Wow! What a change 1 year can make in politics and the weather of the world. I have been in what feels like a paralyzed state since Donald Trump became President of the United Sates of America. I am troubled each day I read the news. It would seem we are being set up as a "police state" of sorts and I am mortified. Raising a child in a time of hate and uncertainty is surely not what I had hoped for for my son. I have struggled with how and where to be involved. They are so many issues that are close to my heart and Trump seems to be in opposition to each one of them. I find myself wondering what the best way might be to approach this unease that I feel. I have written to Al Franken, Keith Ellison, Amy Klobuchar, Van Jones(for reporting balanced news and for being critical of "both sides"), and Leon Panetta because I respect him as a man in power who seems to have a moral compass that so many others in power seem to be lacking.

I have always been a news junkie, but now it consumes me the moment I wake up. Frankly, I am scared as hell of what Trump means for America. I salute the judges who are willing to stand up to a tyrant.