Last Political piece I wrote 2 years ago Roe V Wade was overturned. . Debating about writing a follow-up I forming. given recent events...but rereading this speaks to the sentiment of the situation. I ask myself did they fail us again. Opinion: Did the Democratic Leadership fail to protect (Roe v. Wade) us? It is self-evident that the Democratic Leadership has failed to protect us. In order for us to no longer feel the sting of defeat and the devastation of failure, we must first ask ourselves why and how this has come to pass.

It has been 50 years since Roe v. Wade was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, and for nearly 50 years the Democratic Leadership has failed to codify it into law. The Democratic Leadership has spent a 50-year grace period playing reactionary politics, infighting, complacency, societal disconnects, and right-wing kowtowing.

The Dred Scott decision created the mechanism for slave-holding states to effectively create “Bounty hunters” who went to free states(under the guise of enforcing laws of the slave states that were not recognized by the free states). This, in turn, was one of many reasons that led to the outbreak of civil war. Would overturning of Roe have a similar effect, for similar reasons?

Ten Grand if you rat on someone(healthcare worker, driver, etc) in Texas. Right now Louisiana Republicans are creating a law that classifies abortion as a homicide, my question is will they go after all those who previously had an abortion, and Target Healthcare Workers(doctors, nurses, providers, etc) by harassing them for previously performing abortion from and out of state, if it becomes law? Will they go after information and data on individuals? Right now data brokers track abortion visits and are willing to sell that data. If abortion is codified into law as murder, then will a miscarriage be manslaughter, and will they go after them for possible murder, how do you prove your innocence? Where will you raise your daughters, will you allow her to be raised in a state of choice or no choice? Their bodily autonomy/freedom will vary from state to state, what state will you support with your taxes? Women no longer have privacy or equal rights when it comes to their bodies.

Consider the “Boiling Frog” metaphor for a moment. When we apply this metaphor to the current State of America, we can easily designate democracy as the frog, and the Republican Party has had control of the burner for the past 50 years, simmering our freedoms to a boil. The Republican Party has been quietly and consistently playing the long game by plotting and planning the dismantlement of our democracy. The Democratic Party only flinches in this fight after the Republican Party has landed a punch rather than putting up their fists and fighting back with equal passion and perseverance. Democratic Leadership only reacts after an attack on our rights within this democracy, (Gun Violence only after a school shooting), (Abortion only after a state restricts it),(Voting Rights only after 2016),( Criminal Justice Reform only after someone is murdered) (A Living Wage after a housing collapse) (Healthcare as a human right only after destitute or death) (Education after exorbitant inflated costs on the middle class) rather than realizing their ambition towards real progress.

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Liberty is choice and is at the heart of every great union. Unions should stand for choice and stand with their sisters. Democracy is a frog in a pot at the moment. Democratic Leadership and Complacency have eroded the Democratic Party, a 50-year-old law will be overturned and women lose the right to their bodies. We should not be looking to them as saviors but as those that failed, we the people determine our rights. For example, Hillary Clinton said that she could compromise on abortion. Obama promised PP he would codify Roe v. Wade but never did despite having a supermajority. Nancy Pelosi said that pro-life Democrats should be welcomed in the Democratic Party. Pelosi is also campaigning for a pro-life candidate. Pelosi led the effort to get rid of abortion access from the Affordable Care Act when pressured to do so by the U.S Conference Of Catholic Bishops. Democrats stalled abortion protection in a committee. Pelosi said that Democrats shouldn’t focus on abortion access. Clinton chose a pro-life running mate in 2016. But yes, blame the voters who are sick of the party of the oligarchs. Do I need to go into LBGTQ rights and marriage????? If nothing is done, it's time for new blood and new leadership.

