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...

Dear Asshole Americans who voted for the Orange Motherf*cker (especially family members), A few days ago was January 6, 2025, for those keeping track, it was a day in which Congress routinely certifies the Presidential Election. It felt normal, unlike the last Presidential election certification.  On January 6, 2021, our years of tradition and the core of our democracy was challenged for the first time when there was no peaceful transfer of power.  Instead we watched as "Americans" stormed the Capitol all in the name of saving their Orange Bastard messiah from being "cheated out of an election."  We all know, including you all, that it was a fucking lie from, to use Jon Stewart's words, a "whiny bitch".  The current election certification was completed without the horror that we witnessed four years ago. Your willful ignorance and its (Orange MFer from this point forward or "IT" as its pronoun) ego destroyed the revolutionary idea of a peacef...

  I have been teetering between anger and fear, with glimpses of hope in between. But most of my energy is anger. And who is the anger targeting?  Well, first it will be those closest to me who voted for Orange Mussolini, sorry, Bastard. I can’t. I won’t. I am not sure I have other family members who expect me to break bread with those who voted against the people they love.  I cannot. My anger is too great to hold in and be cordial.  They are considered my opposition now.  They are considered hateful in my eyes, I don’t give a shit the bullshit excuse of the fucking economy.  But then again, maybe, I have a difficult time understanding how people that the same people raised as I was could be so different than me. I don’t expect us all to be the same on issues, but supporting a compassionless and hateful person?  I will always love them, but I need those lines drawn in the sand.  When I called him a fascist, I wasn’t being hyperbolic, but who car...

Veterans   who voted for Harris to save democracy:  I want to say thank you. I want to say thank you to my husband for being one of those veterans. You refused to support a man who showed nothing but contempt for you and other veterans.  You refused to support a man who does not care for the Constitution of our country that you served. You paid attention that he called veterans and service members losers.  You understood that he ridiculed Senator McCain for being a POW during his time in Vietnam.  You understand that you all served to fight fascists not elect them. You believe in the rule of law instead of reckless disregard for our processes. You believed in the peaceful transfer of power as he broke our almost 250 years of that tradition on January 6, 2021, calling for the will of the American people to be overturned. You know that he decided to take a photo op at Arlington Cementary and his people fought a service member when they were called on it. http...

 Below is an article that seems to sum up Project 2025 really well.   And has the article is appropriately named, it is: A Roadmap to Fascism by The Heritage Foundation: https://religiondispatches.org/project-2025-how-trump-loyalists-and-right-wing-leaders-are-paving-a-fast-road-to-fascism/ It seems the plan was created to happen quickly instead of the analogy of a frog slowly boiling in water and not jumping out because it doesn't seem to realize what is happening. It seems the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 wants to throw us in the boiling water. After reading this article and its excellent breakdown, I think it's just one of the many articles I will be reading along with the actual Project 2025. I just downloaded it from The Heritage Foundation. It is a 922-page book. But the download is free and I provided them with my Yahoo email which I do not really use, so well, I am not sure what kind of anarchist I would be with my name on the "Regressive" website. Y...

  Today, I voted. As it should come as no surprise to you all, I voted Democrat all down ticket. The good news is that the line for early voting was long at the Oswego Village Hall. Hooray, Democracy! I wish it was always like that for every election, but this one seems to be the most important. The volunteer at the polling place was glad it was busy, and I responded, “As a fan of our electoral process, I am very happy to see a line this long and it’s not even voting day.” Regardless of how either one of us felt, she smiled and agreed very much. For someone who is a big fan of our electoral process, I was happy to see all these people taking part in our democracy!  I want it to continue!  But then a great sadness came over me.  One of the candidates has no respect for our electoral process, one said that in 2020 the election was stolen from him, the same candidate is running on using our military, the military he consistently degrades, to go after his pol...