Politics, Motherhood, and Politics

  So, the Trump Oligarchy is moving at record speed in signing Executive Orders.  In case some of you don’t know exactly what that means, Executive Orders are, as described by the American Bar Association: “An executive order is a signed, written, and published directive from the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government.” What does that mean? Well, they are not instant laws, but Congress cannot simply overturn them either. One way to control an overzealous Executive Administration is the use of the checks and balances of power by creating legislation or using the Congressional “power of the purse”.  There are limitations of executive orders, particularly in the US Constitution.  And one particular recent Executive Order is trying to usurp the 14th Amendment, that is of birthright citizenship. This is the 14th Amendment: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens ...

  Hope. For every moment of despair, we will give hope, ten-fold. Hope is all that is left right now. Hope is the light in the darkness of despair. Over this lifetime, the halls of Congress, boardrooms, universities, law, and medical schools have become more diverse.  It seems that those of us who were disenfranchised, finally have a "seat at the table", and even at the head of the table.  We celebrated America’s first trans woman in the US House of Representatives. The story is that her campaign ran on jobs and the economy.  And that is hope. Hope that identity politics includes class and addresses the poor and working class in this country. In other words, the seats of power were becoming a level of diversity that we’d never experienced before these times.  And that in itself is hope, but what continues to be missing from the table is the voice of working-class and poor people.  There is a line from the song called, “Which Side Are You On?”, that reflects...