Happening Now: Full-on Coup.
I know, “coup” not “coop.” But it’s close, and I’ll take any excuse to post a photo of one of our Princesses. At least her expression is appropriate.
Yes, This is What a Coup Looks Like
Read Monday’s Letters from an American. Please.
Running errands this week, I conducted a small-talk experiment to see if those in my community know what’s going on. I doubted it.
The grocery checker robotically asked how I was. I answered, “I’d be a whole lot better if we weren’t in a coup,” detailing just a speck of its effect on my little family. With a blank look, she ended our short transaction with a cheerful and incongruous, “Stay rich!”
Walking away, I glanced at my receipt. She’d charged me $1.50 for a lemon. Twice. When I returned for a refund, she consulted with her computer for about a minute, then handed me its answer: $1.26.
“But, shouldn’t that be $1.50?”
A couple more minutes of computer consult time later, I offered, “You could just hand me $1.50 and figure out the computer later.”
She did.
Like that grocery checker, you might not know what’s going on yet, or care. Unless you’re a billionaire, you will.
Call your Congresspeople, folks. Our government is highly flawed, to which Gaza is a testament. Gutting it at Elon’s whim (and enrichment) is not the answer. I had to dial multiple times because they are slammed, but we ALL need to call our senators and representative in Congress. NOW.
End-of-Week Update
It’s now the end of the week of the first week of February; just past the second week of Mr. Trump’s return (don’t you love all the media folks calling him “Mr. Trump,” not “Mr. President?” I love that). According to my informal poll, you have a two-in-eleven chance of speaking to a despondent-sounding staffer (who will promptly hang up or transfer you) if you call The White House (202-456-1111; “office hours” were drastically reduced by today, and surprise surprise, one cannot record a comment there when they’re closed; 202-456-1414 shares, among other things, how to give gifts to the first family (!), and a new federal information line, 1-800-FED-INFO, that is a dead-end phone tree).
I’d share the web link to The White House, but hmm, they don’t list their phone number there anymore, HA. Plus, it looks like a campy-movie “US government” site now.
I’ve put all three of my Congresspeople’s numbers in my phone, and call them first thing after breakfast every day. It didn’t help with Gaza. But I have to try.
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