This should make some of us feel like the good lord bird John Brown wanting to protect all for all deserve equality. The Slow cooking of this meat that is liberty’s left hand has been going on for far too long thanks to Democratic Leadership has failure to protect the rights of women by the inaction of making it a law federally and my bet is the slow erosion will follow for LGBTQ rights of equality and treatment under the law Democratic Leadership has been totally disconnected from their base over the past 20 years ranging from Lbgtq Rights they were late to standing behind marriage(not believing in marriage in the early 2000s), Criminal Justice Reform, Healthcare as a human right, Technical or Higher Education as a Human Right, College Debt, Housing is a human right, a living wage equal to one’s labor, and dignity for People regardless of idealogy. We all have more in common with each other from their labor, their family, their losses, and success than they do with any career politician or billionaire. They are disconnected from the struggle for the dream. There should be term limits, and age limits for all supreme court justices, house, and senate members. They should all wear body cameras when working and have them tied to the national archive database and released after reviewing to the public through the freedom of information act IF public servants like police officers must wear one, so should politicians and other public officials, for they could do more damage to the collective. Age has restricted understanding of technology just watch a cspan senate hearing. Individuals' data should fall under the 4th amendment and be protected, not sold by companys to be abused by possible foreign powers or political idealogues. The problem with people with power and time is that they can become a dragon. An Idealist who can impose aka tyranny, who can outspend and burn the Family/new/startup aka mom pop industry and buys out or makes laws by lobbying politicians against their competitor all leading monopoly singularity of technocracy of industry. If nothing is done, nothing is gained. Unions will be severely needed in profit over people, automation over worker future and I stand with them the laborer .

Should a Person, Business, Religion, or Government own/control Nature? Or do natural resources/cycles/weather belong to everyone equally in an egalitarian manner unowned or owned collectively? why?

In a finite resource-based society where weather affects others should those companies/individuals/government that leave impacts on it, should they pay/work off a continuous cost/face punishment for their length/damaging negligence depending on the action? these are the question we should be asking in regard to climate justice. I won't even go to the Democratic party's incompetence with automation/unions and the future that is coming while we have been distracted.

The middle ground doesn't exist anymore. flood the supreme court if this judgment is allowed, vote, and bring about something similar to FDR’s Second bill of rights. It's time the Democratic Party introduced REAL LAWS with backbone. Make a federal law making women's individual rights in regards to their own bodies and their own rights a law. LGBTQ Laws need to be voted to guarantee the protection of all under the law. Grant a basic income to every American a Law, A optional at Least Nationalize Healthcare System that competes with the free market, Provide housing and by the government claiming from banks houses that have remained unoccupied for an absorbant amount of time or build federal housing market that competes with the local markets to drive down costs, no family should be homeless regardless. provide technical or state college within each state free as it is taxpayer paid as is that way we to can meet the world's competitive market and empower the children of tomorrow.

The current political climate I would summarize in two words, “Popcorn Politics”. Actions like this have not been seen since the fierce campaigning since the time the radio was invented. The birth of the internet has created platforms like social media, which allow a greater voice and, narrative for the individual. Like minds attract other like-minded people and tribalism and echo chambers have formed. They want to feel safe and sane in their own principles and ethics. At the end of the day though it emboldens ego and people don’t want safe. They don’t want the safe choice anymore in the party. Safe is boring. It not an instant or dramatic change for the better its the same old, same old and the majority of the population between x-z live in an instant world. With more instant knowledge, we want more instant action and answers that lead to more questions. They want something deeper, something bolder. If you say an extremist cant win I say you do not know America. Sex, excess, hard music, hard alcohol, and extreme sports sell; why not extreme politics? Rarely is it argued the only way to counter one extreme is with another of equal weight in order to find or create a middle. I say extremes will be the case for the 21st century for politics. Why extremes in the Democratic Party? well, maybe it is to make up for the lack of action on all the social movements of the past 20–60+ years. From the Anti-War movements, civil rights, and women’s rights. to recently Occupy Wall St, to Black Lives Matter, Antifa, #Metoo. They are the Disenfranchised screaming about the issues, and what has truly been done? The status quo has not worked those are disenfranchised and forgotten.

