New Hope: Looking Forward And Back

This week- geez, this year has been filled with a flurry of different emotions, and I think it’s safe to say we are all allowed to go through that gamut and shouldn’t feel shame in that. I was seeing a lot of criticism going around this week for people who are feeling hopeful, for people who are still feeling hopeless, for people who are indifferent, for people who don’t believe change is coming in the ways we need, for people who are skeptical, and for people who aren’t. You name it, there’s someone out there with an opinion on how everyone should feel during this distinctive shift in power. There are understandably so many complicated emotions around what’s next. This post-Trump phase we’re stepping into is akin to coming out of an awful relationship. We’ve been gaslit, lied to, and verbally abused for years. It’s okay to feel every single emotion and/or nothing at all.

Don't Ask for Unity. You Don't Know What It Means.

They are asking us all to unify with an idea that lead an overtly racist mob to wreck our nation’s Capitol in the name of unfairness. An unfairness in election results based on thin air where there was no unfairness whatsoever. YOUR GUY LOST. The elections were not rigged and everyone who pedaled otherwise must know they have a direct hand in this insurrection. Those same people who were on TV, at rallies yelling about fraud are asking us all to unify and ignore the physical and psychological damage they themselves, Trump, and his followers have caused this country without accountability or even remorse. It’s a kind of “unity” that is empty and selfish. It’s what I like to call, “trash unity,” because it stinks and should be thrown out just like all of the leaders who supported the falsehood of a rigged election.

Impeach With A Capitol I

As new, more disturbing reports come in about why there was such a severe lack of security and disappointing confirmation of the lax treatment violent rioters got by police, it’s increasingly clear that this was in fact a larger conspiracy than I originally imagined. Multiple news sources have been doing an amazing job compiling security request documents, speaking with House & Senate leaders who were admittedly traumatized by the events, and painstakingly piecing together the days, weeks, and months leading up to the January 6th insurrection.

Riot on the Capitol: Two Americas

Creator: Bill Clark | Credit: CQ Roll Call

It’s happening again. We are witnessing yet another glaring discrepancy in law enforcement and mainstream media’s treatment of protestors based on race. Black people protesting peacefully for equality and justice versus white people angrily whining about not winning a fair election and BREAKING into the capitol. While this example is the most extreme yet, it is still a testament to the two realities black and white Americans operate in. We saw the same thing earlier last year when white people angrily rallied about having to wear masks, armed and stomping around on their respective city hall’s steps. Police stood lackadaisically while white people screamed in their faces. Those white protestors were called dissenters and angry folks. Then we witnessed Black Lives Matter protestors peacefully walking the streets viciously met with pepper spray, rubber bullets, and batons. These black protestors were deemed rioters and destructive instigators. It’s sickening.

2021: Don't F**k It Up

It’s a new year. Day 4 to be exact and as we all come down from the euphoria of being out of 2020 the reality of 2021 settles in like a blanket of dust, unseen. Usually the coming of the new year feels like a reset of time. We can forget that crummy year before and focus on the new opportunities a fresh new year brings, but this new year is unlike any other. The pandemic continues to ravage the US and the uncertainty of last year has carried itself over into this one. Unlike this time last year, we are all well aware of the virus, how to stop the spread, and have in most cases more access to testing. We also have a VACCINE.