Check in on the Biden Presidency (#4431)

      For those of us who appreciate the peacefulness of quiet and silence, this Biden administration has been the tonic that soothes our souls. I do not wake up in the middle of the night to check to see if trump has retired or expired. Seriously, every fucking night it seemed. The stress of what he was going to do or say every morning when I got up to check the latest headlines was real and a burden. I kept telling myself that we were one day closer to the election, the midterms first and then the next presidential election. It is what sustained me knowing that after how ever many days there were we were going to have a chance to end his reign of indignity, ignominy, and delusion.
     Well we won the midterms which gave us back Nancy Pelosi as the Speaker of the House and her merry band of democracy loving fighters in 2018. That in itself was a salve unlike anything I could have hoped for. We did not take back the senate but with the house we were able to stifle the worst of what trump could have done to us over those next 2 years, not to our enemies but to American citizens. Still though trump had great power over our society and he demonstrated that power whenever and however he could despite his lack of mental acuity. So the daily onslaught of his demagoguery and hate continued but with fewer ways to destroy the will of our good people.
     It all came crashing down on trump in the 2020 general election and that was a satisfying result. For we democrats the election of 2 senators from Georgia into our ranks in January 2021 gave us the senate as we as well held the house. So now Joe Biden is making good on his promises to pass legislation that is badly needed to reimagine our nation after the principles we were founded on. I cannot be more proud of Joe's ability to fight for us and his willingness to embrace the progressive paradigms of equality, justice, fairness, and opportunity. It has only been about 60 days but Joe Biden is standing like a rock against the forces of republicanism that would undercut his unwavering desire to defend our nation and our values.