What do we do? Hug the kids.

 "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."

~James Baldwin

I honestly have not recovered my equilibrium (okay, I have not recovered that in months, truly) about the raids, the hatred, the vicious policy pronouncements. And I know there are more to come. And I know that I expected them. I was just hoping, as many of us were, that a few sane individuals would do something-- SOMETHING--to put some guardrails on this massive dismantling of all of our social norms and supports.

Until proposals/bills/erstwhile mandates come before Congress, aside from the "hearings" of the Cabinet nominees, there's precious little that can or will be done. All of these EOs bypass legislative scrutiny. Many are flawed in their wording and will be challenged in the court system. But the intent, the misery that is intended for so many people, is palpable.

I have to pick and choose what I get upset about, because this stuff seeps into my brain and it is, in fact, affecting my physical health. So, as always, it's the kids I worry about. In the grand scheme of things, all of these EOs will trickle down to hurt kids, in one form or another. People are losing their jobs, infrastructure money has been taken away or suspended, and the effects are far-reaching, even global. People will die, and EO after EO are securing our place as the monster no longer under the bed, but in the room.

Hug your loved ones tighter.

C