Who knew?  I certainly didn’t but buried deep inside me is an activist.  I believe in fairness, equality, the US Constitution, diversity, international trade, peace, inclusion, a woman’s right to choose, black lives matter, love is love, women’s rights, science is real, and kindness is everything no matter what your religious beliefs are.  Since November 8th, all of our freedoms are at risk.  I’ve shared daily on my Facebook profile the audacious real, not fake, news stories of the new administration’s agenda and the implications of his misguided actions.  I’ve gone from disbelief to sheer disgust and now it has spurred me to act against hate, against division, against tyranny by speaking out.  Dear reader, I’ve joined the resistance movement.  The new President must be checked and balanced or impeached.

For the first time in my life, I’ve submitted e-mail’s to my 3 Members of Congress urging them to resist President Tweet’s agenda.  I’ve signed up to receive their newsletters so that I can receive their e-mail updates.  I’ve downloaded a resistance guide at http://www.indivisibleguide.com.  I’ve even set up a Google News Alert to know when my representatives in Washington are in the news.  I’ve found out where they stand on the issues of the day.  I’m doing all this so I will be better informed and to more eloquently advocate my position.  With this Blog post I’m telling all my friends, my family, and my members of Congress why I feel President Tweet must be stopped.

I know I have conservative friends and family who urge me to give the new administration a chance but I just can’t sit idly by any longer with positions I am not in favor of.  Since November 8, literally everything the Tweeter has said, tweeted, or issued an executive order against causes dismay.  His actions aren’t making America great, they’re putting all of us in danger, will ruin our economy, and cost us our  jobs and retirement savings.  The scariest of all is his belief in alternative facts.  WTF!  This isn’t your crazy Fox News loving brother in-law, this is the President of the United States making policy based on his own made up lies!

To be frank, the 4.5 million women who marched around the world also inspired me.  Their message was heard around the world and voiced peacefully, thoughtfully, and directly.  I loved reading their stories on social media and seeing their pictures on Instagram have compelled me to act.  I’m now going to do my part to ensure the continuity of our democracy.  I’m going to work harder to advocate for diversity and inclusion, for human rights, for international trade, for a strong educational system, for a strong military, for infrastructure improvements, for the environment, for affordable health care for all Americans.

Yes, it may surprise you, I actually do agree with President Tweet on a couple of issues like a strong military, border security and improved infrastructure.  It is his means to that end to which I oppose.  A wall built between Mexico and the United States is not a solution I support.  Along with everything else he tweets about.

Where are the moderate Republicans in this debate?  Where does the Congress stand? The Judicial system’s voice has finally been heard.  Federal Judge Donnelly’s block of the Tweet’s  executive order on immigration is what I want to see more of because it is the right thing to do.  I think most Americans would agree with me.

Like my wife has said, at what point did the Germans in the 1940’s recognize that their leader was a crazy megalomaniac?

Are you with me?  Write your members of Congress.  Join the resistance.

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@IndivisibleTeam