You rugged at my heart strings with this, JoJo. Life deals us a lot of things we have no control over, and this is probably the last thing any of us would have thought would happen in our lifetime. But it has. It has come home to roost that there remains a lot of evil out there and we cannot give up the fight. Hang in there, girl; you inspire a lot of us.
We didn’t lose ; it was a fraud election. It was a fraud from the word go. No way does a Democratic country rehire the worst president in the world a domestic terrorist, adjudicated rapist, killer of 1 million Americans with miss management of the pandemic and orchestrator of the insurrection that killed Capital policeman and defaced our capital and no way were we going to let a demented terrorist take over our presidency when he should be in the big house not the White House
The HUGE problem we face is Donald Trump's status as a God who walks amongst us: he's the only political deity America's ever had.
So - this being the case, try this thought experiment: picture someone you know who has Don's poor health who is older than he is... ... ... right???
For future reference, it will be nice to know how to defeat a political God, but with Don - this knowledge is irrelevant: the dude will be pushing up daisies maybe even before he can be sworn in!
He is not a god. He isn't even a human! He's a demented narcissist who somehow has convinced a slim majority he has their best interests at heart. I almost can't wait til they see how wrong they were...but I fear they will never admit he's a disaster.
I don't THINK he is demented (yet). Narcissist, wow yes to the nth degree. He's a horrible, cruel, spiteful narcissist. His upbringing and lifestyle, being a never-worked-a-day-in-his-life-fng-grub, has fomented the perfect storm of mental disfunction and self absorption.
My father once said to me that 'this', (when he was alive) was the longest period we had gone without a world war. I wonder now whether all the teetering democracies we see, (cough, and experience!) are due to that forgetfulness, and actually how bone tiring it is for a nation to be at war … let alone a war with itself.
Possibly the best thing that can happen now, apart from us all waking up from this insanity and find it's a horrible dream and we just wet the bed instead, is to watch this horror clown-show come on to the stage, burn everyone and every thing … then flame out, because with all the UTTER BS this orange moron has promised it will burn big and hot and cruelly, but because it's not based on sustainability BUT cruelty it will die off pretty quickly once the hateful petulant bullies have had their moment of dancing around the flames.
Magas are going to wake up and realise they've been shafted like everyone who's ever had dealings with that morbidly obese grifter posing as a businessman, including his brother, father, first wife et cetera. There's a very uncomfortable epiphany coming to them soon.
That journey you navigated back from the edge? I’ve been there too, and I can attest to the fact that we come back stronger, more determined than ever, and actually better people than we were. I’ve made up my mind that I will NOT give in, I will NOT fall in line, I will NOT go back!
I read this days after the election and found it to be somewhat credible. What I really found incredible is that so many voted for trump ONLY and none down ticket. That, while I'm sure it happens from time to time, has never been a "constant" like this year.
I love your work … and yes we will get there one if we work together .. I’m finding myself arguing on social media .. and lately I am holding my own .. have been accused of using talking points .. then when they are done trying to dissuade me and begin to believe they have been duped, they just fade away .. I believe we have a good story and great mission .. Biden started it, Kamala pushed it forward .. I’m willing to argue it as it is right and just .. we can’t shy away from building the middle class, the working people .. but we need to be willing to go out and talk to people .. even if an argument happens .. I don’t use the bottom up, middle out words but I am very close .. we can do this .. I’m intending to leave it all on the playing field .. with my friends .
Thank you for this, JoJo. The Indigo Girls lyrics were spot on (and a cherished connection), and your story reminds us how this works. We can choose not to be swallowed by the darkness. There are people in our lives who need us to carry on the resistance.
You have provided the words to describe what we are going through now. I cannot begin to say I understand what you have gone through, or may be going through, but you express a toughness that is admirable. Maybe if we all manage to take some of that forward we can beat this terrifying thing coming straight at us. Together.
Thank you Jo. You have no idea (or maybe you do) how much I needed this. Tonight I messaged my friend in Oklahoma to ask if she heard Dr Oz had been put in charge of Medicare and Medicaid. I said I thought it was a joke, but I couldn't really tell any more. Whelp...it wasn't. That fool has not nominated a single competent human being for any job!
No one's life (or hardly anyone's) is always a bed of roses and you may have had more than your fair share of the bad times; BUT look at how much you've grown to meet the challenges you faced! You are AH MAZ ING!
It is hard to move when one is scared all the time. I am that person. I'm scared for myself and my spouse. He has long covid and at 72 is incapable of going back on the job market if they steal our Social Security. I have had 2 joint replacements and need at least 2, maybe 3 more. Will Dr. Oz or RFK jr allow this? Then I think of the aliens, legal and illegal that they want to round up and stick in camps. Creating those camps is 1. WRONG; 2. expensive; 3. Anti-American and did I mention WRONG? I was under the belief that it was illegal to use the military against the American people, and some of those they try to "round up" will be legal Americans, much like the Haitians in Ohio. And the generals he wants to court martial because they followed HIS plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan...and on and on. I need more xanax. And what about.....etc etc etc.
Thank you for an inspiring essay. The road ahead may be rough, but we have to navigate it with courage and perseverance. And we will.
You rugged at my heart strings with this, JoJo. Life deals us a lot of things we have no control over, and this is probably the last thing any of us would have thought would happen in our lifetime. But it has. It has come home to roost that there remains a lot of evil out there and we cannot give up the fight. Hang in there, girl; you inspire a lot of us.