Let’s Have a maybe moment. Maybe it's because two of the longest wars in American history; the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan were voted by centralists, who forgot the errors of Vietnam or were enticed by the military-industrial complex and forgoed evidence, facts, and diplomacy. Maybe it was the fact that some centralists worked with Segregationists during the 60–70s to find solutions, instead of protesting and standing with people of color. Maybe it was because centralists voted for a bailout for corporations during the recession instead of helping those facing bankruptcy and foreclosure. Maybe it’s because Democratic Centralists did not do more for abortion rights aka equal body autonomy, settled with a hyde amendment and now there is a 5 to 4 Supreme Court Conservative majority that could overturn. Maybe it was the 90s crime bill that put a generation of non-white people behind bars for petty drug crimes voted by centralist, along with stop and frisk programs enacted by Centrists. Maybe it was the fact that 20 years ago the majority of Centralists were against Equal Marriage or LBGTQ+ rights. Maybe it's the fact that the whole generation is burdened with college debt which costs compared to the cost of what it was 40 yrs ago have increased to almost debt slavery for X-Z Generation. Maybe is hows Rent is out of control, and people want rent control to better regulate the market from scumlords. It could be a few of these things or all these things. The Party right now has, and many times before had full control of all 3 branches of government at various times over the last 50 years. There’s only one reason they never codified Roe. They use abortion rights as a wedge issue to keep people voting for them. Their incompetence is legendary. Either way, the status quo has not worked for those that are disenfranchised and forgotten.

Some say its a time of generational change and ideals within both parties; that it is a passing of the torch with the Democratic Party, as bold and equal to its rival. Others say its returns to the roots, to something similar to FDR progressives. If they wish to go 50 years back with overturning Roe v. Wade then let us as a party go back 77 years to the true values of a true progressive and modernize the goals of the party then with a second bill of rights. Its time that those that kowtow leave, and the rest of us unite.

https://michaelfeuerstein.medium.com/the-state-of-america-in-the-pot-roe-v-wade-will-be-overturned-soon-democratic-leadership-failed-636c0f2dc648

Russian Misinformation campaigns have been widespread in the US, targeted at American Youth. (sources below)

Unfortunately, it has meant a lot of our rights have been in question lately.

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Anyone reading this in support of that, please remember that our Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Mothers, Fathers, our Brothers, and our Sisters have fought, bled, and died for the rights we have today. all hard earned. over generations.

Remember that we helped the world fight Nazis in World War 2. That we stood up against Fascism.

Remember that America is still full of good people. That we help others because that is what America stands for. We are all capable of doing good ————————

This is just a PSA regarding misinformation.

There has been a lot of hate and division spreading online recently due to both recent events and external factors.

Please remember that hate and division is exactly what enemies of our people want, what Putin wants for the American people.

If you see something hateful, if you read something inciteful, firstly:

Pause and ask yourself if it was said by an actual American.

How would we know if they’re American?

It’s easy. It’s in our declaration of independence. We believe that everyone was created equal. That everyone has certain unalienable rights. Chiefly among them: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

That is America. That is what makes an American.

However, if the post or comment appeared to still have come from an American, who maybe just happens to be having a bad day,

Simply ask for sources. Verify things as best you can. If someone can’t provide anything credible, it means they are just being inciteful. Try to get away from the hate but remember that we as a people are stronger together.

Remember that a lot of us are going through our own hardships right now, our own struggles, and we sometimes blame things simply because we don’t understand them or may have nothing more to blame. Remember that we all make mistakes, that the toughest problems don’t all have simple solutions.

but that is why we choose to work together so much, why we choose to help others so much regardless of background, race, or nationality. Things are much tougher alone. Things are much worse with hate.

Right now, we need to keep ourselves AND each other as aware and best informed as we can.

At a minimum, ensure you always understand where your information is coming from and any biases it may have. Always try to confirm if the things you read or heard are accurate and factual. Whether it be from social media, podcasters, influencers, or any other source that may earn money or some other benefit by having your attention.

Lastly, Remember why we don’t want authoritarianism in America. Why we don’t want to become Putin’s Russia. It is because kings, dictators, are not what our country was founded on. We like having the rights we have. We fought for them.

These are tough times but we can keep moving forward by continuing to verify the things we hear and read. Continuing to help our families, neighbors, and all others as best we can where we can.

In America, we help each other where we can. That is what has made us so strong.

