It doesn’t get much wilder than this week! Because I have only 5 minutes of access to the internet tonight, the purpose of this newsletter is open the Comments section to all readers.
Inflation Reduction Act! Congratulations to the American people, Joe Biden, Senate Democrats, House Democrats, their staff members, and every Democrat who refused to give up!
The search of Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s excuses are becoming more desperate, illogical, and pathetic. He may not be cornered yet, but he is looking for an exit that may not exist!
Talk amongst yourselves!
Reading Nicholas' comment, I tend to agree. It is emotional and draining and I'm very glad that there have been so many positive steps forward in the past week. Passing the CHIPS, PACT and IRA has been huge! All of that makes me so happy. And the fact that Trump is squirming is great. Merrick Garland has come through and I couldn't be more pleased. Trump is fending off trouble from several different quarters and I have to think he'll have to pay the price one way or another. But, like Nicholas, I'm still afraid that somehow, he'll still wiggle out of all of it.
But more than anything, I feel that we're in the most dangerous time yet. Fortunately, I have no personal experience with domestic violence. But I know enough to know that when an abuser is cornered, when he (or she) is facing that reality of being left behind, or called to account for the abuse they've perpetrated, or slapped with a restraining order, is when they're the most dangerous. But it isn't Trump, or McCarthy or the rest of the cowardly GOP leadership that we need to fear, but all of their "base" throughout the country. They are hiding in plain sight, and I fear that they are capable of almost anything. I think Civil War is not the problem, but rogue 2nd Amendment Trumpers who will do something desperate in the face of what they see as the persecution of Dear Leader.
I am a positive looking person and I believe in the majority of good people in the US who WILL do the right thing; we will all pull together to save the country. But I do fear that there will be major damage and violence before it's all over. The healing from that will take a very long time.
I'm writing from Indiana where we've just lost the right to choose whether or not to have children. Our totally gerrymandered state legislature passed a nearly total ban on abortion. Please keep this issue of reproductive rights front and center in the midterms and stay focused on down ballot races. I highly recommend Jane Mayer's article in the New Yorker, "State Legislatures are Torching Democracy."