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Ushering in the new authoritarian regime

In 2017, I watched DJT’s speech after the inauguration. You could tell that he actually had a real speechwriter for that one, as he made some real points and stayed on script throughout. But there were still the authoritarian allusions.

“At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America . . . . “

Total. Allegiance.

Sent shivers down my spine. 

“A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.”

National pride. No dog whistles there, right?

I will not watch it this time. I can’t. Have you seen AOC’s insta about not going to the inauguration?

Last night, DJT was talking about Elon Musk “knowing computers better than anybody” and heavily implying his win in Pennsylvania was due to Musk’s interference. 

First, I highly doubt Musk is actually know computers “better than anybody” given he was judging Twitter employees by lines of code written.

But implying that he interfered with the voting machines…….look, I know we are in Fourth Reich territory,  but that seems pretty blatant.

I am currently reading They Thought They Were Free. It is pretty chilling how things seemed pretty normal to the 10 men Mayer interviewed.

I posted this quote on FB.

“….bringing bigness down, lifted littleness up….” that seems to describe DJT and his campaigns all over. Making people feel bigger than they are. Making people feel important while at the same time treating them as ignorant.

I understand that there are a lot of people who feel like the world is passing them by, the world their parents taught them to expect no longer exists. But none of DJT’s proposals will actually benefit them. The price of eggs is not going to come down, given that bird flu is a real thing, and flocks are still being culled.

This unholy alliance between low information voters and oligarchs who are taking advantage of everyone to build their wealth even more… I don’t understand how people can support and vote for the very people that are making their lives harder.

I am not watching the inauguration today. It is Martin Luther King, Jr Day, we should be celebrating a man who was killed for standing up for oppressed people, not a man who wants to bring back that oppression.

1/21/25: updated Constitution image so it doesn’t show twice.

Changing tracks

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My life is going through some transitions right now.

I’m working a lot of hours at my day job. That’s a good thing because it means I have steady money coming in.

Steady income does a lot for my mental health. Not worrying about if the basic bills will get paid is a huge load off my mind. I’m not rolling in money, but I know the basics are covered – and that reduces my stress immensely.

I haven’t had any time to pay attention to the blog or to business lately. I’m even cutting back on tutoring!

Which has me thinking about what to do with the blog.

Instead of walking away from it, I want to write on a more regular basis. I think it’s a good outlet for me.

But I’m not sure how the business side will be. I don’t have time to do readings, so for now, that’s down.

I still feel that I have valuable things to say, and I want to write.

As you can see, I’ve changed the look and feel of the blog. I had been on Blogger forever but decided to move to WordPress. There’s supposed to be better customization and widgets on WordPress. We’ll see. So far, I’m not finding it as intuitive as Blogger, but I’m learning.

The theme will likely change a few more times before I settle on something.

I’m being a bit rambly now, so I’m going to end. 🙂