My first encounter with a rabid anti-vaxxer

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

46. That's good advice at any time.

The world is huge, and there are lots of places to live which have a much better standard of life than Texas. And they're a lot more affordable, too. My wife and I are looking at our options for retiring, both in and out of the U.S. My remaining life is too short to put up with this shit. I spent too many years protecting and defending the Constitution while in the military to watch it being ripped up by an organized effort to destroy it, lead by a sociopathic con man. It's time for someone younger to pick up the banner of democracy. We've even got people in our own party (Manchin) who are committed to destroying the voting rights for tens of thousands of people.

What I know is that right now the only thing President Biden, the Senate Democrats, and the entire Democratic Party must be doing is focusing on restoring voting rights. All voting rights. That should be the only topic Democrats talk about if they go on talk shows. That is what the articles and op-eds should be written about. That's what a rally at the Capitol to match the size of Obama's inauguration most be about. I don't know how to organize it, but there are people who do. Hell, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart put on a huge rally for democracy that was non-partisan. If two entertainers can do it, why can't the Democrats and others who care about our country do the same?

The is a way to get around the filibuster. Hell, they just suspended the filibuster so the Senate could pass the appropriations bill with only a simple majority.

That is a crack in the filibuster dam. Now the only thing to do is find a way to widen it big enough for the voting rights bills to slip through.