Today, Tennessee expelled two young black legislators for protesting with other young people. The issue was guns, but it could have been voting rights or reproductive choice.
The white female legislator who protested with them escaped expulsion.
Clarence Thomas has been taking joyrides with a rich Republican donor.
The 45th President of the United States is facing multiple felonies in multiple jurisdictions.
House Republicans refuse to present a budget for negotiation, and they seem to think that's okay.
The Women's NCAA Basketball Championship Game was brilliantly played, poorly refereed, and is now mired in racist angst....and Jill Biden's gotten dragged into the fray, too, just by trying to be nice.
It does feel like the world's going to hell in a handbasket, but then I remember I've been predicting that as the School Shooting Generation grows up and becomes voters, the world will change. Maxwell Frost (D, FL) got his start as a Students Demand Action volunteer and is now the youngest serving member of Congress. They want a world where the air is breathable and Manhattan Island isn't underwater.
I decided to go into the weekend thinking positive thoughts. Worrying won't solve anything.
I think that's the right attitude. Be aware but don't spend your life or energy fretting over things over which you have no control. I hope you are right about the next generation getting us straightened out.
ReplyDeleteI have high hopes. The young people I know are amazing!
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