The image of a hurricane from space. It seems like a fitting metaphor for this chaotic year. We went from relative calmness, steered by a caretaker president, to a lunatic who is steering us into the middle of a global storm.
For a transgender person in the United States, we were the first targets of Trump's hatred. He tried to erase us from history - even at the Stonewall Memorial site. Yet, he has failed to silence us and force us into the closet. Although people like me are staying in stealth mode when we interact with the Federal Government, others are openly challenging this corrupt administration. We were the canaries in the coal mine. Next, he targeted women, people of color (I hate that phrase), anyone who looks Latino (they were in the Southwest before the Anglos), and now anyone who stands up to oppose him.
Yet, life has gone on as normal for many people, save that they have to make hard choices because of our president's foolish actions: pay rent, pay for food, or pay for medical care. Everything has gone up in price for the average person, and yet, the president claims that "Affordability" is a hoax created by the Democratic party.
What many people aren't seeing yet is the debasement of the legal system. Promises to deport the criminals among the "undocumented" (I call them illegal aliens, as am not politically correct) have been broken, and now it's a numbers game to round up as many of these (generally) law abiding people as possible, herd then into prison camps without the rights to challenge their detentions, and then shipping them off to places such as El Salvador's CECOT, where these people are treated worse than most farm animals. The DOJ is trying a third time to indict James Comey, simply because he did his job and investigated the crimes committed by Trump.
Fortunately, people are waking up. It's hard to believe, but even MTG is now on the president's shit list because she opposed him on releasing the Epstein Files. In special elections held recently, the Democratic party has over-performed. The snowflake knows if we have a fair election, the GOP would lose big time. Even if the election is rigged slightly, they have no guarantee of winning in the general election. I'm sure that my congress critter will be voted out - he has done nothing for his district, save make meaningless promises.
Sadly, I've had to stay in stealth mode when taking cruises this year. Normally, I'd present as Mario when sailing to the Caribbean. For convenience, I'd have sailed as Mario when we went to Alaska. But I'd have sailed as Marian when going to Bermuda and on the New England/Canada run had the snowflake not weaponized branches of the government to terrorize people.
Sometime late next year, I'll be filing to renew my passport and my global entry card. I wonder what that process will be like, considering what he's already planning to do with ESTA applications which foreigners must submit before coming to the US. (I'm appalled that we may soon be demanding to know foreign tourists' Social Media history and all Email addresses used in the past 5 years.) What will his henchmen dream up to limit what US Citizens can do, especially their right to leave the country.
Earlier this year, I applied to be registered in a foreign nation's foreign birth registry. If things get really bad here for transgender people, I will marry RQS and take her to Europe with me, hoping that I can bring enough financial resources with me to start a new life there.
It's amazing - in less than a year, America has changed from a democratic republic into a fascist state. Hopefully, we'll see this change soon....
