Do you remember the 1993 film, Groundhog Day? Bill Murray stars as Phil Connors, a man who keeps experiencing the same day over and over and over again. I was only 12 when I saw the movie, and I absolutely hated it. I was bored and frustrated with the movie’s circular story. Little did I know that it was a preview for the politics of my middle age.
Trump is back, and with him, many of us feel like Phil Connors on Groundhog Day. But it’s not nearly as quaint; our version has dire consequences. This time, the fascists and those who enable them saw Trump’s shadow (what is he but a shadow of a man, really?) and ushered in four more years of hate. They share a mutual, chilling goal of unquestioned power, and their differences are rendered moot in light of it.
As a mother, I can relate to the panic and fear of my fellow Americans.
As a white, heterosexual woman, I can only imagine how those of us in the Black, Brown, LGBTQ, and disability community feel.
As a citizen, I cannot begin to imagine how terrifying it is to be an immigrant, especially those who fled terrorizing or abusive situations with little more than the clothes on their backs.
As an attorney and member of the Bar, I cannot fathom a reality where we let our precious, fragile democracy slip away; that we would hand it over to the oligarchs so they could profit off of us, the US, and then the world, with their only North stars ones you can count.
And yet, people are quieter than ever.
I started this website as my small contribution during these unprecedented times. The internet is fraught, and often the property of the oligarchs, yet it connects us in ways we couldn’t back when I saw Groundhog Day.
Please use this site as a resource and make reports in good faith. While I hope the vast majority of federal judges commit to their oath to uphold the law, we can no longer take it for granted.