We didn’t lose ; it was a fraud election. It was a fraud from the word go. No way does a Democratic country rehire the worst president in the world a domestic terrorist, adjudicated rapist, killer of 1 million Americans with miss management of the pandemic and orchestrator of the insurrection that killed Capital policeman and defaced our capital and no way were we going to let a demented terrorist take over our presidency when he should be in the big house not the White House
"it was a fraud election" … nail on head my friend, no doubt about it.
The HUGE problem we face is Donald Trump's status as a God who walks amongst us: he's the only political deity America's ever had.
So - this being the case, try this thought experiment: picture someone you know who has Don's poor health who is older than he is... ... ... right???
For future reference, it will be nice to know how to defeat a political God, but with Don - this knowledge is irrelevant: the dude will be pushing up daisies maybe even before he can be sworn in!
And then we deprogram the cult in our spare time.
He is not a god. He isn't even a human! He's a demented narcissist who somehow has convinced a slim majority he has their best interests at heart. I almost can't wait til they see how wrong they were...but I fear they will never admit he's a disaster.
I don't THINK he is demented (yet). Narcissist, wow yes to the nth degree. He's a horrible, cruel, spiteful narcissist. His upbringing and lifestyle, being a never-worked-a-day-in-his-life-fng-grub, has fomented the perfect storm of mental disfunction and self absorption.
My father once said to me that 'this', (when he was alive) was the longest period we had gone without a world war. I wonder now whether all the teetering democracies we see, (cough, and experience!) are due to that forgetfulness, and actually how bone tiring it is for a nation to be at war … let alone a war with itself.
Possibly the best thing that can happen now, apart from us all waking up from this insanity and find it's a horrible dream and we just wet the bed instead, is to watch this horror clown-show come on to the stage, burn everyone and every thing … then flame out, because with all the UTTER BS this orange moron has promised it will burn big and hot and cruelly, but because it's not based on sustainability BUT cruelty it will die off pretty quickly once the hateful petulant bullies have had their moment of dancing around the flames.
Magas are going to wake up and realise they've been shafted like everyone who's ever had dealings with that morbidly obese grifter posing as a businessman, including his brother, father, first wife et cetera. There's a very uncomfortable epiphany coming to them soon.
(apologies, I got into a rant again!!)
They didn’t admit it the last time, and here we are, back in the same dark place.
Blessings JoJo, your a special person who always has something uplifting to say, Thank You, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍🥰
Jo i hope all is ok at home. Heats through Scott Dworkin you had a family emergency
Is she ok?
Abbie had a stomach bug. :(
Poor Abbie; those things are the WORST! I hope she's feeling better now.
That journey you navigated back from the edge? I’ve been there too, and I can attest to the fact that we come back stronger, more determined than ever, and actually better people than we were. I’ve made up my mind that I will NOT give in, I will NOT fall in line, I will NOT go back!
https://open.substack.com/pub/planetcritical/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked?r=g24p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
I read this days after the election and found it to be somewhat credible. What I really found incredible is that so many voted for trump ONLY and none down ticket. That, while I'm sure it happens from time to time, has never been a "constant" like this year.
I am with you all the way and have more determination than ever.
I love your work … and yes we will get there one if we work together .. I’m finding myself arguing on social media .. and lately I am holding my own .. have been accused of using talking points .. then when they are done trying to dissuade me and begin to believe they have been duped, they just fade away .. I believe we have a good story and great mission .. Biden started it, Kamala pushed it forward .. I’m willing to argue it as it is right and just .. we can’t shy away from building the middle class, the working people .. but we need to be willing to go out and talk to people .. even if an argument happens .. I don’t use the bottom up, middle out words but I am very close .. we can do this .. I’m intending to leave it all on the playing field .. with my friends .
Hang in there, Jo!
Heard not heats lol
Thank you for this, JoJo. The Indigo Girls lyrics were spot on (and a cherished connection), and your story reminds us how this works. We can choose not to be swallowed by the darkness. There are people in our lives who need us to carry on the resistance.
You have provided the words to describe what we are going through now. I cannot begin to say I understand what you have gone through, or may be going through, but you express a toughness that is admirable. Maybe if we all manage to take some of that forward we can beat this terrifying thing coming straight at us. Together.
Exactly. We cannot go be up on our country. We need each other.
Thank you Jo. You have no idea (or maybe you do) how much I needed this. Tonight I messaged my friend in Oklahoma to ask if she heard Dr Oz had been put in charge of Medicare and Medicaid. I said I thought it was a joke, but I couldn't really tell any more. Whelp...it wasn't. That fool has not nominated a single competent human being for any job!
No one's life (or hardly anyone's) is always a bed of roses and you may have had more than your fair share of the bad times; BUT look at how much you've grown to meet the challenges you faced! You are AH MAZ ING!
It is hard to move when one is scared all the time. I am that person. I'm scared for myself and my spouse. He has long covid and at 72 is incapable of going back on the job market if they steal our Social Security. I have had 2 joint replacements and need at least 2, maybe 3 more. Will Dr. Oz or RFK jr allow this? Then I think of the aliens, legal and illegal that they want to round up and stick in camps. Creating those camps is 1. WRONG; 2. expensive; 3. Anti-American and did I mention WRONG? I was under the belief that it was illegal to use the military against the American people, and some of those they try to "round up" will be legal Americans, much like the Haitians in Ohio. And the generals he wants to court martial because they followed HIS plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan...and on and on. I need more xanax. And what about.....etc etc etc.
Debby — we have have each others back right now. I will always have yours. 💕