January 18, 2025
Welcome to the end of America as we know it. Your Freedom has been shown the door; and our treasury has been handed over to a criminal enterprise.
Call it what you will, but our country has been ceded to oligarchs, fascists, misogynists, misfits, loyalists and propagandists.
It’s not a time to despair, it’s time to fight back. When they come for you, your neighbors, journalists, and people who love and think differently, be ready to defend them.
By any means possible.
It’s advisable to protect yourself. Carry cameras (not just on your phone – if anything leave it off as much as you can), traveling in groups, pairs at the least but three is better, letting trusted folks know where you are. The government has threatened, stated and acted upon instituting violence on it’s inhabitants, citizen or non-citizen, as a method to cement it’s grip on power.
You better perhaps think about getting a weapon and learn how to use it to defend yourself from partisans who have no empathy, concern or even feeling for your well-being. You may experience violence from the government or it’s para-military and extra-judicial agents, so choose arenas of protest and dissent wisely.
The misinformation and lies are running deep; their motive is to keep us mistrustful of each other, angry, and as such, under control. Media outlets and their owners have bent over to Trump so badly they may have an orange tinge around their lips. Ignore the demagogues that won’t bend, talk to and engage your neighbors for common understanding. As long as we’re split, we’re not effective at restoring civil liberties and eliminating corruption that is taking hold.
You’ve seen several implications first hand already – the cutoff of Medicaid, a plane crash after turmoil at the FAA, families and friends torn apart by government agents – handing the keys to our most sensitive government operations to an autocratic oligarch.
Pray for our country and each other’s well-being; the Time of the Monsters has begun.
I’ll try cartoons as an outlet, but right now I’m so f*cking angry that I will have to chill a bit and will check in later.
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January 6 is the anniversary of the attack on our democracy.
I can remember walking with my wife at a park when I heard of the events unfolding.
I was unspeakably angry, ready to deck any Republican I saw – if I could only find one.
I still am angry, and will be til the end of my days. I understand anger is not healthy, but I will channel it int he best, most helpful ways I can.
This was a dress rehearsal for authoritarians who would love to enrich themselves, have poisoned our relationships with each other and say to hell with your freedom. As Liz Cheney said, “There are no bystanders in this fight.” If you want to be ruled by them, then go on about your business.
If you don’t, better get ready for a fight, because they’re not stopping until they rule, unchecked. And never forget January 6 – it’s just the rehearsal.
Thanks for tuning in.