Pelosi is fighting a war that Republicans started
Have you been paying attention to the battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of the narrative surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot? One of our columns today says it's a war that the GOP started, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to finish.
We also have a mother who writes about the fight her son has been waging against addiction and how California laws make that harder.
Pelosi 'war' is one Republicans started
Two things happened on Jan. 6. First, there was that domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol and second, 147 Republicans returned to the U.S. Capitol AFTER said domestic terrorist attack and gave the legislative equivalent of a stamp of approval to said domestic terrorists by voting to overturn the results of a free and fair presidential election.
On this day, it became the official position of many (most?) in the Republican Party to reject democracy. It is crucial that we never forget this sequence of events ever again.
So when I read headlines like “Pelosi goes to war with GOP over Jan. 6,” or “Jan. 6 select committee to open investigation amid political chaos and controversy,” or "McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over," it drives me absolutely crazy. As a former Republican, I can tell you: Those headlines are playing right into the Republican Party’s hands.
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Fentanyl addiction is killing my son
When Corey isn’t sober, he isn’t clear-headed enough to make a choice for his own well-being. He is sick in body and in mind. Asking him to choose sobriety when he is in the stupor of a fentanyl high is like asking an infant to choose not to suckle. My son is in bondage but there is a way out for him. He just isn’t well enough to see it let alone navigate through it.
The only way my son will escape his addiction is if he is coerced or mandated to get treatment. My hope is that he will be arrested and offered rehabilitation as an alternative to jail, but laws passed in California make that highly unlikely.
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This newsletter was compiled by Louie Villalobos.