same thing happened in Nicaragua when Ortega lost his second term. He was later elected again, refuses to leave office (ever), punishes anyone (prison)who publicly disagrees with him, taken over private universities, has collapsed economy, and lashed out internationally isolating the country.

Canceling my subscription to WP today. Last straw: changing the editorial policy to advocate for personal liberties and free markets” and not publish opposing viewpoints on those topics.

Personal liberties and free markets are code words for self serving and someone else pays the cost besides me.

I’ve never seen in my lifetime thousands of workers fired without cause in 2 weeks time to pay for upcoming tax breaks. That really makes me physically ill.

And 7.7% of South African population is white. He’s disgusting!

I’ll check that out. It sounds interesting.

I’ve lived under these circumstances and had friends sentenced to crazy crimes with ridiculously long sentences for posting their opinion on social media or forwarding an email that spoke out. There are too many countries like this today! Are we next…

Me too + with a few documentaries thrown in. Life is good without Trump-saneing.

Sometimes I just don’t even want to think how far we’ve fallen short on women’s health care. It’s a human rights abuse and against bioethics to refuse care. I was never so happy when Roe v Wade made abortion available to all. And here we are today …

Which one?

Hard to believe people are more interested in banning books than vetting a candidate and looking for someone who works for them. It shows how our values have shifted.

Sometimes I wonder if Republicans making ridiculous statements cover up a smile or walk away smiling, thinking “I can tell them anything and they’ll believe it!” I couldn’t say what Johnson says at times with a straight face.

So is my Mom’s. She’s 102 and very cognizant. She said the other day that she’s lived through a lot (b. 1922) and never seen anything like this.