It's here.
The next year.
Last year beat 2016-2020 because I was not afraid of waking up to find out that the president had auctioned off the country to the highest bidder.
Last year beat 2021 because the corona virus was mostly not killing people AND most folks were heading back to living their lives instead of isolating to keep from dying or making a loved one so sick they died. We had a new president that was actually doing a pretty good job.
In 2022, Putin decided to retake the Ukraine, after being independent of the USSR since 1991.
Putin, who was a KGB officer, then in 1999-present has been either the president or Prime minister continously. Putin, whose opposition seems to have an affinity for prison time and poison, wants the Ukraine.
Putin, who meddled in our elections, meddled in our media, and hosted John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) — and one House member, Kay Granger (R-TX) in Moscow on the 4th of July---to "definitely not discuss the russian tampering in the election". What they were there for has never been divulged.
The war created a lot of ripples, leading to lots of inflation and lots of food shortages and many folks seeking asylum. (It's like a butterfly flapped it's wings in china or something.)
The house of representatives completed their investigation of the 1/6/2021 insurrection--yes, trump arranged it with lots of help, like everyone didn't already know that, and the Attorney general appointed a prosecuter for the many and sundry charges made against Trump and the other many people that ended up involved.
Quite a few classified documents that somehow left the white house and ended up shoved into odd and insecure places all over a golf resort were reclaimed and sent to the archives as per law.
The November election which was supposed to be a red wave and take back the house and senate, lost the senate--barely, and gained the house, by 222 republicans to 212, other--1 democrat died between election and the 2023 beginning of the 118th congress. With a bit of justice, Santos will be removed before swearing in, since his entire campaign was lies, and 16 representatives attempted to assist Trump in overturning the election, therefore participating in the attempted (and thank god, failed coup of our Republic) The 14th amendment allows for the removal of those individuals, just as the politicians that sided with the confederate sedition were eliminated from future elections/public offices after the Civil War.
In January of the new and hopeful year, the House will be Republican controlled unless those 16 plus one are removed.
We wasted time.
But, for many of us, the first goal is going to be trying to reach across the great divide that the 45th president created. We will be trying to reconnect with family members, trying to decrease both our time in political social media sites and our anxiety about the many possible things that can get worse if we can't come together to work on solutions to climate change, poor education for our children, poor pay, health care issues, employment issues, access to reproductive care, clean water, clean air, adequate housing, etc, etc, etc.
We don't have to reinvent the wheel---many countries are handling those things that regular people need and with much more grace and creativity than we have in the last 60 years. They might even share how they handled those things they have accomplished.
