Friend: They’re calling it America’s civil war. 

Civil. War.

That’s how far gone this is. This nation is divided and near a breaking point. Compared to the actual war that was fought over whether or not a human being should own another human being, this one seems ludicrous by comparison: we’re currently stretched thin because one orange-haired lunatic has figured out how to weaponize a cult of personality and has an entire party in his thrall. The issues at stake? Keeping people from voting, allowing fascist foreign countries to meddle in our elections, and -- maybe the dumbest of them all -- fighting for the right to die from a deadly virus (while infecting you and me and hoping that horse medicine is the cure).

And it isn’t just Trump. It’s everyone from governors to first time candidates. He’s got them all on a string. They’re, as one, calling for “mass civil disobedience.” This Saturday.

They’re using this to drive more people to rally around their most extreme act of disruption - and revisiting it all over again. 

They’re literally putting the fence back up around the Capitol this week for the latest insurrection attempt on Saturday. To be clear: We’re protecting the center of our government from our own people who would rather die of a virus than be forced to get vaccinated from it.

The irony is not lost on us that they are refusing to get vaccinated and then joining a mass of people who are also not vaccinated - at the behest of actually-vaccinated Republican leaders.

The stakes are getting higher - and they don’t care who they hurt - because that’s the point. It's the divisive destruction they want.

It doesn’t matter how loud they get. How many windows they smash. You heard the jarring testimony from the Capitol Police officers during the House hearings on Jan 6th. More is to come.

If we all come together, the extreme right is not going to tear this country apart.

Let’s make sure of it. Thank you for keeping us in this fight.

-Reed Galen