This past week, I was NOT ok with it.

Here’s what I was not ok with:

The situation of the US in the world:
Betrayal of Ukraine and allying with Russia
Leaving NATO
Firing federal workers by the thousands with no plan for effects on people or the economy.
Musk, an unelected person with massive conflicts of interest, billions in government subsidies, and no government training or security clearance, being in charge of sensitive and private information to do with as he pleases without oversight
The firing of people of color across many industries and the threats against fairness and inclusion.
Tariffs and belligerence towards all our allies.
That my country was going to double down on the worst of our nature and history-imperialism, exploitation, and oppression and renounce all pretense of representative democracy and civil society.
That a lot of people don’t understand history or don’t care.

I was also inspired by this piece by Andrew Sullivan, Bully in his Pulpit, and how he says he wasn’t ok, to share my own version with you.

Personally, I’m also not ok with not knowing whether my daughter can or will go to a college that’s a good fit for her. Not knowing whether we will lose all our money from social security, investments and savings for college.

I’m not ok with not knowing if there will even BE college.

As my friend Cari said, “Well, there will probably be some sort of college. It might not be what we expected.”

I’m tired of things called unexpected and “unprecedented” when they are actually damaging people and society.

Also, it was my birthday. Which has more than once been a time of emotional regression for me. Tears at the Table

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