Today begins the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The issue, as usual, is very loudly being debated. To me, it comes down to one simple question. Do you think Donald Trump’s actions led to the attack on the United States Capitol Building on January 6th? The question is not whether a former president can be impeached. The question is whether…
We made it to the next day. It is no longer Groundhog Day in America! This morning we woke up and Andie MacDowell was next to us, a gentle snow had fallen on the ground outside, and we were no longer trapped in the repeating Hellscape that was the past four years.
This is not about wanting to lead or govern and this sure as hell is not about fighting voter fraud. If this was about voter fraud then how come every single time one of his lawyers stood in a court room with the ability to present their case and prove voter fraud, they admitted they had no proof? Why would they do that if they were only their at the whim of a madman?
I know we, as Americans, think of Coups as messy, violent military actions in awful countries in other parts of the world. We see them in our movies and television shows. A rogue general attacking the capital as a political statement.
We are naïve.
How do you solve a problem like the Maga?
Four years of feeling the walls crumbling around you and nothing could be done. You could see others like you, feeling the same way as you, and nothing could be done. Four years of watching science be attacked, the climate crisis be mocked, illegal activity be brushed aside and scoffed at. Four years of insults and lies. Four years of chaos.
This is why we voted against him. This is why we tried to convince you to do the same. This was never about Democrat versus Republican. Not for me. You and I can discuss the difference in policy beliefs between the parties all day and I would be okay with an impasse.
What to expect on a day like today
Cult of Personality is defined when the country’s regime uses mass media, propaganda, lies, patriotism and demonstrations to create a vision of their leader as heroic and to be worshipped. We see it all the time in nations that we would normally denounce.
Let’s face it, the President of the United States lies. A lot. It is how he operates. It is his biggest and best strategy. Lie about everything at all times. How many of you thought he was lying about having Covid-19? Or if he did have it, he was lying about how bad. Or what treatment he was taking. Or…
I am not celebrating the news of President Trump and many of his inner circle testing positive for Covid-19. I am angry. To put it another way, I’m pissed off. Pissed off at the months and months of blatant disregard for the virus. Reckless doublespeak over how bad it is. The “playing down” and mocking of science. Not wearing masks…
I truly believe we are about to enter one of the darkest times in our country’s history. I truly believe many lives will be lost. I don’t know if there is a way to stop it from happening. I think Trump and his supporters have created such a fantasy world of potential conspiracies involving the election that they will riot…
He said that. To the Proud Boys. When asked to condemn white supremacy he said to the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist hate group known for extreme violence, to stand back and stand by. Stand by for what? Could it be for when, moments later, you told your supporters to go to the polls and watch. Go and watch the democrats…
We have been stripped bare. The emperor wearing our new clothes. The curtain has been thrown open revealing the truth and we are not the great and powerful Oz. The shining city upon a hill has dimmed and buckled under its own weight. And the whole world is watching. The whole world is watching as the greatest nation on the…
I can see a man like Donald Trump and accept that he is who he is. Donald Trump is a man who never had to work for anything in his life without the fear of poverty or ruin if he fails. And he has failed many, many times in his life. But he has always had the safety net of…