Back to gray again today. All the clouds that were missing yesterday seem to have collected above in one single, flat megacloud.
Feels appropriate.
Today, like most of us, I am thinking about the tariffs. Maybe not like most of us, I’m wondering how donald is doing something he doesn’t have the constitutional or statutory power to do. And before you reply with a “that’s what he does” or “that’s always how he works” or any variation thereof, let me stop you.
If you think I haven’t noticed that, then…what have you been reading?
And secondly, I think it is vitally important to stay grounded in what he actually has the power to do, no matter how fruitless. Because when we don’t, there, like magic, he has the power.
The other thing I’m wondering is where, exactly, that tariff money is going.
Let’s sit on that one for a few beats.
So the price of everything will skyrocket, needs will turn into wants, and things might feel a little bleak. Largely because they are, at the moment, bleak.
You can thank republicans for that, ALL republicans and if you feel the need to scratch the itch of saying “but the Democrats,” take a second on who conditioned you, like the infamous dog of a certain Pavlov, to do so.
Whenever you feel that pull, call a republican and yell at them, complain to them, list your grievances. They gave them to you and they can take them away.
And at this point, you’re probably wondering at the title because where we’ve gone so far feels pretty far removed from it. I will say in my defense, I would call the post thus far “stern,” not mean.
But I think, because we are all so far on the edge now, we could strive for a day without being mean.
And we could haggle over the definition, but I’ll put this way. Let’s not make anyone’s day worse. Obviously those who really deserve it should probably be exempted, because who cares but maybe for today and only today we could try indifference instead.
It’s still potent.
We are brittle and we are frazzled and it might be nice, even for a day, to relax at least one guard.
But as always, it’s only a suggestion, I am merely a disembodied voice (from your end, on my end I’m very embodied) on the vast wilds of the internet.
We have so much awful staring us in the face with the glowing eyes of a jungle predator on the pounce.
Let’s try to make it less bad.
If only for a day.
Have a great Wednesday.
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