My Cup of Anger

January 6 . 2021

I'd planned to report on Big and Little Vivie and their amazing growth spurt over the past week. Today's check-in had nothing to do with Trump, the villain who will not go away, inciting his delusional minions to storm the Capitol Building during what should have been, AND WILL BE, the final fucking certification of this presidential election. The final certification of the already certified electoral votes from each of our United States. 

My cup of anger runneth over right now.

I woke to Michael telling me the good news about Georgia, I just feel better, he said, and I did too until the news took a turn. A very bad turn. There seemed to be little urgency to keep the mobs from storming the Capitol steps, and then breaching the building. Raging thugs pushed their way into the Senate chambers, rooted around in desks, took pictures of themselves. All I could think of as this unfolded (and continues still) was the innocent people, families with children, peacefully protesting in Lafayette Square back in June when out of nowhere they were being chased by police on horses, tear-gassed, run down so Trump could have his picture taken in front of St. John's, holding a bible?

Ludicrous. 

Nauseating. 

So Sad.

Deeply Disturbing.

Racist.

Bizarre...

Voices everywhere are rightfully asking as this day has unfolded: What if these "protesters" (see rioters/looters/inciters of violence) were people of color? What do you think the pictures on the news would be then? What do you think the response from law enforcement would have looked like? 

If this was a Black Lives Matter rally, 

people would have been 

tased, 

pepper sprayed, 

shot.

As I write this, darkness has fallen on the east coast. The mob remains. 

Trump said, "We love you" to these rioters. He called them "very special people." Remember "there were fine people on both sides." Trump needs to be taken out. Now. He is a clear and present danger. The news is saying the Senate will reconvene at 8pm. Let's trust the process will be completed. But this is a day that will go down in infamy. The people who voted for Trump and follow his cult and came to riot at our Capitol have shown themselves to be dangerous to our country. There is no mincing words any longer. The Republicans in the House and Senate who still believe this was a fraudulent election are complicit in this day of sedition and violence. 

Oh my. I am not a political writer. 

And yet, we are all here together. 

And this barely scratches what's going on.

We can't hide from any of this.

My heart is breaking, again.

and, thank you Georgia. 💙

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Let me leave you with this photo of Big Vivie opening her arms to the morning light.

                                                             sending peace and love.

                                                                          xo b