REASONS FOR HOPE
Given the latest white supremacist decision by SCOTUS--gutting the Voting Rights Act--it may be hard to look with any optimism towards the future. I get it. I read Jay Kuo, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich and others who clue us in to how hard things are right now for so many in our once fairly decent country. "Fairly decent," as long as you were white, cisgender, middle-class, and more. But hey. Let's not get our knickers in a twist, as the Brits say. Let's think about some reasons for hope, as the title of this new blog suggests. --The MAGA base is cracking these days. The Iran war has split this base with a widening crack as Trump had promised no new foreign wars. But, if you had trusted anything he said, you should not be surprised. --the MAHA base is fracturing with the White House as RFJ Jr. ("I know, let's cut the penis off a raccoon!") is kowtowing to Baylor and Monsanto. Women with kids, besides us, have reason to be concerned. --t...
