Yesterday we went to Rodeo Beach to see the predicted “big waves”.  There was an exhilarating breeze, but very well-behaved and gentle waves, which perhaps was a prediction of the election results which were certainly in favor of the “good guys”.  Trump didn’t listen to the protests, and he again claims the elections were rigged, but the lies are now exposed.

Robert Hubbell today:  The period from November 2024 to November 2025 has been challenging for many reasons. A difficult emotional challenge has been the constant barrage of lies about what happened in 2024. The presidential election was excruciatingly close. But for two hundred thousand votes in three states, Kamala Harris would be president. Trump did not win a majority of the popular vote. Indeed, most people who voted in 2024 voted against Trump! His narrow plurality was distorted by the “winner-take-all” rules of the Electoral College.

As Republicans unleashed an unprecedented reign of lawlessness, retribution, and mean-spirited actions motivated by bigotry, they claimed the right to do so because of Trump’s alleged “landslide victory”—a lie. They claimed Trump had a “mandate” to override the Constitution. Another lie. They claimed that “the people” supported Trump’s anti-democratic assault on democracy. The biggest lie of all.

The wind is blowing and rain is falling, and the plants where I live are clapping their roots together and rejoicing.  Me, too.