Dear reader,
Today will be a day which will live in infamy.
Please take care of yourself tonight, and others if you can.
If you need to talk to someone, text SHARE to 741741, the Crisis Text Line.
Hope
“In a scene of unrest common in other countries but seldom witnessed in the history of the United States capital, hundreds of people in the mob barreled past fence barricades outside the Capitol and clashed with officers.” — The New York Times, January 6, 2021
"These are the times that try men’s souls ... Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." — Thomas Paine in “The American Crisis,” December 19, 1776
The Republic is in distress. Help your local elected become that better representative we deserve whether by giving technical advice to better legislate, deliver constituency services, send pure moral encouragement, or tangible volunteer labor.