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What do you think was the biggest news event this past week -- either in your community, nationally, or globally? Talk about why it’s a big deal.

<strong> I'm sure most people will say today's Inauguration.</strong> I'm so relieved that we arrived here without any further incidents of serious political violence since that horrible day two weeks ago.<strong> Though it is only 1PM at the time that I'm writing this. I've had such a hard time staying focused on normal life, on a hair trigger for some earthshattering breaking news.</strong> It's like a paranoia, like being in pitch-black, remote woods in the dead of night, knowing that something dangerous is out there, flinching at every snap of a twig. I'm so exhausted waiting for the next news story to send me into that two-part phase of shock, at first, and then the crash from the shock. I know I should focus on the day-to-day, because there's nothing I can really do about those kinds of news stories.<strong> Since March, I've felt braced for something terrible, and never really been able to fully detach and relax.</strong>