I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself.
The American Oligarchy.
They control our Supreme Court, much of Congress, and the flow of information to the masses via legacy, mainstream and social media.
They decide the national conversation, how to keep us at each other's throats while they continue to amass wealth and power completely unchecked.
They put their thumbs on the scale of justice and poured billions into this election. They chose Trump because he was desperate and would capitulate to their demands. They chose a running mate to replace him in case he became too unhinged to control.
Consider how many disqualifying facts about Trump never saw the light of day...or didn't get the attention they deserved...or got drowned out by propaganda. They took a mentally spent buffoon and presented him as a hero to the masses.
Despite Biden successfully steering us out of a global recession and strengthening our economy, they maintained the national tone about the price of groceries being too high. Despite Trump's obvious mental decline, their media outlets remained reticent to press the issue.
We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.
They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.
It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.
Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent or MAGA, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
Not to pile on a guy who was repeatedly smacked around like a piñata on national tv tonight, but...
Taylor Swift has officially endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
#SwiftesForKamala
Another tragedy of our making.
Innocent kids slain. Teachers murdered.
We mourn. We offer meaningless prayers. We let it happen again. And again. And again.
It is our national shame, borne of greed and indifference.
When will it be enough for us to do something?
How much longer will we suffer the tyranny of the minority?
How many more dead children?
How many more grieving husbands, wives, mothers and fathers?
How much innocent blood can our conscience ignore?
When will it be enough for us to do something?
Celebrities don’t live in our world. They may have an appreciation for our needs and concerns, but they don’t live them.
Judd doesn’t have anxiety about insulin prices going back up.
Reiner doesn’t lose sleep over his union job going away.
Clooney lives in Italy. He doesn’t see white nationalists parading around his lakeside villa.
I don’t fault them for their opinions. I also get why people aren’t heeding them.
Biden might not win every battle, but he’ll never stop fighting for the American people.
People trust Joe. They don’t care about his gaffes.
They know his heart.
It’s a bond the pundits haven’t factored into their calculations.
BREAKING: MSNBC rolls out President Biden’s new ad slamming Donald Trump for his plans to allow states to monitor women’s pregnancies. Retweet so all Americans see this.