Libby's Blog

Dear Friends: I continue to think about the meaning of July 4th, which felt so desecrated this year. One thought, shared by quite a few, I’m guessing, is that we can celebrate the 250th anniversary of our democracy more properly when we get to 2038 and the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the US Constitution. By that time – if we can do what we need to do now – our democracy may be secured again. The past few years have seen many Americans learning far more about US

Dear Friends: My best July 4 wishes to all my readers. This 250 anniversary is not what any of us expected it would be I think, but all the resistance efforts going on across the country feel very appropriate. I certainly have felt closer to our revolutionary ancestors than ever before. Some of you may have seen this piece in the NY Times: The State of American Resistance is Stronger than You Think. I like their framing of authoritarianism: “Authoritarianism is about how we

Dear Friends: I hope everyone has been enjoying the various reflecting pool memes. The mess perfectly encapsulates Trump’s regime. It’s hard to laugh at so much of what this Regime does because millions of real people are being hurt or killed. But the reflecting pool mess is hilarious and hurts (almost) no one. These memes we can all laugh at didn’t really exist 20 years ago. Technology is a 2-edged sword for sure, but this week I’ve been delighting in it. Besides the funny m

Dear Friends: I hope everyone is enjoying Pride Month and staying cool. I’ll start out with some practical information: 1. Given that many of my readers live in Arlington where the Arch de Trump will be constructed, I wanted to make sure everyone knows about the opportunity for the public to comment on the plans and design. While words like “abomination” come to mind, I decided to mention the destruction of the view with its visual relationship between Arlington Cemetery wit

Dear Friends Saturday is the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944 soldiers from the US, Britain, and Canada simultaneously landed on 5 separate beaches in Normandy, France to begin the offensive to defeat Nazi Germany. There were 10,000 casualties that day. Over 4,400 allied soldiers died including about 2,500 Americans. The drama of that day has usually felt distant, but what so many soldiers died for, defeating fascism, seems all too real. The courage and sacrifice o

Dear Friends: I hope everyone had a good, if somewhat damp, Memorial Day Weekend. We were not out on the bridge, although some of the bridge team joined events at Memorial Bridge protesting the Arch de Trump. Unlike when we started, there are many opportunities now to join various protests and provide social proof of what we know: grassroots efforts everywhere are leading the Resistance and continuing to build. This regime’s support across the nation is tanking. Many of m