Don’t look at the news today,
don’t read it
Stay away from Twitter and Facebook
Close your ears
I have seen it and it is
too terrible to bear
Don’t look at the news
Let one of us remain
Untouched by this latest horror
if only for today
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Ten Days and Counting
Ten days after the insurrection that trashed the U.S. Capitol and killed five people, here’s a brief recap:
Which Side Are You On?
I know a lot of people who don’t want to take sides. They don’t like reading the news. They claim that all politicians or parties are alike, so they don’t want to be involved with any of them. They want to be neutral, uninvolved. If you are one of my friends or relatives who have […]
Yes, Plotting Continues. No, I Won’t Repost Parler. Here’s Why.
The motley coalition of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and other Trump loyalists continues to pose a real and present danger to the country. They plan armed actions next Sunday and on January 20, Inauguration Day. They have organized actions in Washington, DC and in state capitols across the country. They want nothing less than to overthrow […]
Insurrection and White Privilege
The biggest threats to the United States come from within: from right-wing terrorists, from white nationalists, from the Proud Boys and Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis among us. These are the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol yesterday, who smashed their way through locked doors, trashed offices, waved Confederate flags, took down the U.S. flag […]
January Crises
This month may be the most critical month in U.S. history since the Civil War. Consider the past few days: On Saturday, Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and spent an hour on the phone trying to convince, cajole, and threaten him to switch votes and give Trump a win in Georgia. To […]
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- Mary Turck is a writer, editor, and blogger. She is also the former editor of theTC Daily Planet and of the award-winning Connection to the Americas and AMERICAS.ORG and a recovering attorney.
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