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<p>Rachel Joy Thomas is a music journalist, freelance writer, and hopeful author who resides in Austin, Texas.</p>


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Target Store Sign(l) Man sharing video of him being at Target(c) Target closed shelves(r)

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two panel design with a man smiling at the camera in one, next to an image on a computer smoking.

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Three panel design with a person holding a cup of dog food in one, a man talking at a mic with his hands in shrug motion, and a plastic container with dog food in the last panel

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Toyota sign(l), Woman talking(c), Car on road(r)

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‘I’m trying to figure out what car I’m going to get’: Woman drives ’09 Toyota with 155K miles. Should she consider a hybrid or electric?

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Subaru sign(l), Woman talking(c), Continuously Variable Transmission (or CVT) cutaway(r)

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Tesla Payments

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