Keeping Our Power

“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be

in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” ~ James Madison

I titled this post, "Keeping Our Power," and I mean it both metaphorically and literally. 

A few days ago, I was on the phone discussing Trump and Russia with a friend, and shared my prediction that something like this (see 12/30/16 WAPO article) was imminent.

Article in Washington Post on December 30, 2016

Important Message from an Elector

"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions . . .  they cannot

calculate for the possible change of things." ~ Alexander Hamilton

Watch the Following Video About Electoral College 
Then Share Repeatedly Until December 19!

Insomniac Seeks Refuge

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who
have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ~ Sidonie Gabrielle Collete

Okay, I'm going to babble incoherently now. I begin writing this at 4:00am because I can't sleep. Waiting for a sleeping pill to kick in. I'm sitting at my desk, talking to myself as I look at Trump's fat smug face in post after post on Twitter, and I'm saying aloud: "I can't believe he's the fucking president of the United States." I'm saying it over and over in disbelief.