That’s all, thank you for reading

Sources:

Influencers paid to manipulate American youth:

DOJ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence

NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/09/07/nx-s1-5101895/doj-says-russia-paid-right-wing-influencers-to-spread-russian-propaganda

Youtubers specifically:

ABC News https://youtu.be/J2021J90VM8

Other Russian operations through social media (TikTok, Reddit, Youtube, Others):

AP News https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-russian-propaganda-social-media-3a00d0690cce2bd2473847a05e76ec92

BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67687449

Further Ongoing Interference and Corruption:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/enduring-mystery-trump-relationship-russia/

Why Russia wants America distracted by Immigration and disinformation right now:

AP News https://apnews.com/article/russia-election-trump-immigration-disinformation-tiktok-youtube- ce518c6cd101048f896025179ef19997

Updated this format, Bernie would have won.

Also please don’t take this literally, some of y’all (like me) would vote for Bernie when he’s 90, but in all reality it could just mean him endorsing someone new in 2028. In any case the revolution lives on we will defeat the Deceiver!

I like marches as much as the next guy but the soft spot on capitalism is money. Also, it wouldn't matter if you are Pro-Palestine or Pro-Isreal, Pro-State Rights or Pro-Federal, BLM or Local Police Supporter, as long as you don't want Trump, just stop buying things. Anything and everything.

It's easy I promise, and everyone can do it. Just buy food. Nothing else. Even lazy people can participate.

Maybe I'm talking out of my ass and am an idiot, I wouldn't argue but it seems like a good idea to me. You guys can have my soap box now.

Peace. We got this.

I wasn't the only one convinced it was her time, our time. Were many votes cast for him because they couldn't accept that possibility?

I'm actually FAR more hopeful in the few days since November 5, 2024 than I was during that night and the succeeding day or two.

There's increasing evidence that people are already regretting voting for Trump/Vance and/or voting for a Republican US Senator and/or a Republican US Representative. And this is all happening within days after the General Election.

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It's the job of the Presidential Campaign, the Democratic National Committe, the various Democratic Super-PACs, etc. to inform the public about the various bads of the opposing Presidential Candidate and the opposing Party.

We know that. Let's move on.

Again, the current fight is to try to keep the Democratic Party from moving to the Right. And that requires making people informed about history.

FDR and his Administration was so popular that Democrats dominated American politics for several decades. It can be argued from 1933-1996.

List of presidents of the United States | U.S. Presidents, Presidential Terms, Election Results, Timelines | Britannica

How Congressional Control Has Changed Over the Past 100 Years | Stacker

Control of House and Senate since 1900 | The Spokesman-Review

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FPOTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower was essentially a Democrat.

FPOTUS Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency. He wanted to do universal health care.

It really wasn't until FPOTUS Ronald Reagan with Reagan Revolution that Reaganism became a thing. But he was still a California Republican. He did amnesty and such. And the US House of Representatives was controlled by the Democrats.

1996 with the Gingrich Revolution was a huge deal. The Republicans got back control of the US Congress. And kept it for 10 years until the brilliance of US Representative Nancy Pelosi who got the US Congress back in the Democrats hands by winning the 2006 Mid-Term Elections by campaigning against the privatization of Social Security. And the Iraq War.

The US Congress is kept for 4 years until the disaster of how FPOTUS Barack Obama governed by favoring Wall Street over Main Street and being publicly against Super-PACs even though everyone knew that there were multi-billionaire Democrats.

FPOTUS Barack Obama governed like a moderate Republican. Relatively, he was less progressive than FPOTUS William Jefferson Clinton given FPOTUS Clinton was POTUS 16 years before FPOTUS Obama. SCOTUS pick Elena Kagan was to the right of SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. SCOTUS Justice Sonya Sotomayor was relatively barely more progressive than SCOTUS Justice Ginsburg.

2016 FPOTUS Donald Trump wins against Hillary Clinton by campaigning as more progressive and less beholden to Wall Street. His actual Administration leads to enormous Democratic wins in the 2018 Mid-Term Elections.

The Democrats control the US House of Representatives for 6 years. Congressional Democrat Leftist Tracker - Google Sheets (US House) and it became increasingly progressive over those 6 years.

POTUS-elect Joe Biden's pivot to the left during the 2020 General Election flipped the US Senate to the Democrats. And it's been in Democratic control for 4 years. Congressional Democrat Leftist Tracker - Google Sheets (US Senate)

There's a reason US Senator Bernie Sanders has been the most popular US Senator since 2016; and that AOC has been the most popular US Representative since 2019.

