What a relief! After almost two years of the Trump regime dismantling democracy and the rule of law and his henchman Stephen Miller sending the ICE goons out to kidnap, imprison, and kill immigrants and citizens, voters flipped the U.S. House and Senate to the Democrats in a “Blue Tsunami” during the mid-term elections. Because Americans re-elected Trump in 2024 after a disastrous first term, I really kept my expectations low for this election. Hubby…
Hubby and I voted today. It feels good to take part in democracy. In Minnesota, where we have a tradition of getting out the vote, we make it easy to do so, with automatic voter registration when updating your driver’s license and same-day registration. This consistently puts us at the top of states with a high voter turnout … which is as it should be in a democracy. We were able to vote early in-person…
I have to rant for a moment. With work and life-related tasks and errands, I don’t have much time to blog, so when I sit down to my computer, the last thing I want to do is babysit the tech. Yet, increasingly, that’s what I need to do. By babysitting the tech, I mean doing updates and security logins or troubleshooting problems. I seem to be doing all of these things more and more. I…