I woke up with this thought about this very topic. He and his toadies have spent the month shredding the capacity of the government he would use as a weapon against us. It is a vast armor, but with millions of chinks, and we who resist are finding and exploiting them. HE has weakened it as a weapon in his war on us, perhaps fatally. There will be pain, we will hurt, and some of us will die, but we will end his misrule. Him and EVERYONE who aids and abets him, without exception.
I propose that we the people resolve to strip him and Musk of all of their assets, liquidate those assets, and pay those assets as reparations to the people he and Musk have directly harmed, as we build back what he sought to destroy, this time better. Without the patriarchy, racism, and misogyny.
Wow! Well said! I keep thinking of Revolutionary France, too. The parallels are so apt. I keep hearing from those around me, "When will this end?" I keep telling them the cavalry isn't coming so we have to save ourselves. " It will go on for as long as it takes for the remainder of America (or at the bare minimum, 3.5 percent of us) to decide that it can’t go on anymore." YUP. I hate that people are hurting but so many ignored our warnings and kept saying it's just his bluster. Some are finding out and some still have their heads stuck in the sand.
I’ve resigned in my mind that I probably won’t see the end (liberation) to the wreckage wrought by the two childish men playing out their perverted fantasies in Our House. And that’s okay because my focus is on giving of self & my resources for the sake of those who have no say in how adults “govern.” I also know I must instill in my littles that speaking truth, giving and being kind is essential for humanity to survive.
But watching Musk and his crew of gamer misfits acting as if they’re playing the Ultimate Grand Theft slash and grab video game at our expense, (oh wait we need this group of nuclear experts [bring those lives back] or slashing words from a VA intake form as if that makes gender fluid folk no longer exist), is still just so shocking.
It took 19 years to end Louis XVI and his aristocratic enablers’ reign but then again MAGA’s highly armed. They’ve wanted a war (a nonviolent resolution of this madness is my preference) but it won’t be, as they were brainwashed to believe, a result of the Libs fleecing them.
I have only read one (excellent) novel on the French Revolution, Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety, but I also quickly saw parallels with today's events--uncanny and also hopeful re outcomes in the end.
Thank you for these Friday newsletters, they always bring the week together in a well thought out concise digestible package.
Thank you for your wonderful newsletter, I am happy to support it. Also thank you for your daily discourse on youtube, which I am also most happy to support. You have talked me off the ledge more times than once, and reminded me to care for and nurture myself too in the midst of this madness. Thanks for all you do.
Most excellent, Elizabeth!
I woke up with this thought about this very topic. He and his toadies have spent the month shredding the capacity of the government he would use as a weapon against us. It is a vast armor, but with millions of chinks, and we who resist are finding and exploiting them. HE has weakened it as a weapon in his war on us, perhaps fatally. There will be pain, we will hurt, and some of us will die, but we will end his misrule. Him and EVERYONE who aids and abets him, without exception.
I propose that we the people resolve to strip him and Musk of all of their assets, liquidate those assets, and pay those assets as reparations to the people he and Musk have directly harmed, as we build back what he sought to destroy, this time better. Without the patriarchy, racism, and misogyny.
Wow! Well said! I keep thinking of Revolutionary France, too. The parallels are so apt. I keep hearing from those around me, "When will this end?" I keep telling them the cavalry isn't coming so we have to save ourselves. " It will go on for as long as it takes for the remainder of America (or at the bare minimum, 3.5 percent of us) to decide that it can’t go on anymore." YUP. I hate that people are hurting but so many ignored our warnings and kept saying it's just his bluster. Some are finding out and some still have their heads stuck in the sand.
I’ve resigned in my mind that I probably won’t see the end (liberation) to the wreckage wrought by the two childish men playing out their perverted fantasies in Our House. And that’s okay because my focus is on giving of self & my resources for the sake of those who have no say in how adults “govern.” I also know I must instill in my littles that speaking truth, giving and being kind is essential for humanity to survive.
But watching Musk and his crew of gamer misfits acting as if they’re playing the Ultimate Grand Theft slash and grab video game at our expense, (oh wait we need this group of nuclear experts [bring those lives back] or slashing words from a VA intake form as if that makes gender fluid folk no longer exist), is still just so shocking.
It took 19 years to end Louis XVI and his aristocratic enablers’ reign but then again MAGA’s highly armed. They’ve wanted a war (a nonviolent resolution of this madness is my preference) but it won’t be, as they were brainwashed to believe, a result of the Libs fleecing them.
Good morning Elizabeth,
I have only read one (excellent) novel on the French Revolution, Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety, but I also quickly saw parallels with today's events--uncanny and also hopeful re outcomes in the end.
Thank you for these Friday newsletters, they always bring the week together in a well thought out concise digestible package.
You're welcome!
Wow! You are a great writer. And, l love my fellow readers comments. Thank you for finding the silver lining in all of this. Putting it into context.
Thank you for your wonderful newsletter, I am happy to support it. Also thank you for your daily discourse on youtube, which I am also most happy to support. You have talked me off the ledge more times than once, and reminded me to care for and nurture myself too in the midst of this madness. Thanks for all you do.