Sunday resistance and a small personal victory lap

Yesterday I found that Sen Kim, my Senator, whom I supported for years, back when I campaigned to get him into the House, then voted him into the Senate, we needed all the Dem seats we could get, despite his treachery to Biden -- too old, should go away -- where was I? 

Oh yes,  after FOTUS* "fired" all the inspectors general, the agency guardrails, K*m voted in favor of Noem for Homeland Security.  

He, who ran as the son of Korean immigrants, in search of the American dream, voted for someone whose position will enable her to deny that dream to other people. 

Yes, she would have got in anyway, but that was not the time to break ranks and not the vote to do it on, either. I suppose after he backstabbed Joe, he showed us who he is. 

*Felon of the United States 

So yesterday's resistance was a furious message to his Washington office mailbox denouncing his move and promising to help primary him next time around.

Realistically, the chances of my being able to do that are slim, given my age and the length of a senatorial term, but he doesn't know that. And I trust you will pick up the torch, dear blogistas, when I put it down.

Then, onward, today's work was trying to calm the fears of people online about all the attention-seeking wildly unlikely legislation getting a lot of attention. 

Proposals about transgender people, immigrants, snitch lines, and more. They're getting headlines for unknown legislators seizing their chance in the sun. 

It's frightening people with very little chance of ever being enacted into law. You could drive a truck through the "thinking", as a number of other GOP legislators are already pointing out.  

Meanwhile I've been through stuff like this before, and I'm putting some energy into encouraging and calming scared people to whom this is, if not new, more severe than ever.  And reminding them we're not helpless and people like me have their backs.

I've also helped put in place, in an audio pod on Spoutible I'm active on, extended time just for people to express their fears in a safe place, and report on their resistance, too. 

My default, as you may have noticed, is action, but I do get that some people get paralyzed by fear. 

And thank you to all the brilliant people who've emailed to tell me what they uploaded to the NASA  snitch line! Everything from the complete text of Bishop Budde's sermon, to the Declaration and Bill of Rights!! It's great. Good sand, everyone!

Meanwhile back home, I talk big but I get very anxious about driving, going out, especially after enforced home time in the recent cold and ice. 

Today I seized my keys and drove off to shop for more gel for Helen. It sounds minor, but it's really important and I'm happy I managed it.  Once I get back into the pattern, it gets easier, but it's getting into the pattern that's the thing.  The milder temperature, up to the 30sf today, literally didn't fasten my coat, helped a lot.

Helen Hip is very glad I finally realized how the gel works. No wonder I thought it didn't work, doing it wrong. Several times a day required, not just when I remember!  Doh. User error.

And here's where the latest sock is 

Watching Marion doing some kantha embroidery, with a pot of tea, knitting along. 

Happy day everyone, any victory, any size, counts! What are your recent ones, if you want to say?