September Has Been Appalling :

And It’s not Over Yet

From Sept. 8th, 2025:

This is how the current bunch in the White House is dealing death by a billion paper cuts to “the rule of law” founded on the plain text of our founding documents. Those documents were not iron clad, but flexible. They have grown more inclusive over time as our common language has evolved over time. Please take the time to go through it and see how all of these paper cuts weave their web over time. Returning to a mythical past (our Happy Days) is not the solution and never should have been. Life is dynamic, ever-changing. Adaptation is the only way to avoid extinction. Please try to find a way to not be distracted by the current OMG of the moment. See the whole situation rather than the fragments that are part of the whole.

Sept. 9th, 2025:

While federalized National Guardsmen are quartered in Los Angeles:

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." --Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent for immigration patrols in Los Angeles area

Didn’t we fight a revolution over British Troops quartered on Colonial soil? Isn’t there something in our initial governing documents that make this illegal?

Sept. 10th:

While absorbing the chaotic insanity that followed the murder of Charlie Kirk and the obvious manipulation of the narrative for political gain for the right: “That would be nice, but it hasn’t worked so far. Don’t make assumptions on what kind of person I might be, but consider this: if we were talking about cabbages (instead of kings — joke) we could look at the current behavior of those who have made the latest soap opera about Kirk getting shot, and compare it to the recent assassinations of state people in Minnesota. Seriously. Compare the two reactions by the Republican machine. Utter silence when it happens to their enemies versus a cacophony of insults when it happens to their friends. This has not changed, nor will it change any time soon. I hope this doesn’t offend you, but I have long since passed the point of being polite in the face of their intransigent behavior.”

Since that day, cancellations due to pressure from the Government. The chilling of freedom of speech — back to those thousands of ‘paper cuts’ to the Bill of Rights.

And this is only reaction to public news. My private news is of little consequence in light of this Constitutional madness. And to think — there are still ten days left in September.

Simplified text, but accurate —