Hi, guys! Long time no see! Been extremely busy in court now that the Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. I currently have a dozen trials and hearings set in the next few months (please pray for me and/or send light my way that I have the strength to endure and succeed for my clients).
Anyway...I am worried about the 2022 midterms.
I really, really, really don't want the Republicans to win the House and/or Senate. If anything, I hope and pray that they will lose seats and FINALLY come to the realization that (1) no, the public does not want you to say "no" to everything and not work while you are still getting paid for it and (2) perhaps become the party of Trump, who led a couple of thousand of terrorists in the capitol building to terrorize and possibly kill lawmakers is not a good idea (and no, not everyone who voted for Trump is a terrorist. But those people who stormed the capitol are no different than Osama bin Laden, because they both tried to attack the capitol building to cause chaos and incite violence. If this offends anyone, I apologize for this, but this doesn't change the truth I speak.)
I am scared to death that the Republicans will gain control, and then they will do everything in their power to ensure they never leave power. So 2022 and 2024 may very well be the last chance many of us have.
All the signs suggest that they will gain seats and take control. The odds are on their side.
But will they win? Or will something happen?
I am gripped by anxiety that we will continue to live in a country that is torn apart between red and blue. Just a few weeks ago, my governor signed a bill into law saying that anyone could carry a gun and not have a "conceal and carry" permit. Of course, felons can't have guns....but what is to stop them from carrying one around? Seriously, do you think a police officer can recognize every single felon. And they are not likely to stop and talk to someone about carrying a gun in the open now, can they?
My area of the country is becoming a dystopia. We have the 12th highest deaths by guns, and they do this to us. Small wonder that red states are poorer, more violent, least healthy, and less educated than the rest of the states.
Will our country shake off these Republicans and send them to the dustbin where they belong? One can only hope.
No, the GOP will not gain seats in 2022. I’ve seen clearly since the fall that the Dems would increase their margins in Congress next year, and several other gifted community members, like Baba, have received similar messages.
We’re in non-linear space now, and none of our conventional wisdom about what should happen in the political sphere is of much use anymore. Our job is to filter out the talking heads in order to further disempower the doom soup narrative.
THIS!! It is completely understandable to be concerned about the mid-terms, and not to say we don't need to put in the work as we did for the election, but it is June 2021. The amount of slime that is yet to be revealed about Twitler and the treasonous, lying dark money crapfest that is the KGOP is immense.
Hypocrite McConnell out of government for whatever reason and unable to advance his evil agenda is fine by me.
I feel good about the midterms too, even though historically I know the party in power loses seats, AND those GOP stinkers are working hard to rig the elections. So many on this forum have predicted a good 2022 outcome, and I think they and we will be proven right.
In all of this optimism (my own included - which, if you knew me at all, you would know is very much not like me at all! ?), we must remember that although we are being told that there will be successes in 2022, we cannot rest peacefully on that information. Yes, it looks good in what I and others see and have seen, but there is still much work for us to do to ensure that it does in fact manifest. Let's not panic or go into doomsaying, lets just keep our heads down and keep working.
@allyn I often start down the path of worry on that front, but - I am also conscious of not manifesting that so I try to focus heavily on some of the visions here that show us gaining seats.
Yes, history would seem to favor a swing back at midterms - but these are not "normal" times. I still have hope and I still focus on maintaining and gaining the majority in the interim.
Watched the long awaited face-to-face meeting between Biden and Putin. Both spoke carefully in their separate speeches after and meeting was a couple of hours shorter than the original time set. Reading facial expression and body language Putin did not appear to be a happy camper. I believe he heard things that brought him up short and threatened his image with the world. Yes Vladimir.. Joe is a canny statesmen and diplomat sir... and your puppet is spiraling down out of control in to oblivion... be careful .. he's taking folks with him!
If only we had a government that represented what MOST of us want. Not just the 21% of white Americans and 1% of "elite" who back him for the money opportunities it gives them.
i still pray for strength for those who desire a country that houses,feeds,shelters and has healthcare for everyone. That ALL pay their fair share of taxes, That ALL can get a good education (or trade if that is what they want) that ALL have access to healthcare that doesn't impoverish them for one visit, that ALL have safe homes, clean water to drink and a world that we don't destroy with our ignorance so that the marvelous creatures we share this planet with may also live.
Am I wanting too much? I do not think so.
Sing it!
My new boss is coming to us from the Trump capital of our region, a person who eschewed mask mandates and let the yokels in the community dictate the health and safety of the children in her care. And I'm going into a year where I believe every other email is going to be like the ones I've gotten this past week from teachers and principals under fire for teaching Critical Race Theory (they're not) because the history teacher's lesson on Emmet Till made a white kid uncomfortable. I've always known my boss had my back as I supported these heroes - now I'm not so sure. The future is bright, but the "now" is dreadful. Peace and love to you!