January 20, 2025
The crisis and decline is not ending.
It is only beginning.
Don’t listen to the leader speaking from a text.
That mode is intended as “polish,” but some of that went out of the arena of facts.
Listen to the rambling and ranting.
That is his truth.
Sadly.
There is a group marching in DC today.
They stood back and stood by, as directed a certain leader in 2020.
Now comes their renewal under this leader, who seems to love them.
I have seen this movie before.
I didn’t like it then.
I don’t like it now.
Strap in, folks.
But I will say this.
YOU have NO POWER over ME
Because I am still FREE.
Day 1 lesson- in his mind, this is how the law should work: “It was okay to break the law if you did it to support me, so, of course, I will pardon you.” Because it is a way of pardoning himself.
January 21, 2025
Why are Republicans in Congress who worked so hard to portray January 6 as a “tourist visit” and to blame Pelosi or say it was “antifa” so surprised at these pardons? , They laid the foundation to rehabilitation of the perpetrators, from those who were attacking law enforcement at the Capitol to the one calling the main shots from the White House who keeps calling people to “fight,” and who sees the folks who carry Confederate flags, spout neo-Nazi propaganda and show a willingness to commit violence on his behalf as his allies. Republicans cannot gave the actual history of January 6, 2021 except by rewriting it. Remember, Republican Attorney General Bill Barr said that the 2020 election was among the most fair and accurate. So, you who are so surprised, look at yourselves for the answer.
January 21, 2025 - the day MAGA laughed at the suggestion to show mercy and tried to call for compassion’s deportation from our country. This is not just an insurrection against the United States. It is an insurrection against human decency.
January 22, 2025
I just read the booklet for the service at the Washington National Cathedral yesterday. Looks to me like the WHOLE SERVICE, with litanies and biblical readings, must have made the President and Vice-President VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
Mercy makes them uncomfortable.
Compassion makes them uncomfortable.
Kindness to people in need makes them uncomfortable.
Calls to help the poor make them uncomfortable.
Biblical exhortations to befriend the stranger make them uncomfortable.
Orders and actions of the last 48 hours emanating from this administration were xenophobic, cruel, unjust, encouraging and supportive of insurrection and violence, and inhospitable.
Yes, they did belong there, but no, the messages of the service readings did not and will not seep into their hearts and minds, nor into the hearts and minds of their supporters.
Prayers for all of us to endure these uncomfortable leaders.
January 23, 2025
Okay, occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
So…you asked for an apology from a bishop and a church after you attended a dazzling and wide-ranging interfaith service at the Washington National Cathedral, like many in which I have participated, a service which you called not too exciting?
Do you want an apology when I don’t accept many things you say as truth, when they stand as debunked, exaggerated claims, and statements conjured up for the moment with no supporting evidence?
Do you want an apology for when I state that refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers are coming here for a better life, not to undermine our country, and that we should welcome them?
Do you want an apology when I, as the son of a long time federal employee, say that your refusal to retain career government employees whose work has transcended the party of the administration, is unnecessary?
Do you want an apology when I say that I accept my upstairs neighbor who flies a Trump flag instead of an American flag?
Do you want an apology for my acceptance of persons in the LGBTQ+ community?
Do you want an apology for my belief that diversity is a strength and that it enriches our country and our world?
I could go on and on. And I will in the days to come.
Without
Apology.
January 24, 2025
With the suspension of reports from health organizations and conferences on medical research due to executive orders, I am wondering if the man who thinks he is chosen by God believes he can decree that bird flu won’t get worse.
