Episode 45 | “The Ministry is Interfering at Hogwarts”
The title comes from Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when the cruel and sadistic Delores Umbridge takes over the school of witchcraft and wizardry. My guess is most of you are like, “Well, duh. It’s been taken over.” And you would be right. If we aren’t currently feeling government interference in our lives, then I have to wonder what rock we’re living under.
We are a nation at war.
We are a nation whose democratically elected president is actively trying to undermine and downright take away the vote of millions of people.
ICE is in the airports, and some analytical readers of Project 2025 say it was always part of the design.
We have primaries and elections coming up in every state.
What can we do about any of it? Well, we can show up locally. We can raise our voices, call our representatives, protest on March 28, send letters, and vote. We are not powerless even if it takes longer than we would like. Today Heather Cox Richardson did a live post about what is at stake is her usal, measured way. You can listen here.
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