These times are so stressful, and I don’t know about you, but I am finding it really difficult to get to everything in my life. Then I find myself super stressed out, and for someone who has spent the last dozen years dealing with health issues, stress makes everything worse. By the way it makes things worse for everyone’s body, and mind, even if you are now healthy so do take care of yourself and your stress levels especially in these times. We need to be resilient.
To sum it up, I’ve been triggered by trump for a long time!
Triggered by his hate, his racism, his misogyny, his allegiance to Putin and the fact that if we don’t keep a watchful eye, who knows what this country will look like in two years let alone in four! It’s obvious that much of the GOP would love a white, Christian national theocracy if they could get it, and trump just wants to be another version of Putin, able to order assassinations and jail his political opponents.
How did America wind up so hateful and uncaring, and ready to jump in supporting Russia instead of our democratic allies? And led by the so-called anti-Russian GOP. It’s amazing what allegiances can arise with white, racist nationalism, and a heavy dose of the lies on Fox ‘News’ fueling the fire. I will never forget my shock being on an American military base in Europe and seeing Fox on the tvs there. Talk about brainwashing our troops!
Where is Bush? Silent as can be. What ever happened to a sense of responsibility to country, to the Constitution, to democracy? Where are Obama, and Kamala Harris? Our Constitution is under threat, along with the rule of law, and our leaders are all silent. I don’t know about you, but it really angers and frustrates me. Was it all some kind of show? Showing up only when in office or when it’s convenient but not when a real threat emerges?
So much is at risk right now!
So, a little about me before I get lost in my ongoing thoughts about where we have found ourselves. I was, a long time ago, a poli sci major and I have always had an eye out for political events. In the summer of 2008, I returned from living in Europe, where I had a holistic center with my now ex-husband. Upon my return I jumped into working to help get Obama elected. Yay, we did it! I will never forget the celebration the night of the election.
There was so much hope, filled with possibilities for the future of a more just America.
Who could have ever imagined the backlash from having a Black president and Black family in the White House? And here we are…. Just like growing up in an abusive family, if one doesn’t clear up the past it is ever present, if just lurking under the surface. Such is the story of America and now the GOP, under trump’s directives, is trying to literally whitewash our history, trying to delete the contributions of Black and Latino Americans, and any others who aren’t white (feels like a new yearning for an Aryan race that controls everything), and women!
At one point upon my return to the states I began making art, a lifelong aspiration, and some of it has been political art. So here on Substack I am eager to share not only my reflections on where we are as a country but also my art. We all need a break in our lives and to get out of our heads so I hope my art can help in this.
The work below was inspired by the anonymous opinion piece the New York Times published in 2018, which on October 28, 2020 was revealed to have been written by Miles Taylor, when he left his position as chief of staff in the Department of Homeland Security. I hope you like it.
We have known for a long time the dangers of a trump White House, both during trump 1.0 and now even more so in trump 2.0. Will there be any truth tellers this time or are we clearly in cult territory?
