Hello, all! I’m back!
As the title suggests, how is everyone doing during this most horrific time in history? Like many of you, I have not seen anything like this in my lifetime, where our very freedoms and democracy are on the line.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I feel as if I am living in a constant state of worry and anxiety. I am not at a point, thank God, where I feel like I have to look over my shoulder. However, every day is like an ‘okay what is the news going to say with regard to that orange thing?’ Or ‘what is the horrible headline of the day that I need to follow up on and check out for myself?’ In other words, ‘what executive order signed with the tiny hands of the orange baboon do I need to concern myself over?’
Under other presidencies, it was like business as usual. And the last time that thing was in office, it was a horrific disaster. But this time it is much, much worse. When is the day where it is going to become a full-on, full-fledged fascist country? It’s terrible!
We are being barraged by executive order after executive order. We don’t know which way to turn. It is constant!
We are being threatened by this cartel administration saying they are going to prosecute our senators who are fighting for us. Prosecute them just for speaking out against the Orange Baboon. (I’m sorry, I know that is an insult to all baboons!)
I have even started tucking an extra dollar or two here or there to make sure my money is safe, just in case Presidunce Musk and his DOGE twinks decide to hack into the banking systems, well they’ve probably already done that.
I am hoarding canned foods, too. So, every time I am at the grocery store now, I will purchase a canned good or two, something easy to open, just in case I either cannot get out of my house to go to the store. Or in case, I have to go on the run.
I have heard of others packing a “go bag” or a “flee bag” or “bug-out bag.” Again, in case you need to get the heck outta dodge.
Or perhaps there will be another pandemic, which by the looks of things, like last time, we will have to go through. Again.
Now, let me speak on the mental health aspect of all of this. I am trying to maintain throughout this ordeal, but I am slightly scared, and at the same time, really pissed off. I feel like my waking moments are now devoted to the Orange Clown or as I call that smelly, criminal, rapist insurrectionist – Orangina.
However, I know there are others who are downright terrified for their very lives, safety and existence. ICE raids have now become commonplace. Terrified Hispanic people are not reporting to work for fear of being captured and deported. People have started carrying their passports around just in case ICE stops them and they have to prove they are U.S. citizens, me included. My mother even does it now, too.
WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO DO THIS!!!! THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!!
Oh, and speaking of ICE, I just read about an 11-year-old Hispanic girl in Texas who committed suicide because her classmates bullied her, telling her that her parents were going to get deported and she would be left all alone.
INTOLERABLE!!!!
And make no mistake, Orangina is coming after ALL OF US! Or I should say those of us who are POC, members of the Alphabet Community, women, the undocumented. And those who support DEI and the above segments of the population.
And check out this video below, where Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of an Idaho town hall by security guards for asking a question and then heckling the speaker. Fortunately, the security guards have since had their licenses revoked and Ms. Borrenpohl was not seriously injured.
Now, here is the part where hopefully I can be of some help:
Stay calm and FOCUSED!
BREATHE!!!! I mean it, take deep breathes.
Center yourself.
Distract yourself.
Do something you enjoy doing.
Turn off the news!
Do NOT engage with Orangina, i.e. ignore any headlines or articles or anything posted about that thing.
CALL YOUR SENATORS!! Here is the number to the United States Capitol switchboard – (202) 224-3121.
And here is a new app a good friend and colleague just turned me onto – 5 calls. Use it! Call those representatives!!!!! It even provides a list of topics to call on, with SCRIPTS!!!
We are in this fight together. Don’t forget that. Stay strong!
That’s it! Thank you, again, for stopping by. Please return next time when the topic will be how I wish this was 1985 all over again. Weird, huh? Well, come back and see how weird! 🤣😂😉
Until then, please be safe and, as always, mentally well!
P.S. Please check out this excellent article for further tips on coping with this horrible, criminal administration.
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