Greetings and salutations, jackasses.
I wanna say that MisterMix and AnneLaurie have been doing just superb work putting a spotlight on the actual leadership within the Democratic party, and that is so important. The other day I was babbling on bluesky and noted that courage is contagious- and it is. It’s every bit as contagious as cowardice, which is why it is so important that we highlight it when leaders like AOC and Raskin and Pritzker and the many others do the right thing and stand up. Not everyone will. But people see leadership and they follow.
One of the more frustrating things of the Trump years has been elevating the voices of people like Liz fucking Cheney or Jen Rubin or the Lincoln Project assholes. And the reason it happened is not because we’re all just suckers for right wingers or have abandoned all our principles or any of that bullshit. We were elevating their voices because they were actually standing up and fighting while so many in our own party appeared to be silent. It doesn’t hurt that the Lincoln Project fuckers are too a person vicious scumbags who will stab you in the back the moment they get, but if you’re in a knife fight you want to be around the mother fuckers who know how to use them.
Republicans understand this. That’s why they savagely attack anyone who stands up to them. Look at how they treated and reacted to that Bishop or whatever who had the temerity to, in a sermon, in an actual fucking church, beg the congregation to treat each other with kindness and decency.
At any rate, AOC is on fire right now, and she has said the most important thing repeatedly- You don’t have to fucking help them. Just fucking say no and don’t comply. It’s that easy.
I called my Senator, Shelly Moore Capito, and her nephew, Rep. Riley Moore. as they are my representatives. I didn’t even bother calling Senator Justice because I doubt he has staff and if he does they didn’t show up to work and if they did they probably have not figured out the phones yet. At any rate, I discussed my disapproval of the NIH fuckery, and expressed repeatedly how many jobs and how much money this brings to their districts and how none of the studies are in any way partisan.
I also expressed my disgust with the attempt to change the 14th Amendment via executive order. I noted that while Republicans think they will be in charge forever, one ay there will be a new administration. Do they want them to change the second amendment via executive order? What about the freedom of religion?
Prolly won’t do any good. But you gotta do it.
Nothing else to report, I suppose. Eggs were 8 dollars a dozen at the grocery. They were 3 dollars the day Trump was elected.
Tell that to your neighborhood Trumper.
