@jeanne-mayell I think they have tunnel vision. The last time I talk to one, all she could talk about is abortion. Also, when my husband was still here, a couple of elections seemed stolen.
Watching another American hero AOC, (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speak up for all people. Wow. That young woman cares about the working class and she knows how to explain what matters. We need more like her. I am collecting these speeches to inspire me. Here she is speaking in Las Vegas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3lzDep1Qr0
Earlier she had 34,000 people show up in Denver, Colorado and before that she spoke in a conservative community in Colorado, and about 10 times the expected crowd showed up. Today she spoke to huge crowds in Arizona.
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AOC and Bernie are in Tucson, AZ as I type. Reports of 20,000 people at a local high school.
Interesting, I wonder what would happen and who might notice if crowd sizes became their headline…
Although, being immun-compromised, I am unable to attend heavily populated events, several members of my family were at the Bernie-AOC rally in Tucson, AZ, on Saturday, March 22. It turns out there were 23,000 people there, 3,000 more than I posted as it was happening.The rally was both vibrant and peaceful.
Considering that there were two other major, annual events also happening in Tucson, The Arizona Air Show at Davis-Monthan AirForce Base, and the 56th Annual Spring Street Fair on Saturday the 22nd, I think 23,000 at the Bernie-AOC Rally is pretty spectacular.
Greg (first hubby, father of our sons) took this great photo of AOC. Matthew, our son, was further back in the crowd and although his photos show the expanse of people attending I thought this one of AOC was the best. I don't know if I can post more than one photo at a time so here is AOC.
I felt the need to visit this thread. We really need some good news. It's a scary time in our country. I want to acknowledge how brave Americans are. Does anyone have stories to share about our everry day heros?
The big lesson for me right now is that seemingly small things done over time add up to a lot more than we realize. An example is a local farm in my city. The owners produce completely organic fruits and vegetables (no pesticides!) and started out on a 1/4 acre during the pandemic. Now they are farming several acres and have more business than ever. This won't show up in any headlines, but what they're doing is making a difference in my city, both for human health and ecosystem health.
You may be feeling the impact of Saturn and Neptune coming into conjunction with each other. We'll feel the effects most strongly from June 10-August 12 and then more fully next year. Saturn is the planet of structures, plans, obligations, limitations. Neptune is the planet of creativity, compassion, escapism, dreams, interconnectedness.
This is an incredible time for providing structure (Saturn) to our dreams (Neptune) and making them real through concrete steps. But it's also a time when structures and behaviors that have always seemed permanent and immovable (Saturn) can be eroded by the ocean-like tides of Neptune.
Be on the lookout, too, for the "pilot episode" of the outer planets moving into their new signs from July 7-October 22 this year, before they move into these signs definitively next spring. These planets are going to be in a harmonious alignment and will give us a preview this summer of the big energies that will prevail across the planet into the 2030s!
I'll be watching for the new structures that emerge this summer and for hints of what isn't going to connect or continue. There is hope here now all around us and also ahead of us.
Dare you to hear this without tears and joy: An international student gave the most inspirational speech I've ever heard at a Harvard Commencement this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRPzV8dLAk
I went to a "No Kings" rally today. This was the first time I've ever been to a protest event. It was peaceful and congenial. I left feeling hopeful that there were so many people determined to resist the current regime.
I think that what the resistance really needs to emphasize is that the current regime is trampling the Constitution.
Many, if not most, of the terrible things they have done were done with stolen power-- Power that rightfully belongs to the states, the people, Congress, and the judiciary-- Power that was allocated to those entities by the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Everyone-- right or left-- should understand that the violation of the Constitution and the law is the foundational issue.
I think if that point were emphasized, plenty of T-supporters would wake up.
(Look up the 9th and 10th amendments)