What has happened to "Christians?" Does anyone walk the walk anymore? Those people out there filling the churches and supporting the Felon are the antithesis of the teachings in the New Testament. We don't have to worry about Satan infiltrating our hearts. We have all those people doing it for him. Shame.
Deeply appreciate your encapsulation of the dire world we live in. Last night I was rewatching the movie The Gathering Storm with Vanessa Redgrave and Albert Finney on the years from 1933 to the start of WWII. Winston Churchill was the single voice warning against Hitler's ghastly plans to take over the world. One can draw many similarities between the two, however, the timing and ultimate reckoning of Trump's worldview may shut down sooner, hopefully, but only if the people vote in mid-term elections. Even if that succeeds, we still have three more years to deal with his narcissism. The fall-out from this past 6 months(!), much less what we might have yet to recover from in the next three years is unconscionable.
Thank you for your articulate summary on this turd of a bill.
The speed at which Congress got into line to pass it stunned me.
My greatest hope at this stage is that, as it becomes clear how much damage has been done, the pendulum will swing solidly back. This is not the only time our country's needed to hit some kind of bottom before.
I try to cheer myself with the thought that it's always darkest before the dawn, except the passage of this bill is just the announcement of the darkness to come... when the provisions actually roll out and the feces is flung at the fan fast and furiously, further into the future... well, we're fucked.
Sadly, all too true. As an eligibility worker for takes calls for DHS (though I am "speaking" on my own here, not as an employee) for SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, and other benefits...ever since the election, callers have been asking if their benefits will go away. I tell them, "Not yet. We take it one day at a time," and redirect them to the task at hand.
It's not ok for me to express my own political opinions while doing my work.
Now, I expect the questions will escalate and become more urgent.
Love your rant! But your post is so much more too. A cry for help, a call to action with specifics and detailed useful information! The contacts list of our Congress is amazing. And also sharing the beauty of the earth, it’s like taking a deep breath to center oneself when experiencing a stressful situation, In which we do find ourselves. Please do keep it up.
Thank you. Some folks appreciate the “rants,” because they realize they’re not alone in their anxiety, and others definitely do not. I write what’s front and center in my mind, and too often it’s horror and disbelief that such things are happening in America. Tomorrow it may be wondering what happens to baby birds who fall out of the nest before they’re ready to fly, which is what I witnessed yesterday.
It’s a very sad and scary time in this country. My heart aches when I read my daily news feeds. Mainstream media is in cahoots with the greedy and cruel authoritarian regime. Thank you for your brave writing and for speaking truth.
What has happened to "Christians?" Does anyone walk the walk anymore? Those people out there filling the churches and supporting the Felon are the antithesis of the teachings in the New Testament. We don't have to worry about Satan infiltrating our hearts. We have all those people doing it for him. Shame.
Deeply appreciate your encapsulation of the dire world we live in. Last night I was rewatching the movie The Gathering Storm with Vanessa Redgrave and Albert Finney on the years from 1933 to the start of WWII. Winston Churchill was the single voice warning against Hitler's ghastly plans to take over the world. One can draw many similarities between the two, however, the timing and ultimate reckoning of Trump's worldview may shut down sooner, hopefully, but only if the people vote in mid-term elections. Even if that succeeds, we still have three more years to deal with his narcissism. The fall-out from this past 6 months(!), much less what we might have yet to recover from in the next three years is unconscionable.
Thank you for your articulate summary on this turd of a bill.
The speed at which Congress got into line to pass it stunned me.
My greatest hope at this stage is that, as it becomes clear how much damage has been done, the pendulum will swing solidly back. This is not the only time our country's needed to hit some kind of bottom before.
I try to cheer myself with the thought that it's always darkest before the dawn, except the passage of this bill is just the announcement of the darkness to come... when the provisions actually roll out and the feces is flung at the fan fast and furiously, further into the future... well, we're fucked.
Sadly, all too true. As an eligibility worker for takes calls for DHS (though I am "speaking" on my own here, not as an employee) for SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, and other benefits...ever since the election, callers have been asking if their benefits will go away. I tell them, "Not yet. We take it one day at a time," and redirect them to the task at hand.
It's not ok for me to express my own political opinions while doing my work.
Now, I expect the questions will escalate and become more urgent.
Ouch. This job will not get easier
Love your rant! But your post is so much more too. A cry for help, a call to action with specifics and detailed useful information! The contacts list of our Congress is amazing. And also sharing the beauty of the earth, it’s like taking a deep breath to center oneself when experiencing a stressful situation, In which we do find ourselves. Please do keep it up.
Thank you. Some folks appreciate the “rants,” because they realize they’re not alone in their anxiety, and others definitely do not. I write what’s front and center in my mind, and too often it’s horror and disbelief that such things are happening in America. Tomorrow it may be wondering what happens to baby birds who fall out of the nest before they’re ready to fly, which is what I witnessed yesterday.
It’s a very sad and scary time in this country. My heart aches when I read my daily news feeds. Mainstream media is in cahoots with the greedy and cruel authoritarian regime. Thank you for your brave writing and for speaking truth.