Most elected Republicans are no more 'evil' than anyone else.

The problem is that, as a party, they have accepted evil as a way of doing business because they think power is more important than morality.
(1) Elected GOP denies the necessity of taking action to quell the pandemic, knowing full well that people will die, because battles against science excite and unite the base.

(2)

We should be able to elect someone to represent us, then sit back until the next election, secure that we've done our part.

Support by elected GOP for insurrection, anything that benefits the rich, and criminal presidents prove that things aren't what they should be.

#voteBlue Voting isn't enough today. We, as individuals, also have to figure out what else we can do to create and sustain a healthy democracy that works for we the people.

Convince the folks around us that their vote matters, too.

I'm an old Black woman.

In case you haven't noticed it, that's three strikes against me in the U.S.

If you haven't noticed, or don't believe it, you probably live in the U.S.

Fish don't notice water. That tweet appears, from the comments, to need explanations.

A lot of people are more aware of the systemic stuff now. At least so far as it applies to Black people and women people.

Old people? Not so much.

Trump recognized candidate Joe Biden as a threat early on.

He showed that he was willing to cheat and break laws with the Ukraine call.

Democrats impeached him. Republicans in the Senate prevented any punishment for his crime.

1) Trump believed that his best argument for re-election was the economy. When the coronavirus came along, he saw it as a threat to the economy and thus, to his re-election.

Instead of trying to save lives, he tried to pretend it wasn't a big deal.

GOP went along.

2)

What's the least expensive, but tasty, satisfying and nutritious meal that you've cooked? Ingredients and cost?

A lot of people are very short on cash right now. What hints for meals can you give? My go-to used to be a pot of beans cooked with a slice of bacon, rice toasted before adding the water and tortillas.

You can still get all the ingredients, including a jalapeno pepper for seasoning for less than $15 to make enough for several meals for 4 or 5 people.

On #CaturdayEve , I was thinking about telling the heartwarming story of the eye-patched curmudgeon who sits around working with a silly sword on his wall and an even sillier cat on his hat.

I doubt anyone would believe it, though. What do you think? Should I try it? I met the old guy back when he was much younger, over 25 years ago now.

I didn't know then that he was permanent. He was sort of a stray, that I made the mistake of letting in my house and feeding.

You know how that sort of thing goes, right?

I tweeted, a few minutes ago, about my awareness that some White people have difficulty seeing Black people as just other human beings.

I was struck by the women offering sympathy or expressing outrage.

(1) As a Black person, I'm in the minority. As bad as it is, the ignorance of people who may be unfamiliar with folks who look like me is sort of understandable.

(2)

This tweet made me think. It is an oddly true thing that I don't spend much time thinking about and is a product of a life lived, rather than anything that started with Trump.

(1)

https://twitter.com/libthinking/status/1332366943748313088

My husband of more than 25 years is a White guy. I didn't need to overcome any ingrained fear in order to see him as a person or welcome him into my life.

That's one side of my being a Black person in America. I mostly see White people as just people.

(2)

I've been trying to come up with a tweet that explains why I think the progressive agenda is the right one for the nation but also explains why I think Joe Biden is right to reach out to those who will never embrace that agenda.

Both things are true for me.

(1) We must create a nation that values each of its people in all the ways that progressives have laid out.

We don't need, and can't allow, the continuance of the icurrent 'make the rich even richer' philosophy that is killing us as a nation.

(2)

Other than the president, I don't hear many people talking about actually abolishing the police as a whole.

What I do hear is the voices of people who are deeply concerned by the murder of #GeorgeFloyd and others along with the many videos of police brutality against protesters. You see, in that semi-mythical America that many people thought they lived in, the police are there to protect and serve us. Dangerous only to the bad guys and only until they are subdued.

#GeorgeFloyd was on the ground, though, cuffed and helpless.

In spite of rumors to the contrary, some elderly Black folks are all in for Warren and things like free college education.

I know, because I'm one of them. Shall I explain why?

It has to do with my personal history. Back in the 1980's, I was a young, single mother who had grown tired of jobs that depended on the strength of my back and lacked any clear path to bettering my situation.

I bought a typing manual, a type-writer and pushed my skill level up to 40 words a minute.

Someone tweeted the question: Do you think a person could eat on less than $25 a week?

Lots of people in the U.S. do it out of necessity.

1st week
10 lbs rice $5
8 lbs beans $5
12 eggs $4
5 lb flour $2
1 cn baking powder $2
cooking oil $2.5 I "shopped" on the evil Walmart to make checking my prices easier for those who doubt me.

Your menu is rice and bean burritos for lunch and dinner and egg burritos for breakfast. You have to make the tortillas from scratch, but that tastes better anyway.

We used to make "Stone Soup" at work just before paydays.

Somebody would bring in a giant pot, fill it with water and put it on to simmer early in the morning.

People who were flush added meat. Others added what they could afford.

Everyone ate a nutritious and tasty lunch. I look at the Walmart heirs and the owners of Chevron, FedEx, Amazon and the many other corporations that made billions in profit but paid no taxes last year and I remember that soup.

At lunch, the meal was better than even the ones who could afford meat would have had alone.