Shitshow Update -- March Madness Begins
- Meredith
- Mar 11
- 7 min read
•• Inflection Point
We are at an inflection point in U.S. history that many historians claim occur every 80 years, in various iterations. Ugh.
The techno-fascists have aligned with the Christo-fascists, who previously aligned with the neoliberal capitalist fascists for a full-on assault against our federal government. The same is being/has been carried out in red states across the country to wild degrees of success.
This is easily the slimiest, most corrupt, pay-to-play administration in decades upon decades. This is the worst of the worst and they’re not even trying to hide it. Trump is on the take to line his pockets and stay out of prison and that is all the marbles.
The billionaires want Americans to go quietly into That Good Night, especially the techno-fascists with their wet dreams of being unstoppable overlords, hoping we will behave like herded cattle grateful for the pittance of existence they mete out to us in exchange for compliance. Fuck that noise.
This moment signals irrefutably the absolute, fundamental death of capitalism as fairy tale of free markets. It never was. It was a profit-delivery system to the wealthy, creating a new class of robber barons and weakening any civic/social structures created with the intention of spreading equity, agency, and freedom to all.
Our federal systems are collapsing under this tidal wave of pressure-testing so easily, it’s gobsmacking and indicative of the need to recreate socioeconomic and political structures that can withstand a full-on assault by greedy fascists described in bullet one.
Black people, women, Indigenous and Latin people, and LGBTQIA groups are experiencing widespread destruction of hard-won victories from decades past. However, these victories built an inherent muscle-memory for resistance and the Broligarchy is going to find out just how hard we can make it for their weaselly plans to manifest.
We passed a breaking point — a line in the sand.
On one side, we have people willing to fight for liberation, equity, access to resources, greater freedom, self-determination, agency, and economic systems that repudiate exploitation.
And on the other hand we have greedy modern-day robber barons with delusions of superiority, brainwashed to think money signals moral authority and the might of the individual justifies any cruelty they inflict.
We all know the song.
This is a point of no return in U.S. history.
•• Elon Musk Has Purchased the Federal Government
In the (check’s watch) seven weeks since Trump’s inauguration, it has become drastically and horribly clear that his administration will conduct the greatest theft of American resources, namely by Elon Musk, likely unseen since the white settlers stole the actual land and resources from indigenous people already living here.
Imma be honest.
I knew it would be bad. But I had no idea it would be a blatant cash-grab by the richest, most ketamine-addicted man on Earth and that our federal government would bend easier than those advertisement handouts you get for sex workers on the Vegas Strip.
Between that and the full-scale capitulation to Putin, this is potentially worse than if Russia launched a physical attacked the U.S.
But I’ve learned a new term •• techno-feudalism •• so that’s fun. All those dystopian novels I refused to read really were just prep courses.
My hope is that they are hoovering so much wealth out of the economy, threatening the vast wealth of other billionaire overlords, that the robber baron POS's will then wage a Great War in which they all kill each other, circular firing squad-style. I mean, most of the time those wars mostly kill the socioeconomically underprivileged... but a girl can still dream.
•• Boycotts Are Kickin' Ass!
In good news, the boycotts of corporations which canceled DEI efforts seem to be going well, from what the financial reports indicate — which is that they are going poorly for said corporations and, hopefully, their shareholders. Yay.
The reporting (here's one on Target and another one) on the boycotts gives me gleeful boosts of serotonin as I comb various addictive online social media platforms searching for signs that the worst won’t be so horrific as we enter a horrifying era in our nation’s history. Yes. I’m aware they already are so horrific. I’m just hoping they won’t be so, sooooo, soooooooo horrific. Like, Fallout-level horrific.
My neighborhood is experiencing a dramatic dearth of Amazon delivery trucks. This has generated a spirit of trust in me toward my neighbors. I did not have this previously considering I live in a red district in CA and recently moved from TX. My old, white, privileged, Dallas neighborhood with megachurch attendees resulted in my subsequent TRUST ISSUES. It was enough to turn anyone into a bitter, resentful shadow of their previous selves.
BONUS: Here is a report by Forbes listing companies rolling back DEI policies.
•• My Cuzzes Voted for Kamala!
