How are you feeling? It is important that we check in with each other in this very uneasy time in our country.
Where it seems that every minute another more outrageous action is being undertaken and another right is on the verge of collapse. It is vital to pay attention to the fast-moving shocks. It is important to NOT look away.
Because that’s what they want you to do.
At this moment in history, their actions must not be done without witnesses.
I understand this is a high bar.
I also understand that people might not be feeling this.
I cannot stress how important it is to not let the actions that they are doing be unseen.
As the Washington Post’s official slogan says, “Democracy dies in darkness.”
To go back to the F prompt for this Friday, I am feeling determined, I am feeling overwhelmed, I am feeling for those who are under attack by this tantrum, and I am feeling tired.
But mostly I am feeling betrayed by the ones who didn’t know any better. The ones that were seduced by false promises of a brighter day where the cost of eggs was going to pre-pandemic levels and the cost of a house would suddenly be within reach.
Scratch that.
I am feeling a lot betrayed by people who “didn’t want to vote for a woman.” Or the ones who thought “We just had a black president.” The ones who thought the only immigrants that would be deported were the criminals. Yeah, every person who is here illegally is a criminal.
I am also feeling angry like a lot of other people.
To quote many, many people “how is the price of eggs? Are they cheaper yet?”
Don’t hold your breath.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 