Being a 'moderate' Democratic POTUS isn't a good long-term strategy.

And back in 2006 and arguably until 2018/2019 when AOC arrived, US Representative Nancy Pelosi represented the progressive wing/left flank of the US House of Representatives. And she was a major fundraiser.

It never made sense that US Representative Hakeem Jeffries should become the next US House Democratic Leader given he's effectively a conservative Democrat in today's world. It always made sense that AOC should become the next US House Democratic Leader--and it still does in the upcoming 2025 US Congress.

It's always been the reality that if US Senator Bernie Sanders was allowed to win in 2016 that we'd be in the 2nd Term of the Sanders Administration and probably it'd be POTUS-elect AOC.

If US Senator Sanders wasn't thwarted in 2020, we'd be heading into the Second Term of the Sanders Administration.

For the future, we need the next FDR. The next US Senator Bernie Sanders. I've since 2018 have considered AOC that person. Because she was an organizer. Worked for the 2016 Bernie Sanders Campaign. In 2020 was already powerful and influential enough to singlehandedly keep US Senator Sanders in the Democratic Presidential Primary after his heart attack by simply endorsing him. She's arguably the main reason the Biden Administration was so progressive on US Domestic Policy. That they did so much student loan debt cancellation. She's clearly the main reason that effectively a mini–Green New Deal was passed. She almost singlehandedly was able to move American public opinion regarding the Israel-Gaza 'war' against the onslaught of Mainstream Media and the Biden Administration. And she did the same regarding getting world opinion to consider it an "unfolding genocide". She's been helpful in getting progressives elected in New York State and local politics. And she's helped elect more progressives to the US House of Representatives. And made the Congressional Progressive Caucus more of a real thing after 2020 and especially 2022.

AOC has been a player in national politics for 6 years. It'll be 10 years in 2028. And she's clearly actually a true progressive.

But I'd obviously be fine if a true progressive can become POTUS and usher in a true progressive era. If that person is Jon Stewart or whoever else who can win and enact progressive policies. Great. AOC can become POTUS afterward. And be a Governor or US Speaker or US Senate Majority Leader in the meantime.

But this isn't just about AOC. It's about the Democratic Party. And a true vision. Social Security. Medicare. Medicaid. Civil Rights. Voting Rights. The Children's Health Insurance Plan. Expanding Medicaid. Patients Protections. These are all real things and they truly help people. Especially because of the Covid-19 pandemic and rising health care costs, Medicaid and 'Food Stamps' are popular in almost all US States.

The Democrats need a vision for the future. And that's clearly the Sanders and AOC vision. Medicare For All. Higher taxes on the rich and corporations. Wealth taxes. Free public college and university including trade schools. Paid family leave. Paid sick leave. Free Daycare. Etc.

https://couragetochangepac.org/ (AOC's PAC)

https://justicedemocrats.com/

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First things first. I am a Democrat through and through. None of you want to acknowledge reality. We lost our democracy. It's gone. And it's because the Democratic party is completely out of touch with the real world. Good luck with your moral high ground. I love Michelle Obama but she was wrong and doomed this country when she said "when they go low, we go high." When they go low, you kick them in the F***ING TEETH. But no. Let's try to help our enemies. (Yes they are the enemy. When they view you as an enemy that is what they become)We can teach them. (no you can't) They will see the light. (No they won't) They do not care about decency, truth, morals, integrity. They only care about making someone else hurt. That is why they dehumanize other people. You cannot fix that. You cannot change their minds. You never will. Stop trying. Stop trying. STOP TRYING. When someone is kicking you in the face you don't ask politely for them to stop. You fight back, with greater force than what is being used against you. Shame on you all. As this country was raped and murdered you all just stood by and did nothing to stop it. Crying to a monster to stop just feeds the monster's evil. He likes you tears. You destroy what created the monster. You destroy the support system that enabled that monster to be created. You have to get dirty in order to clean up. And NO. We are not better than that. That has been proven. Every time the Democratic party gets a chance to finally stamp out these disgusting, christo-fascist, racist, morally rotten POSs they instead stupidly attempt to reason with them. Help them. "Give them a seat at the table". NEVER!!!!!!! WHY WOULD YOU FEED AND NURTURE SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY WOULD NEVER DO THE SAME FOR YOU, BUT ARE LITERALLY, ACTIVELY TRYING TO KILL YOU AND THE ONES YOU LOVE. None of this is hyperbole. And if you can't see it, you are the problem.

