Politics, Motherhood, and Politics

  On Saturday morning, a news notification appeared on my phone while I was probably drinking my second cup of coffee. And since this is my blog, I am going to rephrase the headlines: “ICE/US Border Patrol, the American Gestapo, executed another American Citizen, Alex Pretti.”  Alex Pretti was a protester in Minneapolis recording the brutality that these “agents” are committing against the immigrant population and American citizens alike. And this time, they executed Alex, while he laid on the ground. He was armed, but it is reported that his gun was confiscated as he laid on the ground. And then as he laid on the ground, he was executed. This is what we are now. Or we have always been this way. We know that some police officers will kill unarmed nonwhite and poor Americans without provocation. And a great deal of times, the officers have gotten away with it. The irony here is that ACTUAL police officers are trained on due process and procedure. (Again this is when race and ...

  Tyranny and state-sponsored terrorism are two terms that I would generally associate with the present day United States government, and here we are. Not only is there a demented madman in the White House, but there are his leading henchmen (and women) who are more than happy to bow to his every whim. (And I thought the 1st term was hell, but at least there appeared to be some who managed to contain him. I thought that the first administration was the worst, but I was wrong.) The worst of all of them is Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, the ethnic cleansing policies adopted by this administration, and the tool of terror, Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Or now I will refer to it as the American Gestapo. About ICE: ICE was formed by combining two agencies in response to the 9/11 attack under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which also created the Department of Homeland Security. (Note: for those of you who forgot their civics lessons, it takes an act of Congress to create o...

  On January 3, 2026, I woke up with the news that the drunken frat boy that is our Secretary of Defense (they like to say war, but if some of you skipped a US Government lesson, it takes an act of Congress to change a cabinet position.) bragging on behalf of the regime that we invaded Venezuela and kidnapped the President of a sovereign nation.  The shock and anger was beyond what I could handle and process. But then that disastrous press conference by a tyrant and wannabe emperor who is probably suffering from age-related dementia and appearing to be falling asleep while speaking just made it worse. But then when my pure hatred of him subsided enough for my political educated brain to analyze the event with history, foreign policy, and possible political outcomes, it occurred to me that he actually said, as the cliche goes, "the quiet part out loud."  And he did,  " We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, g...

Dear Mr. Trump, So this morning, it was announced who was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. And to your regime's disappointment and your wrath and shame, it was not you. Despite reaching a ceasefire deal with Netanyahu and Hamas, Oslo did not give it to you. (Though I will say for the sake of the Palestinian people, I hope the ceasefire works out this time.)  Instead, it was Venezuelan activist, Maria Corina Machado for her pro-democracy activism. (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/press-release/)  Which makes me believe that maybe the universe is just and people like you do not always get rewarded for bad and evil behavior. And the irony that it was a Latin woman from Venezuela is not lost on me, though with your dementia setting in, it might be lost on you. Anyway, I am happy that someone deserving got it, and not you.  Speaking of which, it was reported that Norway was/is actually scared of retaliation from you and your regime. (https://www.bloomberg.com/new...