I just got the "Emergency Alert: Extreme" notification that we still have a mandatory curfew here.

I've been donating money to various places today and I'm going to donate to more bail funds. I gave a handful of change to a homeless dude on my way back from the hardware store.

My dad had surgery today. Everything went well and he's already at home, so that is good. It looks like he has Lyme disease and his doctor has been dismissive of his symptoms since last fall, which is not good.

I'm back to being afraid every time I open up the news that something newly horrific just happened. I want to hide under my bed right now

Yeah, I do not recommend the news right now.

I'm honestly worried we are in the definite slide into authoritarianism. I really think that there enough in GOP leadership that want something like this to happen that they will let it happen.

My dad had surgery today. Everything went well and he's already at home, so that is good.

Excellent news!

It looks like he has Lyme disease and his doctor has been dismissive of his symptoms since last fall, which is not good.

Ugh, not good at all. Are they going to give him an IV antibiotic treatment? I've watched a friend deal with chronic Lyme for years now and I'm really in the Nuke It From Space camp now.

They've got him on doxycycline for now, but IV antibiotic treatment is a possibility if that isn't effective.

I am wishing bad things on our leadership., They are vile vile people and I wish I could physically hurt them.

Are we watching the death of the Republic in real time?

Yes.

No, we really are. Get a crash cart in here. She's coding.