If you're not following HCR every day, you should now. She points out the details of significant Trump actions with truth telling, facts and historical analogies. No personal attacks or underlying agenda--just an account of what's happening. It's a living history book of our troubled times.
I had two thoughts I wanted to share as I read your column tonight. First, my greatest fear is that the J6 insurrectionists now think they can act with impunity for the next four years and my hope is the states will charge them with crimes Trump can’t pardon. 1/2
The second is to make sure you are aware of the bold act of resistance of the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde who this morning pled with a clearly irritated Trump at the inaugural prayer service for mercy and consideration for immigrants and LGBTQ persons. She is a hero.
The evangelicals in our country who idolize 🍊🤡 need to listen to her sermon and take a good long look at the Bible they claim to believe in, because I don't think many of them even know what all is in their Bible, much less follow it.
This is terrifying. Nothing that happened over the last four years has any meaning now. There is nothing whatsoever stopping the terrorists who assaulted our Capitol. Nothing at all. We will rue this day...
Thank you for this recap of today. I can’t bear to watch it all unfolding just yet. I wish all those Oath Keepers. Those proud boys. His buffalo headed soldiers. Wouldn’t it be great if they’d all go move in to camp key mar-a-lago?
The guy who says other countries are releasing violent offenders on U.S. soil releases 1,500 violent offenders on U.S. soil, without a hint of irony. Tell us, Dear Leader, why should the rest of us obey the law?
We really should keep in mind that we know who these people are. We know where they live. We know what they did. It is us they should fear. Not the other way around.
2nd consecutive night I'm unable to click the link. I've eagerly read these "Letters" every night for years, but everything is so ugly so suddenly. Their "shock & awe" tactics are working on me, for now. Emails to elected officials, signing petitions, seems obsolete. I feel powerless, voiceless.
All of these acts are about changing public perception of equal justice under the law --> Trump justice, constitutional right --> Trump right, etc., while at the same time creating a fog of chaos, which again plays into centralized power. TYHCR!
Indeed. We are transitioning to a mafia type state like Russia. As long as the thugs are in cahoots with the Trump circus they will not face consequences. They will be championed.
Please share! Send positive emails to [email protected]. Also, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington has a YouTube channel and Facebook page - lots of hate in the comments! We need to counter that hate with positive comments. Go here:
I couldn't read your email last night. I was just too upset. I posted a meme of a former DC police officer speaking out about injuries to officers on Jan 6. Someone replied it is a lie.
How can so many people deny wat we all saw.
Now this thug has access to guns!!
Wow, need to change the definition of conception in all our textbooks on reproduction to "the big cell joins with the small cell." This is what happens when uninformed, bigoted white males write executive orders for a president who would rather just see the illustrations.
"Washington, D.C., and San Francisco [...] have joined the lawsuits."
I'm wondering if/how the DC suit can stand/go forward, given we're controlled by the feds. The US atty-whose office did the J6 prosecutions-is gone, for instance.
I think the capital police force should quit en masse. It would appear they aren’t needed, right? Let every congressman go to work everyday in that building with no police presence.
Re: why you don't post calls to action--I hear you, but that's also disingenuous. B/c lack of civic education in the US, telling viewers/readers what their _options_ are for DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT is the responsibility of every person that knows. There are no bystanders, and especially not you!
One wonders if he is also going to go after the citizenship of people in U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico. He has created fear and anxiety in millions of immigrant families—our neighbors, coworkers, etc.
I hope every single person he pardoned from J6 is sued by the Capitol police officers and even members of Congress. All except one, 71 year old Pamela Hemphill in Idaho who said she won’t accept the pardon because she committed a crime that day and MAGA is a cult.
You are amazing at showing us what happened in the past reflected in what is going on now. But man I’m tired of it! Wouldn’t it be great to be able to talk about energetic and wonderful things our country is doing? Sigh.
Thank you for your continued service to your country. I learn so much from your daily letters. They’re literally a lifeline during these unprecedented times.
Could it be any more obvious why he hates immigrants.Not about “the criminals,rapists,drugs,insanity” invading our cities. Hell. Those are his people. It’s about hate.He’s a racist.Filled with anger & revenge towards anyone who defies him.77.3 million Americans voted for insanity.Enjoy the asylum.
The blanket pardon of the J6 participants doesn’t quite gel with their Back the Blue cries. If you’re a police officer, please tell us how you explain this hypocrisy.
An article in The Atlantic a few months ago wrote about how many of the J6 inmates at the DC Jail were essentially confined together, segregated from general population. And I thought what a catastrophic screwup. The one chance to expose these cultists to neutral information and it was botched.
‘…only 23% of Americans supported restricting women from military combat. But today, Trump fired the first uniformed woman to lead a branch of the armed forces, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan for an “excessive” focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.’
Nah. Pity them? If only they had looked up one time from listening to Faux News or OAN, they would have seen and heard the truth. I have no pity for them. I pity those of us who didn’t eff around but now have to suffer the FO phase with these fools.
It plays like a dark political movie. Unfortunately it is the new reality. And it promises to get much worse. Average Americans of all backgrounds will suffer. We must begin to prepare for the 2026 elections. It may be already too late.
Thank you, as always, for providing such insightful context for the horrific events of today. I’m on a Meta diet and since I followed you there, I was worried about losing access to your letters. I’m so happy to have found you on BlueSky and Substack.
I feel like I did in 2017. Waking up, reading your letter, and being filled with dread. I don’t know if this county can survive another year if this madmen, let alone another 4 years.
Oh..well, it should tell you about payment options if you go through the process..I would think no on Venmo but likely for PayPal. And free is a fine option, too!
Apparently now, if you dare preach the love of Christ and showing mercy to Trump et al, you also are threatened with deportation, as Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde ( Washington's first female diocesan bishop), was yesterday by Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia.
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How can so many people deny wat we all saw.
Now this thug has access to guns!!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
I'm wondering if/how the DC suit can stand/go forward, given we're controlled by the feds. The US atty-whose office did the J6 prosecutions-is gone, for instance.
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