I Can't Believe What They Say

I can't believe what they say because I see what they do.

I read this statement, which perfectly sums up how I feel about the current American regime, online as a response to a post. It's the same saying I remember from years ago: actions speak louder than words. And the current regime's actions are screaming.

Catching up on the news early this morning has left me nauseous. The regime's actions and words are both disgusting.

This is no exaggeration. Reading first about how the American dictator plans to take control of Venezueala's vast oil supply and put the proceeds in offshore bank accounts controlled by him made me outraged. 

Then I read an article about how the regime is continuing to attack Renee Good, the woman murdered as she tried to get away from a masked ICE agent pointing a gun at her, made me quite literally nauseous. Within minutes of the murder, regime officials were insulting her, calling her a domestic terrorist, and worse.

Aside from the tragedy of her murder for her children and partner, this incident brings home the fact that no one is safe in America. 

I am an older white woman with gray hair (previously blonde) and blue eyes, but I'm not safe from this government-funded group of thugs. Being an American citizen means nothing to these thugs, nor does being an immigrant in the US legally. Immigrants showing up as directed for court as part of their asylum proceedings have been snatched by unidentified armed thugs and hauled to places unknown. A Canadian woman visiting the US legally was grabbed and incarcerated while her husband frantically tried to find out where she was.

Every day the regime is emboldened by the lack of accountability given to it by the courts and by Congress. And when the regime disagrees with a ruling by a court, it simply ignores it. There is no accountability. None. 

I'm not safe. You're not safe. Nobody is safe in the regime's America. If some unidentified masked man walked up to my vehicle, pointed a gun at me and tried to open the driver's door, I would do exactly as Renee Good did. She tried to flee. I would try to flee. That should not result in being shot three times in the face.

I can't believe what the regime says, because I see what they do repeatedly.