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We are in a bad spot politically as well as economically. A lot of people in the USA are about to feel the loss of SNAP funds (food stamps) and it ain’t going to be pretty.
As she often does, Heather Cox Richardson provides some much needed historical as well as contemporary political perspectives in this post. She is right: “What are we doing?!?!”
The “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement is a textbook example of gaslighting. While claiming to improve our economy, country, and standard of living, it is doing exactly the opposite. MAGA is ruining our economy, destroying our position in the world as a respected, leading nation, ignoring Constitutional precedents for respect of Miranda rights and the rule of law via the abduction of citizens by masked, unbadged officials, etc.
I hope as citizens in the United States, we are permitted to have free and fair elections in the months ahead. I am personally pessimistic about this prospect. Unfortunately, I think things will continue to get worse before they get better.
In the midst of these difficult times, we must maintain our hope and our faith in our neighbors and fellow citizens. We must build community, both online and in person, and find ways to help others who are most impacted / hurt by these unfortunate decisions of our present government. Find links to multiple organizations that are helping in the Charlotte, North Carolina area on:
Find links to multiple “trusted voices” to whom I am listening and who I recommend following on:
Continue to learn and resist with me on my “Resist and Heal” Substack and in other spaces linked on the advocacy page of my website: