I choked on my cocoa today when I heard that Matt Gaetz might be our next Attorney General. I felt like that bewildered kid in the viral video who is waking up from gas after a dentist visit and asks, “Is this real life?”

No, seriously, is this real life? 

I am trying not to let myself get too upset about the events we are about to live though. I want to save my energy for the real struggles ahead and not be troubled by every outrageous move made by someone who is obviously trying to keep things stirred up and dominate every news cycle.

Oh, it’s going to be quite a scene, that’s for sure. Millions deported?  Tariffs on imported goods? A nationwide abortion ban?  A dictator on Day One? Wow. Apparently, Project 2025 was for real.

But what is just as frightening is the death of objective truth and the vast social media apparatuses that pump out the big lies that keep the monster fed and millions deluded. 

Where do most folks get their national news these days? Used to be that everyone tuned into the evening news on ABC, NBC, or CBS.  Not anymore. Kids get their news from Instagram, TikTok and X. There is no vetting or fact-checking on these sites.  We are witnessing the demise of a nation by a thousand phony memes.

Oh, gosh, I almost forgot that RFK, Jr. may be in charge of Health and Human Services.  Whoa!  With his MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement, you can expect that we will be turning the clock back decades in scientific matters.  

Pasteurized milk? Forget it!  Fluoride in the water? No way! Vaccines? Nah, let’s go back to the days when kids had to be tough enough to survive diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, chicken pox, mumps, measles, and polio on their own. Those were the good old days.

Remember that horror movie we all had to watch every day from 2016-2020?  Well, if you hated that, you’re not going to like the sequel, I’m afraid.

But all is not lost. We were told that the election was going to be close, and it was close.  In two years, we get to vote on the House again, as well as some of the Senate. If some of these promised extreme policies are enacted, there will be pushback. 

Remember that famous Chinese curse—”May you live in interesting times”? Mission accomplished.