Good morning

I watched a zoom presentation last night about giving circles and the states project and how important state legislatures are to democracy. If we have a democratic legislature, we don’t have to worry about voting restrictions. If we have a democratic legislature, we can have a judiciary that protects the laws that are written. If we have a democratic legislature, we can protect the rights of women.

I’m doing some research and will report back when I have more information on what is our best approach to elect Dems to local and state offices and start to turn Florida blue.

But what I want to share today is that each of the speakers said that doing something helped them stay calm in this insane world in which we are now living. And they try to help others do the same, whether it is going to a protest, or writing postcards to voters, or calling or writing their members of Congress.

So let’s continue to do our somethings. We are making a difference.

Don’t forget our weekly protest at Mast’s Stuart office tomorrow @11. A good sign might be “where’s my tariff refund check?” You can be make it instead of watching the State of the Union address.

“I do not plan to watch his speech.
I will keep my ears well out of reach.
I will not be blinded by orange hair.
My attention span will not be there.

I will not watch it in my house!
I will not watch it with my spouse!
I will not watch it with my kids!
I will not doomscroll online vids!

I will not watch him lie and lie.
I would rather eat
a cold French fry!

I will not give his hatred space.
I will not watch his cruel face.
I do not want to see or hear
His sycophants stomp and cheer!

I do not like his ire or rage,
That vapid bluster which defines our age.
We have seen his tired act before.
The sneer, the shrug, the rotten core.

Nothing he says will last or matters
Because his credibility is in tatters.

He will try to confuse us without shame
From the thousands of files that contain his name.
Because even though he likes to bellyache
The loser label he will never shake.

So my plans for tomorrow are up in the air.
If I stub my toe I do not care.
No pain could match what I would see
If I turned on the news on my TV.

Because here is the thing about his show.
It feeds on outrage.
It needs us to go.
It needs our clicks.
It needs our glare.
It needs us angry sitting there.

So let us deny him what he wants most,
The ratings numbers over which to boast.

Standing up may take some guts.
But that’s the only way to deflate a Narcissiputz.”

Elliot Kirschner

Barbara & Ginger