It’s a November to be truly grateful for, and for me I was never more relieved and invigorated to hear of this posted on social media Tuesday, even before the blue tsunami was a sure thing: Lawyer Up. Hot damn, boy howdy, and bring it on with all of the vengeance and determination of every wronged person living in America—and all of those who don’t who have suffered in solidarity with us.
It was ballsy of Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) to utter this much-needed warning that accountability was coming after it was projected for Democrats to take control of House of Representatives. Especially delicious because it sent a noticeable shockwave of dismal discomfort through the talking idiots of Fox News and likely the entirety of the deplorable MAGA-infested Republican Party.
With this two-word tweet on Twitter/X, ranking member and incoming chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Garcia signaled that the committee plans to launch aggressive congressional investigations and issue subpoenas. Targeting the now lame-duck dipshit of a president, his family business and crypto dealings, his entire administration, DHS/ICE abuses, and the Epstein files atrocities and ongoing coverup.
Whatever Congress can do come January, it will never be enough to assuage the pain and horror caused by literal the worst human beings amongst us. But it will be a damn good start.
As a former employee of the Pentagon, I want Pete Hegseth tried and convicted for war crimes. And I want Elon Musk to be stripped of Department of Defense contracts, his US citizenship, his ill-gotten wealth, and his personal freedom for the rest of his sickening life.
I want government contractors and public officials held criminally and civilly liable for the demented destruction of so many cherished childhood memories and iconic landmarks in Washington, DC. Because, as noted in my Other Worldly novels, there damn well ought be roses in a rose garden.
I want not just ICE, but the entirety of DHS irrevocably disbanded. And I want the FBI to finally be held accountable for its crimes committed under the auspices of what was supposed to have been the Department of Justice, yet it has fallen woefully short of that for at least the past ten years. If you operate with no more integrity than that of a corrupt, grifting law firm, hardcore reform is needed.
As for SCOTUS, the stench of treason is so offensive and foul that simply expanding the Court will not be enough. Impeachment, indictment, and conviction are called for, for unconstitutional dereliction of duty and lying under oath by more than one rightwing jurist lacking in actual jurisprudence. It’s past time for sleazebag judges and lawyers to suffer their own slippery slope of fate catching up to them for their crimes against humanity and the rule of law.
On a lighter note, the meme I included with this post was one I found gratifyingly funny, despite this subject being nowhere near amusing for me. But neither in reality nor in my Other Worldly novels would I ever want Elon Musk deported to Mars, because it isn’t a penal colony and he’s not that planet’s problem. Plus, in my fictional world, Mars is a place of pricey resources currently undergoing environmental restoration—certainly somewhere you’d never want anyone remotely like Musk to be. Though there are a few badass aliens there that could ideally take him down and out, not to mention expose his lies.
Other favorite funnies seen on social media:
“Sex is cool but have you tried watching Republicans lose in districts they gerrymandered?”
A cartoon of the orange buffoon floating in the reflecting pool while a man says to a woman as they walk past, “Look honey, a lame duck.” Complete with a dead bird in the water.
A cartoon of a blue-shirted person saying to a red-shirted person, “Don’t you just love the changing of the colors this time of year?” With a US map in the background depicting states (Texas!) that have changed from red to blue.
Along that same sentiment, a photo of autumn leaves with the message, “My favorite part of fall is watching the states change colors.”
And those changing colors remain in glorious play. As I write this, two tight Senate races still favor Democrats. In Mississippi (OMG!), Scott Colom is ahead by roughly 1,150 votes; in Alaska, Mary Peltola leads by just under 600. Proving no one should ever whine that their individual vote doesn’t count.
Blue wins I’m especially over the moon about:
My state of residence will have its first Indigenous American woman for governor. I’ve been supporting Deb Haaland, former Interior Secretary in the Biden Administration, since her campaign kicked off a few months before I moved to New Mexico. Haaland is part of the triple crown of female firsts that includes Texas with the first Latina woman to become governor, and Georgia—oh Georgia!—electing its first Black woman governor.
Having so many governors, attorneys general, and secretaries of state be Democrats is also a very good sign for the future integrity of elections. And for potentially abolishing the undemocratic electoral college, but right now the repugnant GOP has no path to an electoral win without Texas anyway. Oh happy day.
I’m also thrilled for South Carolina, where my immediate family members now reside. Way to break a strangling patriarchal pattern in electing not only a female senator, pediatrician Annie Andrews, but also a Democratic woman who is not a completely vile dolt of a GOP puppet. The times they are a changing!
It’s finally a great time to be an American and a decent human being once again. A heartfelt thank you to Marc Elias of the Elias Law Group and Democracy Docket for making that possible by tirelessly and successfully fighting against the unprecedented attacks on voting rights by our own government.
And a special shout out to college friends and my dear Democratic cousins in Texas who can now proudly say they live in a blue state—and can also now benefit from it. They’ve suffered for far too long. The future looks bright, just like the stars at night…deep in the heart of Texas. Love y’all.