Right now someone who thinks masks are tyranny and racism is a myth is putting together their campaign for your kid's school board, for your city council, for your state legislature. Across the country, people who participated in the Insurrection on the Capital on January 6, 2021, who don’t believe in our election integrity are running for office. And still, more locally, current elected officials in Oakland County, hiding behind their PAC,s are using racist dog whistles to galvanize their base for donations and ignite would-be office-holders. Like this guy. 👇
2022 Dream Interpretations for People Who Want to Know Why Democrats aren't DOING Anything
As we say goodbye to 2021 our feelings are, well, complicated. 2016-2019 were, like, really bad. But 2020 and 2021 also sucked. The difference, however, is that we actually had Democratic leadership in the White House. But we still have a Republican Party that is very much interested in throwing Democracy into a dumpster and installing Donald Trump as President for Life. Meanwhile, the death toll for COVID-19 in this country has well surpassed 750,000 and the world as a whole has lost over 4,000,000, which is SO MANY PEOPLE. Climate change disaster is here and now, not in some distant future that we can all avoid if we just recycle enough and turn the tap off when brushing our teeth. Abortion rights are on the chopping block with a hard-right Supreme Court. Racism has a firm grip on our legal system. Things seem, dare I say, awful.
COVID Chaos and Term Limits and Redistricting...Oh My!
What happens when regular people—not politicians—redraw district maps for the first time in decades? If recent analyses are correct, it’s about to get weird: most of the proposed maps pit incumbents of both parties against one another in the same district, and one analysis suggests nearly half of all incumbents may be out due to a combination of term limits and redistricting. Is this good news, bad news, or just bizarre? All of the above!