OUR VOICES MUST BE HEARD....12/23/23

Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election fair and square, as did Joe Biden in 2020.

According to Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican appointed by Trump to head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, and confirmed unanimously by the Senate, the 2020 election was the "most secure in American history".

He was immediately fired by Trump for making that statement.

But yet in spite of all the evidence, millions of people still believe the last election was "stolen".

Why? Simply because the former president says so.

As a result, hundreds of election workers have decided to call it quits and not work the 2024 contest because of intimidation and death threats.

In my mind, if we lose the integrity of our elections, we've lost everything.

Our vote is all we have.

GETTING EVEN....12/22/23

I’ve been accused of partisanship in the past, and having been a Democrat all my life, I’ll admit it can sometimes obstruct my view as to what’s happening on my side.

So a lot of talk has been made about how Trump will seek retribution against those he doesn’t like if he’s re-elected. He actually says it out loud.

But then there’s Democratic Senator Bob Menendez who is under indictment for corruption.

Yesterday before the Senate left for the Holidays, he placed the confirmation of 2 non-controversial nominees on hold - one as USDA undersecretary of Rural Development and another for a seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Why? Because they fell under the authority of Agricultural Committee Chair and fellow Senator, Debbie Stabenow, who called for Menendez to resign after he was arrested for bribery.

I can just hear him muttering, “Take that, Debbie!”, as he prepares himself for a likely prison stay.

IMAGINE....12/21/23

I've often wondered what it would be like to be homeless.

To have to search several times a day for a place to relieve myself, often in places of unbearable stench where hundreds of others have done the same thing.

To dig through the trash can outside of McDonald's in an attempt to find a half-eaten burger or a few fries, but having to settle for an unopened packet of ketchup as my meal for the day.

To have all of my world's possessions in a shopping cart soaked by rain, or worse yet, stolen.

To be assaulted for fun by young thugs.....

....all knowing that I had done my best, but yet it wasn't enough.

Homelessness increased 12% this past year, the highest jump ever recorded in the wealthiest country in the world.