I hardly know where to begin with this post.

An Arizona Supreme Court justice warned the public of the danger to democracy if the president gets to claim that only he gets to decide what the law is.

The administration has announced a layoff at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of the agency’s employees are veterans. Our veterans deserve our respect and care. They are already underserved.

Plans are being made to eliminate the Department of Education. This will hurt funding in U.S. states. Minority students in public schools will be affected the most. One only has to look at Texas’s school voucher plan that underfunds public schools to see how this measure harms public schools. You don’t have to over-analyze this issue. Conservative politicians want an uneducated electorate. Why? They will believe all the lies that the administration and their television station tell them. An uneducated population is easier to control, which is critical if you are trying to destroy democracy and install a dictatorship.

The protests have started as people refuse to be led to the slaughter of democracy like sheep. Citizens are boycotting businesses that support the administration’s goals or end DEI initiatives. Members of Congress are being lambasted in town hall meetings. The unworthy opposition thinks holding signs is enough to show their resistance to the administration’s policies. It’s not.

Some people believe that the president of the United States is a puppet. They think the Russian premier and a billionaire businessman are pulling the strings.

However, what disturbs me the most is the silence. People who object to the government’s actions are “keeping their heads down” and “maintaining a “low  profile.” Their silence means that they approve of the president’s actions.

What happens when people are silent?

“Bad things happen when good people remain silent.”

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” – Martin Luther King

“Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Only cowards hide behind silence” – Paulo Coelho

“The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.” – Napoleon