INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4, 2025.....REFLECTIONS ON HOW WE PROCEED
The 2024 ELECTION threw me for a loop; I have reflected and read and listened and analyzed over and over and have been slow to accept that the House, Senate , and Presidency were won by the MAGA Republicans. My home state of Michigan elected a Democrat, Elissa Slotkin, to an open Senate seat, but the presidential vote went to Donald Trump. These results mystified and immobilized me for months. Only recently have I begun to crawl out of my deep dark depression and begin to engage in thinking and doing any type of active civic engagement. I figured that opportunities would present themselves along the way. Last month, Cathe and I drove to Washington D.C. , camped in the Beltway National Campground near College Park, Maryland and participated in "Moral Monday"sponsored by "Repairers of the Breach", led by Rev. William Barber. A diverse group of people from all over America advocated against the so called "Big Beautiful Bill" which will devastate health c...