So.
It’s been a week.
Actually, it’s been a wild two years.
How are you doing? I’ll be honest…I’m not okay.
Not even close.
We failed our assignment in this country. We had one job: to ensure the future for our children. We didn’t. We just sentenced them to suffering and heartache, both physical and emotional, for decades to come.
I had such grand hopes that this country was finally going to grow up and do the right thing. Kamala Harris was, and is, the most qualified person to ever run for President. She is not only smart, she is fearless, gracious, kind, and has a backbone of steel. She cares – truly cares- about the people in this country. All Americans, not just the rich, white, privileged ones.
The individual who won? None of those things.
In fact, the polar opposite.
Vice President Harris ran a campaign based on hope for the future. Economic change to benefit the working class, help to people who want to better themselves through higher education, and social change to ensure safety and justice for all. Restoring and maintaining reproductive rights for your women.
Her opponent ran a campaign based on fear, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and greed. Oh, and because he wanted to stay out of jail.
And lies. So many lies. It’s been asked, how do you know he’s lying? Answer: Well, he’s speaking, isn’t he?
To say I am furious is an understatement. To say I’m terrified? Without a doubt. Not for myself, but for my daughter, granddaughter, and nieces. Their lives and futures are now hanging in the balance. And that’s not over-dramatizing the situation. They will have no autonomy over their bodies, their lives, their decisions when Project 2025 is implemented – and don’t doubt it will be. The Trumpublican party now controls all 3 branches of government plus the Supreme Court.
We will be living in a fascist dictatorship overseen by a little, tyrannical toddler of a man-child who has an enemies list like a bully in third grade. Not only a convicted felon and convicted rapist, but someone who believes people who disagree with him should be put in front of a firing squad.
Congratulations America. This is what you voted for.
I hope you are happy and well.
Oh, and one more thing: you think prices are high now and that’s the reason you claim you didn’t vote for Vice President Harris? Wait until they go even higher because of the tariffs the Trumpublicans are implementing. Think 1929 was a bleak year? Wait until 2025 when you can’t find food to eat that you can afford, you lose your job because companies can’t pay salaries since no one is buying their products – again because they can’t afford to pay the higher prices – and your daughters and wives are unable to get basic human health care because their doctors are afraid of being arrested.
Don’t be upset when your kids’ teeth start to rot because the new head of HHR has eliminated fluoride from the water system.
Don’t be mad when your kids can’t read because teachers are now extinct.
Don’t get your panties in a twist when you can’t afford insurance rates and a hurricane or any other natural, climate change event occurs. Oh, but wait – you don’t believe in climate change, just like the individual you voted for doesn’t.
I could go on and on, but I’m tired. I’m so tired.
I just circled November 3, 2026 on my calendar. That’s the date for the midterm elections – if the Trumpublicans haven’t outlawed elections by then.
I’m starting right now, right this minute, to ensure things change when that date comes.
Forget a blue wave.
Let’s make it a blue tsunami.
Here’s hoping ~ Peg
Peggy Jaeger, Author 