Dispatches From a Cold and Distant January

Losing Myself in Salem, Oregon

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Ashley Newton was not so much a person as a place I traveled to, back when I was doing undercover work. I put on the wig and the way-too-much makeup and the frumpy sweater and various padding and the bedazzled jeans but I still felt like me until I was in the crowd, surrounded by Trump flags and signs abou…