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Dear reader, What a week it’s been. I hope you’ve surfed the GE wave in your own special way, whether attending rallies, watching memes by yeolo.sg, or simply talking to a loved one, often the most restorative and therapeutic way to process this place we call home....
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Dear reader, It’s here! Six of us from the Jom team trod through the mud alongside many of you at the Workers’ Party rally last night in Sengkang. Whatever the final score, it was so refreshing to attend our first rally in 10 years, to breathe in the air...
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