Thursday, February 6, 2025

What now?

“In light of [redacted]’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now ?” Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance”: from Robert Reich, sixteen things to do.

My new alternative to a name I want to avoid typing here: FFCKUS. Initialism, or acronym? Your choice.

[FF: First Felon. CK: Crazy King.]

comments: 5

Anonymous said...

I prefer pronouncing this as a word, so I choose acronym. Plus pronouncing a word is easier on the ears than simply spelling something out.

Anonymous said...

It seems to me that if your representative is a Republican, then you could still write. They need to know their constituents are not a monolithic block. ... History tells us that eventually people stopped believing Senator McCarthy.

Michael Leddy said...

I called yesterday, both Illinois senators and my representative, Mary Miller. Alas, her district is a monolithic block (she ran unopposed in 2024), created by the state legislature to corral lots of Republican votes in one very large district. But her office still gets to hear from me.

Fresca said...

I admire (and enjoy hearing about) your dogged practice of writing to Mary Miller.

Michael Leddy said...

If only she’d write back. Mary, speak to me!