This week I am packing my childhood home up. Time for my mom to downsize.
Yesterday I was using the New York Times, from the before times, to pack boxes. Remember December of 2024?
Imagine my tears staining The New York Times “2024: The Year in Photos.”
Imagine my tears falling on the faces of fleeing Gazans, on Taylor Swift and that boyfriend she has, on bridges falling, fires burning, floods flooding, as I wrapped treasures my mom is saving for my daughter’s future home.
Imagine my daughter opening these items after college* 5 years from now, and seeing the faces of voters trying to accept that Kamala Harris lost. Lost, to a mob whipped up by hateful lies. By white supremacists.
What will her life be like in 5 years?
I am definitely feeling fragile. But we can’t let off the gas. Call your representatives every single day. Tell them how you feel.
*if she is able to go to college. without a DOE there will be no pell grants, no FAFSA, no federal aid…
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Call your Senators and Congresspeople.
EVERY SINGLE DAY
If you don’t fight now, you might wake up to no Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or Department of Education. This goes beyond a disagreement between voters. This is criminal.
Go to their offices. Don’t stop until they get the message.
I am glad congress members went and protested in front of the USAID offices. That was nice.
But here is what I want to see. I want to see them LOCKING ARMS IN FRONT OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT. IN FRONT OF THE EPA. LOCKING ARMS AND NOT ALLOWING THE UNELECTED MINIONS OF DOGE TO GET IN.
I WANT TO SEE THEM GETTING ARRESTED FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS.
I WANT TO SEE THEM CLAIMING THE NARRATIVE.
We are the people. We are millions strong. Don’t mess with the people.
I don’t know what else to say. I’ve always tried to provide well researched, factual data about activism in support of human rights. Now, it feels futile. But I refuse to believe that.
This mess is over my pay grade, however. So, I will refer you to:
FOR NEWS:
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AND FOR WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT:
It's a challenge for those of us who are not fighters but we're learning and getting tougher every day.