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Chapter 25: No Room at this Inn, Chapter 26: Start of the Election

UNWOKE: A Memoir in Episodes·Jebra Faushay·5 August 2026·29 min

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Jebra marches for immigrant housing rights. No Human Is Illegal! Everyone Deserves a Home. Housing For All. She has a matching sweatshirt, ball cap, and ethically sourced sunscreen from an all-female collective in Myanmar.Tymothee insists on coming. He does his nails for the occasion.At the rally, a volunteer asks if Jebra will host Luis, a migrant who has walked hundreds of miles and just needs a place to stay and medication for diabetes and schizophrenia.Jebra declines, and her son questions her.Then Brad and Kip have something to tell her.Ginsburg has made a PowerPoint. It is called PROMISES MADE, PROMISES GHOSTED.There are slides about Afghanistan, inflation, the border crisis, student debt forgiveness, and drag queens talking climate policy. "Why didn't The View cover any of this?" Jebra asks.For the first time, Jebra wasn't sure what she believed anymore.