I have been watching on Netflix - Who killed Malcom X and I have been wondering what happen to the passion of the civil right movements. We need that passion back. People need to wake up and realize that if we don’t wake up as a country and take back the reigns from T and the Republicans we are going to go back 60 years. All the progress that was done will be lost. This time it’s about all of us. The poor, middle class, minorities, whites etc...this effects each and everyone of us. Everyday they find a new way to screw us from our retirements our social security, pre-existing condition protection (I worked in billing and you don’t want to go back to the time we’re insurance companies found away to screw the patients) food stamps, SSI. The list can go on and on.
We can’t be fearful and think that they are winning so we can give up. We need that passion that unites us all. Think positive. Portray confidence. Don’t fall into despair. Don’t have negative thoughts. Have strength and faith. Think of Martin Luther King and Malcom X they knew they were marked men but they went out anyways. This time it’s not about African Americans civil rights it’s all our rights as Americans. They are too many people sleeping and not paying attention. They have faith that the senate will stop him and they are not. What will it take for a big awakening?
Also side note Malcom X reminds me so much of Obama I don’t know why but he just does.
In regards to Barr going and saying that T makes his job harder and he is “complaining” T put him up to it so he doesn’t get blamed for interfering in Stone sentencing. And all the people going back to work for T it’s cause they can’t find no one else who can stand him. No one can control him he is a loose cannon.
It's heartening to read your hopeful post and so many others. I think part of the despair I feel at times is in part because I work with immigrant women and children. What is happening to them at the point is beyond words. There is a new policy in the immigration courts that will lead to mass deportation of children. It's new and hasn't gotten press, and I can hardly believe it myself, but it's the new fresh hell this administration is rolling out. So every day that monster is in office is a day I feel dread. It can be hard to distinguish between prescient feelings and just plain anxiety when you're so close to a situation, and so enmeshed. But everyone's sense that things will work out gives me hope that they will. What a great community this is.
I love what you wrote. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Beautiful.
Time in Spirit world is very different. Who knows what soon will mean? But they seem to be telling everyone it is coming and to be calm
I have begun to notice that with each new thing Trump has done since his acquittal, I take in his actions, shake my head and move on. I move on because I feel it is one step closer to his demise. He will cause this own demise. Do his actions bother me? Absolutely! Do they bring me fear? Briefly. Do they disgust me? Yep.
But, he is showing who he is for more people to see. When the shoe (store ) drops, it will be over soon after. I trust this. I can't go dark for long.
I think I need to bring light not more darkness. I think my job is to have faith and be a hopeful light.
Typing this is making me smile so I am going to trust that this is part of my purpose right now. Even if it just helps one or two people. That and to grow and develop my intuition and whatever gifts I have to develop.
In the meantime, democracy will take a beating but it will not die altogether. We are not a people who will take this lying down. They will have to imprison millions of people. The rule of law was crushed in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 and they came back and became a great democracy. Germany has free higher education and health care too, by the way.
This is a good point to bring up, as we are witnessing many disconcerting parallels to the methods by which Hitler consolidated power. It is clear king Orange is an eager student of this monster and other dictators, and he is willing to give voice, legitimacy, and inspiration to antisemites and white supremacists. Let's not forget how many millions were murdered by the Nazis during that short period, and how many ppl died fighting for that freedom and democracy. That kind of "beating" (maybe "disaster" is a better word?) should be avoided at all costs. Its apparently temporary nature offers but little comfort. In the grand scheme of things, everything is temporary, including the great evils and atrocities of mankind.
@lynnventura, The immigrants, and especially the children, have been on my mind a lot the past two weeks. I pray for them in my meditations; I surround them with light. That never seems to be enough. I feel it more at night; I can only imagine how terrified they are. It breaks my heart. And it has increasingly troubled me that we no longer hear anything on the news about their plight. And now we have this new, harsher immigration policy. I can imagine the pain you must feel as you work so closely with these immigrant women and children. I am sure that I would feel that same despair.
They are blessed to have you, working on their behalf. I feel that so strongly. And yes, I am still hopeful.
Do you think the news about this new policy will be getting out to the public anytime soon?
I don't know when it's going to get press, because it's being rolled out slowly. At its most basic is this: there is a specific type of remedy available only to undocumented children in the US who have been abused, neglected or abandoned by one or both parents. This remedy allows them to remain in the US permanently. Many of these children are in deportation proceedings, but the policy has been to postpone the proceedings while the children apply for this remedy (called SIJS status). That policy is being reversed, which means that children will be ordered deported before they can finish their applications to remain in the US. It's so vile. I hope it gets press soon, because it is a huge departure from past practice. This should probably be its on thread. Sorry if I'm hijacking the unraveling trump thread.
They're back!
Sean Spicer Trump's first press secretary, and Reince Priebus, his first chief of staff, have been named to honorary roles for the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. These are unpaid positions, where they'll interview applicants and help pick the recipients of administration fellowships. ( Why do people still want these positions?? Why does anyone want a fellowship there?
Hope Hicks is back too with a paid positions a senior adviser reporting to Jared Kushner. Her official title will be counselor to the president.
Is it Mercury Retrograde or something?
You idiots! You were free!
So perplexing.
They're back!
Sean Spicer Trump's first press secretary, and Reince Priebus, his first chief of staff, have been named to honorary roles for the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. These are unpaid positions, where they'll interview applicants and help pick the recipients of administration fellowships. ( Why do people still want these positions?? Why does anyone want a fellowship there?
Hope Hicks is back too with a paid positions a senior adviser reporting to Jared Kushner. Her official title will be counselor to the president.
Is it Mercury Retrograde or something?
You idiots! You were free!
So perplexing.
There seems to be a theory online that Hope is back to babysit Trump due to his declining mental state. This seems plausible.