Jake Thompson

"Corporations have been enthroned... An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people... Until wealth is aggregated in a few hands... And the Republic is destroyed."

- Abraham Lincoln

Hands Off protest in Geneva, IL.

"In my experience, the more absurd a belief, the more dangerous its adherents tend to be."

Sherlock Holmes
Elementary

Admit it. You can barely pay your bills, while their money makes money. You drag your recycling to the curb while they ride in private jets that tear the sky apart.

Freedom isn't free. We've heard that for a long time. Now it's time to see if we're willing to do the work required.

I will be looking into ways to help and protest and protect the rights under fire now and I'll try to share what I learn. I ask that you do the same. If you find organizations or events or reading materials or whatever that are trying to save The Great Experiment, please share!

Please don't let America go down without a fight.

I want to encourage anyone out there who feels the same fear and frustration to not give in to the debilitating helplessness. We can accept how terrible this situation is without giving up. The oligarchy wants us to give up and just let them go about their agenda.

This brings its own frustrations that the only response I'm clever enough to think of is 100% wrong. It also means that I have to figure out how I can actually contribute to moderating the damage being done because -make no mistake- this is as bad as it's ever been (certainly in my lifetime).

I don't know what did it but somehow I was able to step outside the box of my own thought process just enough to realize that's exactly what makes me so angry about them - viewing people I don't agree with or understand as inferior and less than myself and what fits into my view of good and right.

(You probably see where this is going. Congratulations for getting there much quicker than I did.)

I never got violent, but I fantasized about it, and I definitely wallowed in hatred. I felt like the people who supported the claymation villain in office were too evil and stupid to be afforded the same rights as other humans.

I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that recent political issues have made me feel helpless, hopeless, and angry to the point where the only reaction I could think of was hatred and violence.

Have you noticed that when your maga-leaning acquaintances try to respond to your fears and issues with the current administration, it always sounds like they haven't been paying any attention to what's actually happening? I saw one today that actually blamed Biden for our collective angst.

The example they give of a trans woman being somehow at an advantage on the parliament short list of women doesn't ring true in today's social environment.

YouTube video by Progressive Perspective Neil deGrasse Tyson's 5-Minute Takedown of Right Wing Hosts' IDIOCY

youtu.be/PFHVYKrNpNk?...

Trump doesn’t have even a shred of class or decorum.