Love it! And I downloaded the Climate Change Now app... I'm already halfway to earning a tree! You might want to consider changing the year (New Year's Resolution) to 2025...
Thanks for this! We appreciate all you do to keep Hope alive.
Also….there is a postcard-writing campaign for the Minnesota Senate (David Gottfried) right now that could use some help… sign up through join@tonythedemocrat.org if you aren’t already an approved writer (this org is “postcards to voters”). Also there is a campaign for Wisconsin’s April 1 election…sign up for free postcards through Postcards to Swing States. Please amplify these initiatives because every single race is a critical act of resistance now more than ever.
THANK YOU, JESS!!!!! So much gratitude for you! I'm fighting and will continue to fight all the way to my death. I joined Indivisible here in WA and they are crazy active. It's amazing. Also, a trained first responder for immigrants who are being held by ICE. So much work to do in so many different places. Your substack is the one I will pay most attention to and do everything you tell us to do. Thank you thank you!
But most of all I will be a good member of the OPPOSITION. A democracy is weak without a good opposition to serve as guard rails and that goes for any Govt. Always remembering that they work for us and not the other way around.
I will search and find the issues that I need to and must oppose and sign petitions, letters and make phone calls to my reps in Congress as well as POTUS and VPOTUS. That is part of my duty as a citizen. I will stand up!
I would hope that we could encourage ALL Americans to vote and not be selective about which candidate that might “obviously” support!! How radical is THAT idea?!?
Here is something I pray will be, if not enlightening, at least thought provoking among your followers.
Perhaps instead of vilifying other points of view, this could demonstrate the very BASIC concepts of democracy…
Well said and spot on. Thank you.
Appreciate that!
https://t.co/WLjr9fZn5y
Excellent!! Really great advice!
Thank you!
https://t.co/WLjr9fZn5y
Love it! And I downloaded the Climate Change Now app... I'm already halfway to earning a tree! You might want to consider changing the year (New Year's Resolution) to 2025...
Resonates!
Thanks for this! We appreciate all you do to keep Hope alive.
Also….there is a postcard-writing campaign for the Minnesota Senate (David Gottfried) right now that could use some help… sign up through join@tonythedemocrat.org if you aren’t already an approved writer (this org is “postcards to voters”). Also there is a campaign for Wisconsin’s April 1 election…sign up for free postcards through Postcards to Swing States. Please amplify these initiatives because every single race is a critical act of resistance now more than ever.
THANK YOU, JESS!!!!! So much gratitude for you! I'm fighting and will continue to fight all the way to my death. I joined Indivisible here in WA and they are crazy active. It's amazing. Also, a trained first responder for immigrants who are being held by ICE. So much work to do in so many different places. Your substack is the one I will pay most attention to and do everything you tell us to do. Thank you thank you!
⚕️𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗔 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦
𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🩺
https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-from-a-doctor-to-americas
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗝. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽
𝘐𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴
https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/the-obituary-of-donald-j-trump
Thank you!
ELECTION 2024
( A Final Comment )
Post election anxiety has eased a bit .
I remain haunted however, by the disappearance of 6 million Democratic votes from 2020 to 2024 .
In 2020, the message from the voters to Trump was unambiguous. You will never set foot in the Oval Office again.
81 million voters,the largest single vote in history, chose the Biden /Harris ticket.
Trump armed these same voters with mountains of additional incentive from 2020 to 2024 :
• January 6;
• 34 Felony Convictions;
• Declining mental behavior;
• A vow to use the powers of government for political revenge….
And on and on ….
Yet, on November 5, the Democratic vote total DROPPED from 81 million in 2020 to 75 million.
The search for an explanation inevitably requires considerations of race .But the race factor is skewed by significant events.
•Obama won twice by margins of 10 million and 5 million;
• 81 million voters in 2020 chose a woman of color as Vice President.
So for me , 2 months out , the election result was compelled by
Gender Discrimination
( misogyny-sexism
Prejudice)
Simplifying what happened is nearly impossible, but this was useful for me .
Trump ran against a man - HE LOST
Trump ran twice against a woman-HE WON.
The electorate has spoken.For Supreme Court Justices,US Senators,Vice Presidents, Military Officers, CEO’s , Women are acceptable and well qualified.
For President of the United States,a line must be drawn.
WE COULD HAVE SHOWN
OUR DAUGHTERS THAT GIRLS
CAN DO ANYTHING…
INSTEAD,WE SHOWED OUR SONS
THAT THEY CAN RAPE, CHEAT
AND LIE AND STILL BECOME
THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON
IN THE COUNTRY.
Very WELL SAID. I’m right there with you on these.
But most of all I will be a good member of the OPPOSITION. A democracy is weak without a good opposition to serve as guard rails and that goes for any Govt. Always remembering that they work for us and not the other way around.
I will search and find the issues that I need to and must oppose and sign petitions, letters and make phone calls to my reps in Congress as well as POTUS and VPOTUS. That is part of my duty as a citizen. I will stand up!
Do hope you are okay. I see that you have not posted for 3 days. I hope you are coping and will be back soon.
I would hope that we could encourage ALL Americans to vote and not be selective about which candidate that might “obviously” support!! How radical is THAT idea?!?
Here is something I pray will be, if not enlightening, at least thought provoking among your followers.
Perhaps instead of vilifying other points of view, this could demonstrate the very BASIC concepts of democracy…
https://catholicvote.org/the-conservative-mind/
Where is my newsletter I paid for?