June 28, 2022

The only way to "check" the Supreme Six is to impeach

Now that they've abruptly taken away an internationally recognized human right from women and girls in this country, I think it is completely appropriate to start impeachment proceedings, without regard for whether it will be successful or not. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied during their confirmation hearings. Senator Collins said she was misled, and Manchin said he feels betrayed. That's actually a big deal, because Kavanaugh and Gorsuch's lies prevented the Senate from doing their job properly before confirmation.

When the right-wing goes too far, we have to be willing to go just as far in the other direction. Again, the right wing Supreme Court has taken away a human right from women and girls in this country. That deserves a huge response.

I don't want to hear crap about a slippery slope. This country is sliding off a cliff right now. Women will die. Some women will be subjected to humiliating and degrading vaginal probes from State officials. Some doctors will stay silent when it comes to dangerous pregnancies. Some women may even resort to suicide due to feeling trapped and hopeless.

June 4, 2022

Of course. And each mass shooting

is making people who wouldn't normally think about purchasing guns, think about purchasing guns. A lot of the new gun owners, like many of the current ones, won't be prepared, responsible or mentally equipped to handle a gun.

If any elected republicans have a conscience or any trace of common sense, they know that our nation's existence is in jeopardy right now. And while Democrats can't force them to vote a certain way, we have to use our power. Even if it's just symbolic or noise making. How many times did rethugs hold failed votes on overturning the aca? We need to be doing the same thing with regard to the issues that rethugs are stonewalling on: voting rights, gun laws, and yes, police brutality.

An often unspoken and unaddressed issue that we're facing is the current insubordination of police. This "crime wave" is not random or just because of the pandemic. It is an intentional strategy being used by police departments and their judicial / law enforcement counterparts across this country to hold on to unchecked power, and it's working. But how long can this nation last when specific groups of people continue to be targeted and terrorized by law enforcement? I get that this is how it's been for hundreds of years, but it's 2022 now and people have social media, cameras and other ways of communicating and organizing. With the "turn the other cheek" strategy falling flat, people will resort to other means if this isn't addressed and soon.