Moving past presidential election results

Moving past the 2024 Presidential  election results for me means that I have reached the following conclusion: There was dis-information and voter suppression. Especially voter suppression. My trusted source for all things voter suppression is the statistician/investigative reporter Greg Palast. You can check him out at www.gregpalast.com.  

Candidate for Vice President Tim Walz when asked by a reporter his view on Project 2025. He said he viewed it as a playbook and why create a playbook if you don't intend to use it. The more I scroll through Project 2025, I have concluded that this is a fascist playbook for the merger of state and corporate power playing out in Washington, D.C. And now Elon Musk has gained entrance to the Social Security Administration possibly giving him access to my (our) Social Security and Medicare information. Project 2025 is in play. I'm asking myself if Elon Musk was truly about rooting out waste, fraud and abuse why would he not bring in accountants to do the job. Instead he is bringing in computer programmers.

It took Hitler 53 days to turn Germany from a functioning democracy into a dictatorship. I am scared and angry. Where are we headed as a nation? How is this not a coup?

 

For some reason, I'm feeling hopeful locally after the January meeting of Elder Voices (Telling Our Stories/Sharing Our Journeys) at Turtle Bread. I was joined at the Elder Voices table by seven people – all new. There was Erin, Cathy, Beatel, Mary Glen, Chris and Anna. Here's what I took away from the meeting. Everyone obviously came to tell their story and share their journey. Everyone was a Messenger or Connector reader. Four of us have an interest in or connection to the Minneapolis Advisory Committee on Aging. Everyone wanted to leave their  e-mail and phone number, which means Elder Voices now has an email list for future communications. And now I need to announce the following:

 

 

Look for the table with the All Elders sign.

So dear reader, assuming despair is not an option, what is giving you hope these days? Tell yourself, tell others or tell me via tesha@tmcpub.com. And if you have read this far you have taken the plunge into the river(flow) of life experiences which is Stories and Journeys. And thanks to James who recently emailed me his sources of information for getting him through the next four years.

 

That is scheduled to happen at the March 26 meeting of the Longfellow-Seward Healthy Seniors SOLOS Resource Group. SOLOS are people who cannot or choose not to rely on family alone to navigate their lives. She will be addressing how a bill becomes law. Hint: it starts with an idea from people like you and me.  SOLOS meets from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Brackett Park Community Room, 2728-S.39th Ave., Minneapolis.

 

The group meets the second Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. Location  now and for the forseeable future is the Public Service Building, 505-4th Ave. S. Next meeting is March 13. March is the month for anyone who thinks they might want to be on this committee to go through the process of being considered. Ultimately you need the endorsement of your city council member. In February, policy aides to City Council member Robin Wonsley attended. There was a presentation by a member of the city clerk's office. These meetings are open to the public which is why I am able to attend

 I'm thinking we need each other now more than ever.

 

In gratitude.