Remember Trump's interview where he said he might release the Epstein files if he got into office?

Biden is on the way out, Kamala is on the way out, and a full red controlled federal government is on the way in.

Biden needs to release those classified files before they disappear in an unfortunate storage room fire.

I'd really hate to be P Diddy right now. He knows what's coming soon.

I live in this town where this guy ran for mayor because he owns a cheese business. And the then current mayor was telling him he couldn't have a giant rat on top of his business. Now fast forward 2 year and rat guy is Mayor the rat is on the business all is good. Expect now there is a steak house that has a giant bull in front of there business the bull has been there 35 year's and he wants them to move it get it out of there.

Today the United States is facing challenges and adversary no one ever thought possible.  A Snake oil salesman with the same authoritarian tendency's as central Europe in the 1930s has hijacked a major political party with the exchange for power to those willing to do his bidding. We are staring in the face of a Hyper-Inflated economy, Government restrictions on the freedom of Press, Religion, and Peaceful assembly, Mass deportation to determent camps for immigrants, a Restriction of bodily choices for every woman nationwide, an Open hate for the LGBTQIA+ community, open Oppression for minorities, The Restriction of healthcare and a decline in public health, A Hotter and hotter climate ruining our standards of living,  and a Termination of the very principals that our great nation was founded on. Now, more than ever, I hope that I am wrong, and that Republicans will PROVE ME WRONG! However, I am less optimistic in the republican party than I ever have been before. I am Optimistic and Hopeful about our future and about our people. 

Like so many I have a principled belief that the American Spirit, Dream, Freedom and Ideals are so much more than ideas written on a document 250 years ago. They live through us in our daily lives and our idealistic principles that are installed in us at birth. The Idea that every Man, Woman, and Child are created equally. That you can do anything you want in this world through our opportunities and live a finically comfortable life. Our government may not have always reflected those principles, but WE HAVE! Now more than ever we are at a crossroads of doing what is Easy and what is Right. Most of the Baby Boomers and Gen X have sealed their fate at the ballot box. In the future, Millennials and Gen Z must take the rubble of what was and rebuild. There is no doubt in my mind that we will, and we will be better than ever if we hold on to these ideas and principles installed within us. Our government has done some cruel and awful things, but WE THE PEOPLE always stood up to Oppression, WE THE PEOPLE have always overcame adversaries, and WE THE PEOPLE will always prevail! Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes we will get back up Stronger, more Moral, and more Just! Proving not only to ourselves but to the rest of the world, that we are America! Second to None! 

Like President Biden said, “Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable,” We also can’t give up on the other people. It’s going to be hard on so many of you, but there is going to be buyer's remorse. They're going to sleep in the bed they made and realize they’re sleeping on nails. WE must let them back in when they discover this for themselves. I truly believe the vast vast majority at the ballot box voted for what they believed to be a more Fairer, Just, and Honorable society. It will be up to us to take care of them as they become more elderly, and I believe in leading that charge with compassion as most of them would for us, and not punishing them because they do not know what they’ve done. 

Allow me to close with this. THE STATE OF OUR UNION has never been about the government but about WE THE PEOPLE. WE THE PEOPLE will prevail! The spirit of America is calling on us Now more than ever to lead with Compassion, Purpose, Humility, and Boldness. I am optimistic because I know WE WILL DELIVER. THE STATE OF OUR UNION is down, but not out. As long as we keep true to ourselves and ideas of who and what we are we are never out. If we keep a ripple of hope, that ripple becomes a Tidal-wave of possibility and achievement. I am not excited about our government right now. However, I am excited and optimistic about how we will respond and the better society we will create for it.  

There has been a lot of disinformation and troll account activity in this sub recently. If you see a post that is spreading disinformation please report it. If the post is highly emotive, take a moment to look at the profile. Most of these users are getting half of their posts removed. This is definitely symptomatic of outside influence. Please take a moment to consider the source. The election and the next 4 years is already difficult enough without having to deal with the onslaught of Russian trolls.