This week seems to have broken a lot of my friends politically.
Lots of folks withdrawing, feeling despair, etc. Me too, only I may
reached that point a week or two ago.
The final straw this week seems to be the new Republican tax law.
Cynically creating an enormous new deficit to give tax breaks to the
richest Americans. While raising taxes on middle class people,
particularly in high tax states like California and New York. It is a
terrible law that will cause significant harm to our country. Combined
with the destruction of the Affordable Care Act it will bring misery
to many Americans.
But there’s so much more awfulness. The sexual misconduct
revelations are a constant reminder of how shitty so many men are.
Topped off by our Sexual Predator in Chief and his not-quite endorsement of
child botherer Roy Moore. Trump’s tweets of anti-Muslim hate
propaganda. The reversal of net neutrality.
Trump’s off the cuff insults against Native Americans.
Ongoing efforts to suppress the vote. Lurching towards nuclear war
with North Korea with a State Department stripped of competency.
The only “bright spot”, as it were, is Mueller’s
investigation. As if discovering the President’s staff worked with
Russian intelligence to subvert the US election is somehow a positive
thing. It’s not, it’s terrible, and so far we’ve
done nothing to make the 2018 election more secure. Also it’s
not really not clear that Mueller
can save the Republic even with ironclad evidence of Trump
campaign collusion with Russia. The Republicans hold the power and
have shown themselves completely uninterested in decency or the rule
of law. Remember the outcome of the Iran-Contra
affair?
It’s going to get worse. It may not get better. He may get us all
killed.
