Resistance Post

 I am crossposting my Facebook posts about the Felon-in-Chief because I fear Meta will start censoring things critical of him. These are two posts.  I also posted short versions on BlueSky.  I have conservative followers on Facebook. I hope I can get through to some of them. I am so angry at them for voting for him or in most cases not voting for Harris.  Same thing in my mind. One of them thought undocumented immigrants was a big enough problem not to vote for the Democrat. Are you kidding me? I feel like I'm in school when the whole class is punished because a couple of students acted out. 

Post 1

One goal of the current administration is to make you feel helpless. Reject that!

I have started following the Chop Wood Carry Water substack by Jessica Craven. It provides daily actionable suggestions for counter bad government. I like it because it doesn't just react to the latest oddity from the White House. It suggests wording for short messages to your representatives.

I also follow Heather Cox Richardson, who gives a historian's perspective on events.

Post 2

I would like to give a little comfort to people who are alarmed by the terrible executive orders that come out recently. It is OK to be alarmed if it causes you to take action. (See my previous post for action ideas.)

However, if it is just making you despair, I want you to know (Thanks to Joyce Vance and others for these words) that executive orders are not a magic wand. The president can only use them to direct activity within the executive branch, he can’t make other entities, or private businesses, universities, or anyone/thing else that isn’t an executive branch entity or actor comply with his dictates.

Orders have to be in compliance with the Constitution and federal laws. They can’t just, say, undo a Constitutional protection for birthright citizenship. If they do, they’ll be challenged in federal court, which, at a minimum, involves a sizable delay.

(Me again) An executive order can't negate the scientific proofs of the spectrum that is human sexuality and attempt to make it a hard binary with an arbitrary definition. The president is not the king of America; he is merely the head of the executive branch of government.

Ignore the antics of Musk, what Melania is wearing, what the Felon-in-chief posts on social media and pay attention to the laws coming before Congress and the cases in front of the Supreme Court. Or for the sake of your own mental health, feel free to ignore it all for a while, the rest of us will handle it.

Some recent artwork

I haven't done much artwork lately. Here is a quick painting with watercolor pencil of a dried rosebud in a small ceramic vase.