Citizens: Last News

Time is running out. Vote!

We have to vote.

I may be preaching to the choir here. And, if so, I hope you’ll share this with anyone and everyone you know who might not be choir members.

Time is running out.

We have to vote.

I keep hearing we have to vote like our lives depend on it. I wish that was hyperbole. It’s not. Time is running out.

We have to vote.

And though I am not generally in the business of telling anyone who to vote for, I think this time it bears saying: One candidate has the future of America and her citizens in mind, and the other thinks only of himself and money and power.

Time is running out.

We have to vote.

This is no longer hypothetical. He wants to use our armies against our citizens. Against us. He doesn’t believe that women have a right to manage their own bodies and health care. He is racist and homophobic and misogynist and idolizes Hitler.

That bears reading again: He idolizes Hitler.

This isn’t a game. This isn’t about Republicans or Democrats. This isn’t about differing opinions.

This is about right and wrong. This is about freedom. This is about common sense and kindness and reality.

Time is running out.

We have to vote.

We have to assure that people’s rights — ALL people’s rights — are protected. We have to assure that women have their rights. We have to assure that BIPOC people have their rights. We have to assure that LGBTQ+ people have their rights.

We have to assure that people of every religion have their rights.

Time is running out.

We have to vote.

This is the end of the line. If he gets elected, it will be too late.

It will be too late to save the environment. It will be too late to save women. It will be too late to save the LGBTQ community. It will be too late to save our relationships with other countries. It will be too late to save our schools, our economy, our social security and — if we’re being honest — our America.

Time is running out.

We have to vote.

And we have to talk to others about voting. No one is going to