What We Focus On Grows. Good News June 2023.

All the news isn’t bad—time for some good news. Let’s review some great news that happened in June 2023. The links below are to Jessica Craven’s excellent newsletter Chop Wood, Carry Water, where she lists all the good things that are happening…

Fascism In America: The Billionaires Are The Problem

Fascism in America. The Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS) is a captured court. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s true. The sooner we accept it, the better. The billionaires and the Christian nationalists are pulling the…

Affirmative Action: Ending Up In The Trash Can Quicker

Affirmative Action was struck down on Thursday, 6/29/2023, by The Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS). The case that came before the court was filed by Students for Fair Admissions, which alleged Harvard, the University of North Carolina, and…

Overturning Roe: It Came As Women Attained New Heights

Overturning Roe v Wade. It’s been a year, and 25 million women now live in states with abortion bans or “restrictions.” I called them complete abortion bans. If a person doesn’t have a choice between themselves and their doctor, then…

Church: Young People Are Leaving. How To Get Them Back.

Dear Church Goers of America, Here are four things that will help churches grow and get younger people from leaving the church in droves as they are now: #1: Remove radical right-wing Republican politics from the church. Stop supporting people…

Abortion Bans: Democrats Think This State Is The Worst

Regarding abortion bans, it turns out the Republican-led compromised state of Idaho does have the worst abortion laws in the entire country. Idaho Democratic leaders met with the Biden administration and other Democratic leaders from around the country, and when…

5 Books On The State Of American Politics [2023]

Here are five books you should not read unless you want to understand the current (2023) American politics. There are no links if you click on any of these books. To purchase, consider alternatives to Amazon and Audible. Also, consider ordering from bookstores owned…

Climate Crisis: The Mentality That Needs To Change

When we look at doing something about the climate crisis, we must also think about the mentality that brought us the climate crisis. There’d be no climate crisis if there were no patriarchy and misogyny (definitions at the end of…

Republicans: What They Really Want Is To Be Free Of Us

Republicans. The Republican Study Committee released its Blueprint To Save America for 2023. And, of course, it is horrifying. The Republican Study Committee is a group of 175 Republican House members. They represent about 70 to 75% of the Republican caucus.…