I wish I could wake up.
I keep hoping I’ll open my eyes and wake up from this nightmare. To find there is no possibility of witnessing the last days of the great democratic experiment called the United States of America would be wonderful. I’ll come out of my slumber and find that the people of the United States have not just elected a narcissistic tyrant who ran for president because it was the only way he could stay out of jail.
I dread the risk that the results of the 2024 election put our children and grandchildren on the path to an authoritarian government where the many exist to serve the needs of and further enrich the already wealthy. Where a deranged president declares himself a dictator, above the rule of law and takes over many of the functions of the government, helping himself and his supporters to the spoils and punishing those who have attempted to keep him from power. Where our people are indoctrinated in the propaganda of an authoritarian government and those who dare speak the truth are threatened, jailed, or worse.
We stand on the brink. Already our legacy media is acting like we have elected a normal human being who will govern with some semblance of reasonableness. And, already, the president elect is making it clear that will not happen if he has his way.
There are those who would say my worries are overblown. Those who say this upcoming administration will be so riddled with infighting and incompetence that it will not accomplish anything. Those who say that the campaigner didn’t mean all he said and really won’t try to do all he promised.
There are also those who voted for the upcoming administration to make America great again (whatever that means), and who believe that will happen.
I sincerely hope my worries do not become actuality. I sincerely hope the upcoming administration is thwarted in its stated plans, either by its own incompetence or by the courage of some to stand up and oppose the authoritarian blueprint that is Project 2025.
Tracking . . .
In order to help me know what is happening with the country, I will track the words and activities of Donald Trump that pose a threat to democracy, the rule of law and the citizens of the United States of America.
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For all of my time on this planet, I have lived in Western Pennsylvania. Most of those years have been in what is now Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District. Hence my interest in who represents me and my following Congressional events that have a profound effect on this district.
The district’s current representative, Mike Kelly, is a pro-Trump election denier who consistently votes against the interests of families and women in his district, though he claims to support family values. It’s past time to vote him out of office.