In good news, I recently learned some of my cousins voted for Harris — cousins who were raised in a high-control religion, so it’s hard for me to tell where they will fall politically.
Of course, I have plenty Trump-supporting cousins, including a member of the Musk-worshipping, Alpha-wannabe, red-pilled manosphere. That is grossly disappointing knowing they had such potential to overcome that particular strain of lunacy. But culturally-indoctrinating propaganda is powerful and people will march steadfast into the voting booth to hurt the ones they love the most like good little soldiers awaiting all their virgins in heaven.
Not to brag, but I warned on Threads weeks ago that Musk was a global threat and I’d like to think my post helped the international community be clear-eyed about the looming danger facing them should they lolly-gag on shoring up their defenses against Trump and Musk’s weaponization of U.S. resources against them. I CAN be convincing.
The shock and awe attempt by these two fuckwits will end up backfiring against them spectacularly because it just woke everyone THE HELL UP and caused them to MAN THEIR STATIONS STAT. Everyone domestically and internationally understands we are at DEFCON 5, PEOPLE. We are at war. The threat was coming from inside the house, as the Southern Poverty Law Center has been warning about for decades. The time is now.
•• TAF Update
The Agentic Feminine is coming along! I am making a lot of progress on the business side — getting small business advice, networking — but I’m mainly on the paperwork trail. Just making sure all my permits and licenses are filed and getting the BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE established with all the’s dotted and t’s crossed.
My vision is solidifying and I hope to be hosting events in the near future. Dreams are becoming reality and all that I have been planning is starting to become REAL, tangible, and enjoyable!
It has been a long slog, going through divorce and a cross-country move all while raising three kids on my own with no coparent. I’m grateful my ex does pay child support, but raising three kids by myself, plus trying to set up a business is A LOT.
Dammmmmmnnnn, is it a lot!! Between designing a website, a blog, now a newsletter, and getting all the licensing, financials — everything in order is BANANAS. Soooooo much to do! It gives me an entirely new perspective on influencers, solopreneurs, content creators, and others trying to establish themselves in a space that is only recently being taken seriously by my generation (X). And it ain’t no walk in the park, so hats off to anyone who makes this work.
I hired a business mentor to help give me advice, focus, and emotional support I need while I go through this as a single mom. I have found good people who believe in my vision and have experience in the business and women’s empowerment space to offer guidance and support.
I am on my way and trying my best to ride the wind (Toni Morrison) without getting bogged down.
The Trump election, inauguration, and administration prompted me to do a deep analysis of exactly what I want to do moving forward. How best to be effective in the new sociopolitical landscape bearing down on us. To move with intention, deliberately, to be the most potent I can in this moment. I am ready.
All that said, my family experienced a severe medical emergency that has forced an adjustment I didn’t plan on, but have relaxed into as time has passed.
•• My Mama
Last week, my mom had emergency surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. Thankfully, my brother and sister were able to fly in and help because HAVE I MENTIONED I AM RAISING THREE KIDS ON MY OWN??
My brother left earlier this week and my sister heads out tomorrow (I’m writing this portion of the blog 3.6.25) and then I will be point person for my mom’s recovery.
She has been in extremely good health and was basically a hospice nurse for my stepdad for four years before he died in 2023. Her move out from Pensacola to California to be with the kids and me opened up so many new opportunities for her to live the life she wanted after the passing of her husband. It wasn’t easy, but she was finally settling in, meeting friends, turning her days into her own private paradises.
For this to come out of the blue was a shock, but we are grateful it wasn’t worse. Much more of my time will be spent driving her around and caring for her — which she richly deserves after helping the kids and me so selflessly. I would not be here, at this point and on my way following my divorce if it were not for her.
But it does mean a potential slowdown in my intentions to have The Agentic Feminine rockin’ and rollin’ and supporting the family and fighting douchebag wannabe-strongmen. That has taken some time and work to accept and integrate into my concept of time, planning, strategy, and fate. We do have a federal government under attack and I am called upon routinely to take to the streets, so fer fuck’s sake, man, it’s a lot.
My mom is alive, though. I had to look at her possible death and still get up and take the kids to school and put gas in the van and do all the things. She is alive. She is with me. she is doing great. And that’s all that matters.
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