America, We Had a Good Run...

Like many Americans, I was vested in this past Presidential Election, was looking forward to the progress we would make with a Democratic Senate, Hillary Clinton in the White House, and for the first time in 42 years, a Supreme Court where liberal progressive thinkers were in the majority on the bench.  On November 8th I woke up early, had my morning coffee then walked up the street and around the corner to our local library to cast my vote...Straight Blue Ticket from top to bottom, and then went for a walk on a beautiful sunny day with my camera, my step light, not a care on the horizon as I strolled along the Hudson River.

When dusk arrived, evening darkness settling in  ordered in food and got myself settled on the sofa ready to watch the returns coming in, a bottle of Champagne in the refrigerator ready to be uncorked when the News made it official that for the first time ever Americans could say, "Congratulations Madam President".  The bottle of champagne still takes up space in my frig, the cork never popped, the celebration replaced by a deep sadness as the reality that Donald J. Trump had won the Electoral College votes necessary to be our next President tried to sink in.

Some six weeks later, the reality is far worse than any of us thought it could ever be, the man now President Elect far worse than the monster we had seen out on the Campaign Trail.  Some have moved on, accepted what will be, returned to their daily lives, struggling to pay their bills realizing that for them not much has changed, or will change with the changing of the guard in Washington, DC.   Myself...I am having a hard time accepting the unacceptable, frustrated that our Government is far more concerned with a "Peaceful Transition of Power" than addressing what was not, is not a "Free and Fair" election, as even those in our own party seem to be complicit in the betrayal of us. Where is the backbone of our party, their will to fight and take a stand?

Trump'ers screaming at us on Twitter, "Get over it, YOU LOST! Stop your whining and accept it, Trump is your President."

No, he is not.  Donald J, Trump is the antithesis of everything I am, everything that I have believed in for 60 years.  As an abuse survivor, the man pushes every one of my buttons, has brought back those silent screams and memories of things from so long ago that I thought were put away.  I read his tweets, or see him on the news, and find myself being triggered almost 24 hours a day, sleep fitful and filled once again with nightmares of things I wish my eyes had never seen.

My urge is to run away and hide, sell everything I own and just disappear...a knee jerk reaction honed in a childhood filled with abuse.  Reality finds room in the maelstrom of my emotions and I realize running means the abuser wins...so I stay, hoping for a chance to take a stand, to fight for that which I know is right.

It is Saturday morning at just after 3AM...I should be in bed sound asleep, but I feel like an inmate sitting on death row knowing that America as we knew it will be executed on Monday when the Electoral College casts its votes...I am hoping for a miracle, praying for Obama to step in and make it all right again, while knowing deep down in my heart that nothing can stop this train from hell from leaving the station, frightened at what is to come.

The recounts we counted on to set the record straight were halted by courts controlled by Republicans.  The CIA and FBI admitting that Russia interfered in the Election, but claiming not enough so to throw the election to Trump.  Hello, he lost the Popular Vote by almost 3 million voters, and won four crucial battle ground states by less than .00006 percent of the Popular Vote, but lets all pretend his margin of victory was enough that we can dismiss the deliberate interference of a Foreign Power in our elections.  The hope of the Electoral College receiving a briefing by the CIA dashed, and Hamilton Voters willing to vote their conscience shy by almost 20 dashes our hopes of a miracle come Monday...our fate is set, America as we knew about to die.

Old song lyrics racing through my mind, "Bye bye Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry..."  you know the song, or at least a large number of you do.  Monday is the day the music will die, the day that a fascist President begins his war on immigrants, Muslims, working people and America's elderly, and lets not forget a war on the only planet we have as Climate Deniers in his cabinet roll back rules intended to slow Global Warming in the name of Big Oil as Sarah Palin's Army once again begins to chant, "Drill Baby Drill."

My Lord, why has thou forsaken me?...I know, a rhetorical question since the Evangelicals have told us already that Trump's elevation to President is all a part of God's grand plan.   Are you kidding me? The man was recorded saying "Grab them by the pussy!" and freely and openly stirs the passions of racist hatred at every appearance on the Campaign Trail and "Victory Tour"...can someone from the religious right explain this to me as I really just don't get it...the man is everything that Christians supposedly would find repugnant, and yet you supported him in numbers that are staggering.  Did you hate Obama and Hillary so much that you felt the Anti-Christ was a better choice?

