Like many Americans, I am angry at the politicians and political parties that have failed and divided us. I am angry at institutions from the media to the tech bros and Fortune 500 to the healthcare systems that have prioritized their profits over our ability to succeed as people, families, and communities, so that Americans have turned against each other as they struggle to hold onto their vision of the American dream. I am angry at the cowards in leadership across the country, who have sold us out to protect their own interests. And now it's only getting worse as everyone who holds any power is lining up to curry favor with the convicted felon Donald Trump as he brazenly breaks the law over and over again. I am going to use my platform to be the outrage I want to see in the world.

Despite the beatings I have taken and the early successes leaders have had in tearing our country down, I am a patriot. I love the ideals that America seeks to achieve. I love the idea that my daughters might live in a country that seems worth fighting for. And so, I want to do my part in harnessing all of our collective anger to destroy the lawlessness of the MAGA movement, the cruelty of the MAGA movement, and the complacency of all the Americans who sit back and watch it happen. I want to learn from people who have managed to fight back and from people who have been fucked by America but still see a way forward. I want to keep letting leaders know that we are watching them and we won't let them lie without throwing their hypocrisy and hatred back in their faces.

I hope you join me in that battle.

-Fanone