Too early to celebrate…
Hi neighbors, it’s me again,
Hard to keep up, and hard to stay sane. We did go to Schumer/Gillibrand’s offices in midtown last week, but only saw 2 other Rocklanders there – and the fact that we know that, should tell you how disappointingly small the NYC crowd was. At least the nationwide actions on Wednesday got some press. And I hope you’re relieved at the ousting of Musk’s Nazi incel hackers from the bowels of the Treasury Department (thanks in part to a WSJ article – though Trump and Musk have already called for rehiring the self-proclaimed racist who resigned). The lawsuits continue piling up, many with promising rulings. But so does the destruction.
Hundreds of thousands in the US with temporary status have been called “dirtbags” and had their status suddenly revoked (though Trump has ordered the U.S. to prioritize refugee resettlement of White south Africans!). We have a concentration camp starting up at Guantanamo. We now effectively have no EPA, no CDC, and at the Federal level, no worker safety or employment protections, fact-based medicine or medical/scientific research (as we all learned from the last pandemic, if you don’t count the plague cases, they still happen….and this time there will be no vaccines). The safety of your Social Security Income is questionable, especially if you voted the wrong way. And it shouldn’t be last on the list that unfair discrimination of all kinds is now not only Federally sanctioned, but actively encouraged. Almost overnight we’ve officially become a Shithole Country. Excuse me, a Christian Shithole Country.
New York’s borders won’t protect us. If you think you can sit this one out, you’re wrong.
We need to stop the Trump Travesty Train before conscripted US troops are erasing Palestinians and helping to build hotels in Gaza, and occupying Greenland. We all need to be like the South Koreans. The Indivisible Rockland Organizing Committee is having a General Interest Meeting Monday, February 10th @ 7PM at the Valley Cottage Library. There’s also a great idea circulating, that requires absolutely no action at all (though at this rate the date may need to be moved up, and the duration extended):
Economic Blackout, February 28 2025. 24 hours. Don’t buy anything (except locally). Don’t spend any money (plan ahead). Don’t engage with Major Corporations.
Thanks to those who responded to my previous email; even the person who asked to be removed. I understand it’s all too much sometimes. Maybe you’re overwhelmed, or already engaged; you don’t need my urging. We’re all scrambling for ideas – if you have better suggestions for what to do or how to cope, please share!
If you don’t want to hear from me again, let me know and I’ll be glad to leave you out. But if it’s because you don’t think there’s a problem, let me know. Because, believe me, I don’t want to stay in touch – in any way – with anyone who is okay with any of this.