I have changed my blog font to Calibri. IYKYK.
And for the record, I have always said, "Merry Christmas" to those who celebrate. Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate. And happy holidays to those who may celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Tonight, we celebrate Christmas Eve with Paul's amazing filet mignon recipe and this magnificent cabernet, recommended by our friend, Erika.
May you enjoy some down time this holiday season. January we will be off to the races. Literally. All the races.
Cheers.
As we head into the holiday, I am grateful for so many things.
- For my clean and clear mammogram. Many of my friends are fighting or have fought for their lives. I don’t take this for granted.
- For insurance that covered my mammogram, my dermatologist, and my dentist. Many people right now are dropping insurance because of the costs.
- For the Canadians. These dear neighbors to the north told CBS to “hold my beer” and released the horrific story on the brutality of CECOT. That new “leader” of CBS is on par with the other morons in this administration.
- For the Danes. These dear friends across the pond have told Trump and his lackeys to fuck off; and if this “special envoy” shows up in Greenland, will have their sorry asses arrested. Please, can we send the entire administration to Greenland?
- For Jack Smith. The brave man sat in front of lying Gym Jordan and told the world the Orange Felon SOLD OUR NUCLEAR SECRETS. Somehow this is not making any news. Are we great yet?
- For the victim/survivors of Trump and Epstein. May your courage be rewarded and may justice be served.
- For all the good people, and my favorite, Callie Barr, who have the courage to step up and run against these liars, cheaters, and grifters. Be like Callie.
Keep fighting, good people. We are on the right side of history.
Before politics happened, I had a long career in Human Resources. The last few years of my career, I worked in Title IX, conducting investigations. Some of those investigations involved sexual assault.
Telling the story is horrific for the victim/survivor. Every time the person has to retell the story, they experience again the assault and the trauma.
As someone who worked in this area, I will be CRYSTAL CLEAR here.
If you aren't doing something to stop this horrific administration from shielding rapists, you – YOU - are complicit. YOU are complicit in supporting, shielding, and protecting RAPISTS.
These men RAPED children.
I don’t care who they are, what party they are in, the inconvenience it will cause you, the financial impact it might have or the reputations these reports will shred.
If YOU voted for these people and are supporting them, YOU are the enemy of the state, not me.
And I will keep fighting for the voices YOU are trying to silence.
I have been on the road for several days and while it’s overcast and lugubrious, I am glad to be home.
We saw a billboard on one of the backroads: Prolife. It’s the only option. I am curious to what this actually means. If you use the term Prolife, tell me this:
- how do you support the cuts to SNAP/Bridge Card/feedling hungry children? How are these babies going to eat?
- how do you support the cuts to housing assistance? Where are these babies with their parents going to live?
- how you support the death penalty?
- use the term Sanctity of Life and you cut food and shelter?
- made in God’s image but only if you are white and Christian do you get help
I am really fed up with you bullshit prolifers who are voting to hurt people, especially children.
You have lost the right to use that term. Instead, call it what it is and that’s Forced Birth. And hypocrite.
It’s been horrifying really to watch the “debate” regarding the release of sex trafficking files. As many of you know, I worked with victim/survivors for the last few years of my career and the impact of assault, violence and abuse lasts a lifetime.
What is most stunning to me truly is the number of women who support these abusers. I know one woman who suffered terrible abuse and is a staunch MAGA supporter.
HCR wrote a difficult post about a homeless highschooler in FL, worked at McDonald’s and was saving for braces. FOR BRACES. She was paid to have sex with, I will say r@ped by, Matt Gaetz.
If you ever wonder why women don’t come forward with reports on sexual assault and violence, just pay attention to these stories. Anita Hill, Christine Blasey Ford and a long line of women who came forward, were vilified, smeared and ridiculed. I don’t know one woman who has not been sexually harassed in the workplace, including me.
The influences of misogyny and patriarchy are embedded within societal frameworks. I will not stop fighting for the younger generation of women who will have to deal with this backlash and bullshit.
If you are supporting these assholes, I really would love to understand how and why. Because if you are supporting them, you are an accomplice.
