2025 Life Logs, Day 41: Autocratic Breakthrough
Date: Monday, February 10, 2025
Weather: Mostly Cloudy; Temp 34, Low 19 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
When I hear people saying our country is heading into a Constitutional crisis, I shake my head and ask why they are saying ‘heading’. We are in the midst of a Constitutional crisis. Judges are ruling that things Donald Trump is doing are illegal and he is simply ignoring them. And so far, there have been no consequences. As Rachel Maddow said on her program tonight, that leads to autocratic breakthrough. If what our courts are saying is ignored, and Trump just keeps steamrolling along, we are going to wake up one morning and realize we are living under a dictator. At that point, ‘going back’ will be very difficult. It is almost impossible to know what to do. But as I see it, if a few Republican Senators don’t stand up to what Trump is doing or the courts do not find a way to impose consequences, we are going to get to that ‘break though’ point sooner rather than later.
Well, that was dark, but I had to get it off my chest. Other than the totally devastating things that are happening in this country, life here in Falmouth is going along as usual. Today was a Monday when Heather had a Select Board meeting and Jed had a Health Board meeting, so I was on dinner duty at the Goldstones. Tonight, it was chicken soup with matzo balls. After dinner, Sam shared with me that this morning he received an acceptance notice into a history program at Groningen University in the Netherlands. This acceptance is conditional, pending his final grades and AP exam results, but it is a step forward. He will not hear until May whether or not he is accepted into their international relations program, the one he really wants. But I say any acceptance should be celebrated as the college acceptance waiting game is so stressful. On the health front, Heather took Ollie to the pediatrician this morning and found he has not one, but two ear infections—one in each ear. So, he is on antibiotics and tomorrow morning she is going to take Jonah in to be checked as he is having trouble with his ears as well. But the good news is that all of the Goldstones are feeling a tad better. The boys are super anxious to get totally healthy so they can enjoy their week of snowboarding during next week’s winter break. I’m routing for them.