People are saying we let Barack Obama down, and that is true.  More importantly, we let America and everything it is supposed to represent down.  Everyone who played a part in this tragic charade has blood on their hands, owns the role of Judas who sold his soul for 35 pieces of silver.  For all of us, "I'm sorry America".

I leave you with this old protest song that brought me solace in my early years as I tried to deal with the turmoil that was the 60's, a time when it seemed like we were on the brink of destruction, the America we knew a shadow about to vanish in the wind.  A good cry clears the mind, lets us reconnect to our heart.  Have a good cry and pray for America, it may be our only hope of a miracle in our hour of need.

Treason is Treason, and Other State Interference in America's Election By Russia Should Require a NEW ELECTION.

Loyalty to Nation over Loyalty to Party.  Sign Petition of Redress for NEW ELECTIONS Here!

The big news story this weekend that is not capturing near as much news coverage as it should, is the CIA admitting that Russia interfered in our Presidential Election with the intention of seeing Donald J Trump elected as our 45th President of the United States of America.  This news is even more than disturbing when you look at the incredibly close margins of victory for Mr. Trump in 4-5 states where he just barely won, and the overwhelming Popular Vote Victory that Hillary Clinton won by almost 3 Million votes...total margin of victory in the 4 Battleground States that gave Trump his Electoral College win is less than 80,000 votes...perhaps less if Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania would allow a "Free and Fair" hand recount.

There are charges of Treason racing across Twitter, and we must give a serious ear to these allegations by the voters.  Senator Mitch McConnell knew about Russia's involvement in the race almost two months before election day, but SAT ON THE INFORMATION, as did Speaker Paul Ryan, and Donald J. Trump and his staff.   That is TREASON.   The director of the FBI knew about the Russian involvements, but kept them secret, while having no problems eleven days before the vote trotting out a FAKE NEWS story meant to be the final nail in Hillary Clinton's campaign to win the White House...a clear violation of the Hatch Act, but perhaps Treason as well.

For some, they are clinging to the fairy tale that the Electoral College will realize that Donald J Trump is a demagogue, perhaps a traitor to the United States, and vote in a way (Hamilton Voters) that A) keeps Trump out of the White House, or perhaps throws their vote to Hillary Clinton. Think this is a highly unlikely scenario, odds about the same as any one individual winning Super Lotto's big prize.  Getting 38 Republicans Electoral College voters to reverse direction is a very tall order, and one probably doomed from the very start as Electoral College Voters are very faithful party first Republicans and Democrats who are very firm in their loyalty to party, even if the best thing for the United States is placing country first over party loyalty.

If it would catch fire, think there is a much better chance with a Petition of Redress (a First Amendment Right) presented to Barack Obama, the House of Representatives, and the United States Senate.  Such a petition requires a minimum of 100,000 voter signatures, but to have a chance, would think such a Petition would need Millions of Signatures to receive any serious consideration. Furthermore, for such a petition to have a chance, it is imperative that "We the People" be allowed to see the evidence that has been collected by the FBI, CIA and other investigative bodies of the Federal Government that would lay out the proof of Putin/Russian interference in our election, as well as the extent of that interference.

An election won with the help of a Nation State in Russia, stolen for Donald J Trump with the help of one Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to stand.   At best President Elect Donald J. Trump is a wannabe despot who will make America a Banana Republic during his four year tenure.  At worse, he will declare Marshall Law and bring down the best Democracy the world has ever seen.   We must not be silent, we must become the Active Resistance.

Let's Make January 20th (Trump Inauguration Day) a National Day of Mourning...Protest in Black

Greetings America:

I am just one lone activist and Hillary Supporter living here in Rockland County NY.  Myself and others on Twitter have been discussing in Direct Messages a need to organize a MAJOR 50 State Protest on Inauguration Day...the theme..."National Day of Mourning" where all protesters would be encouraged to arrive at protest sites dressed in black as we Mourn on the day that Donald J Trump officially becomes President of the United States.

We know this can be done...there is a 50 State Protest being organized for this Saturday December 10 and a Million Woman March is being planned in Washington DC the day after the Inauguration.  So the will and the organizers are out there...we just need them to step in and help a small handful of Activists from Twitter in making it happen.  We need to take the focus off of Donald Trump on January 20th, and put the media attention on protesters who are mourning in all 50 states!

If you are someone, or know someone who can get this project off the ground, and help it gain National attention and momentum, please DM @BeChangeToday over on Twitter, or leave information in the comments section of this blog article.