Big Tech Claims Private Companies Have the Right to Censor Users, Keep This In Mind
Government doesn’t need to silence us. Their social media partners are doing the job for them. In the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot,...

Monica Harris
Jan 19, 20219 min read
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Conspiracy Theories Are Running Wild - But It's Not Because People Have Gone Crazy
Rampant censorship is breeding paranoia and mistrust in America According to the The Washington Post, nearly half of Americans today...

Monica Harris
Dec 18, 20207 min read
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A Handful of Private Companies Control Our Elections. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Russian meddling was bad, but this is a lot worse — and corporate-owned media is downplaying the problem (Youngrae Kim / Chicago Tribune)...

Monica Harris
Nov 23, 20208 min read
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Are Pollsters Gaslighting Us?
Could the 2020 presidential race be a WHOLE lot closer than “experts” are telling us? If this election season were a movie, it would look...

Monica Harris
Nov 3, 20207 min read
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Who's Checking the Fact Checkers?
Mainstream media insists they're giving us the "real" facts. But where are they getting them from? Once upon a time in America, it was...

Monica Harris
Oct 28, 20207 min read
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Anyone Who Thinks Democracy Wasn't in Big Trouble Until Now Hasn't Been Paying Attention
Our freedoms were on life support long before Trump showed up. But no one was freaking out. America is in panic mode. The desperate pleas...

Monica Harris
Oct 8, 20207 min read
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What If This Is Our "New Normal"?
Masks and social distancing may be temporary measures. But what if they aren’t? When COVID-19 turned our world upside down in March, I...

Monica Harris
Sep 3, 20208 min read
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If Trump Wins…
It won't mean most Americans are racist. It will mean the Left scares them. In “normal” times, an incumbent president saddled with a...

Monica Harris
Aug 26, 20207 min read
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Has Cancel Culture Gone Too Far?
If common sense behavior is now associated with white supremacy, it will only deepen systemic racism

Monica Harris
Jul 25, 20208 min read
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Tearing Down Statues and Monuments May “Feel” Good Now, But It’s a Bad Idea
We can’t become a better society by censoring our past This week, Princeton University announced that it would strip the Woodrow Wilson...

Monica Harris
Jul 2, 20208 min read
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Elites Are Using Race to Divide Us
The war on police brutality hides a much bigger threat to all Americans Let’s get something straight: white privilege is real. I know...

Monica Harris
Jun 19, 20208 min read
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Some Thoughts on Tolerance That Go Beyond Race...
George Floyd’s death shouldn’t divide us. It’s a wake up call to rally around the principles that should unite us. These are...

Monica Harris
Jun 2, 20203 min read
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