2021 May

Shame on them

•More excellent work from Heather Cox Richardson in her 5/21 Letters from an American. It concludes:

“Six months after the 2020 election, supporters of the former president are challenging vote counts all over the country as he continues to insist he won. His supporters stormed the Capitol to overturn our electoral process. And now our Republican lawmakers, who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution, are trying to protect their leader from accountability for inciting that insurrection.”

John Patrick2021-06-13T19:58:56-05:00May 23rd, 2021|HomeRecommended|

Evidence to support cautious optimism

•From David Leonhardt’s 5/21 Morning Newsletter. Let’s hope the trend continues!

John Patrick2021-06-13T19:59:30-05:00May 23rd, 2021|Home, Musings|

Be afraid…

•Pay attention to what Tom Friedman says in his NYT opinion piece, “The Trump G.O.P.’s Plot Against Liz Cheney — and Our Democracy.” An excerpt:

“In effect, the Trump G.O.P. has declared that winning the next elections for the House, Senate and presidency is so crucial — and Trump’s ability to energize its base so irreplaceable — that it justifies both accepting his Big Lie about the 2020 election and leveraging that lie to impose new voter-suppression laws and changes in the rules of who can certify elections in order to lock in minority rule for Republicans if need be. It is hard to accept that this is happening in today’s America, but it is.”

And be very afraid.

John Patrick2021-06-13T19:59:53-05:00May 11th, 2021|Home, Musings|