THE CASH STUFF FOR JANUARY 15, 2026

                                                                 BRIAN BOULWARE

JAMES PERRY

FORMER ST. AUG. BOARD

CHAIRS NO LONGER

SERVING, ACCORDING TO

REPORT

By Cash Michaels

Contributing writer

A Raleigh television station has reported that two former chairmen of beleaguered St. Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh are no longer members of the trustees board of the small historically black Episcopalian institution, as a condition of a loan agreement to cover its outstanding debts.

WRAL-TV reports that as of  January 7th,  both former St. Aug. Trustee Board chairmen James Perry and Brian Boulware were “ousted” from continued trustee board membership “…as part of a deal with an investment group providing a financial lifeline…. that also offers protection to the school’s valuable Raleigh property against debt claims.”

That investment group is reportedly Self-Help Venture Fund, which, according to WRAL-TV, agreed just within the last two weeks to “…to take over millions of dollars in debt owed by the university, which has been grappling with falling enrollment amid a battle over its accreditation and findings of weak controls over financial reporting."

This reporter confirmed that both Perry and Boulware were no longer listed on the school’s trustee board webpage. WRAL reports that change was made “as of Wednesday (January 7th).” The webpage did not indicate why they were no longer listed, or when they were removed.

The removals are notable because both Perry and Boulware led the university’s trustee board during a controversial period when SAU fell into serious financial and management difficulties, resulting in millions of dollars in lawsuits and failure to pay numerous obligations, including federal back taxes, that made for unpleasant headlines, and led to SAU losing its permanent academic accreditation twice, along with an 81% reduction in campus enrollment by the beginning of its 2025-26 school year.

SAU has had to employ remote learning online in order to cut costs and maintain any student enrollment, after having a graduation class last May of just 25 students. The school also had to win a court injunction to hold onto its academic accreditation while it fights in court to permanently retain it.

According to WRAL-TV, the new financial loan agreement reached between SAU and Self-Help Venture Fund, “…is expected to help address immediate financial obligations and help pay employees, according to messages from university leaders obtained by WRAL. As a condition of the deal, the lender asked for the removal of former Board of Trustees chairmen who were still serving on the board in emeritus roles, according to financial proposals obtained by WRAL”

Reportedly, James Perry told the TV station that he’s no longer serving on the SAU Trustee Board because his term had expired. Brian Boulware said that “…he hasn’t been notified of any removal and was trying to get answers himself.”

SAU’s current trustee board leadership consists of Chair Sophie Gibson of Atlanta, Ga., (the first female chair in the school’s 157 year history) and Vice Chair V. Lynette Mitchell of Williamstown, NJ, the first woman to ever serve in that capacity. Both were elected to board leadership in August 2025.

The school is still fighting to permanently retain its academic accreditation membership in Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

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HOW BLACKS IN NC

LOST GROUND IN 

2025 (PART 2)

By Cash Michaels

Contributing writer

As 2026 proceeds, this is Part 2 of a look back at 2025 that raises important questions for African-Americans in North Carolina about how much social and political capital was lost last year, and whether much, if any, can be regained in the coming year.

According to a new study from UNC researchers, one-in-four Black middle school students have had thoughts of suicide, 1-in-6 “made plans to take their own lives, and 1-in-10” actually made a suicide attempt.

In 2025, the Trump Administration moved to permanently close the U.S. Dept. of Education. Maurice “Mo” Green, Democratic state superintendent of NC  Dept. of Public Instruction, issued a statement on X saying, “Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education raises significant concerns for our state’s schools, as federal funding represents nearly 11% of our education budget and supports over 14,000 public school positions.These funds are critical for all of our students, particularly our most vulnerable such as those with disabilities and from low-income families.”

On May 3rd, a class of only 25 students at embattled St. Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh received their diplomas, amid controversy over lost accreditation, and a long expected lawsuit filed by a former president Meanwhile the outstanding debt at the small HBCU continued to mount, forcing SAU to start the 2025 semester totally with remote classes on online. Its interim president left, and questions about SAU’s future grew.

Now that President Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” has been passed by Congress and signed into law, political observers, even here in North Carolina, say those living on the margins, especially in the black community, will suffer most because of the largest spending cuts ever, approximately $1 trillion, to the nation’s social safety net.

Dr. Charity Oyedeji, a black Duke University School of Medicine sickle cell anemia hematology researcher, told media outlets across the nation that she received a letter from the federal National Institutes of Health on June 16th, informing her that her $750,000 grant was being slashed. That was bad enough, but the language used in the missive as to why, citing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), was “racist.”

In 2025, the world lost several black notables whose contributions to American life were undeniable.

Black Mountain, NC Grammy Award winning singer Roberta flack passed away at the age of 88. She ill forever be known for the classic ballads “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw His Face.”  

Noted Charlotte defense Attorney James E. “Fergie” Ferguson II, who co-founded North Carolina’s first integrated law firm, worked to successfully desegregate public schools in Charlotte and across the nation, and served as defense attorney for the later exonerated Wilmington Ten, among other noteworthy accomplishments, died at the age of 82. 

He was an inspiration to many young black civil rights attorneys, like Democratic NC Supreme Court Associate justice Anita Earls, who was sadly diagnosed with breast cancer as 2025 ended, but announced that she will continue her reelection bid in 2026.

Another important figure in North Carolina history was U.S. Air Force Major Gen. (Retired) Joseph McNeil of Wilmington at age 83. McNeil, along with three other students at NC A&T University in Greensboro, jumpstarted the stalled civil rights movement in 1961 by violating racial segregation laws by having lunch at an all-white lunch counter in Greensboro in February 1961.

Black voters in North Carolina’s northeastern “Black Belt” counties lost their case against being racially gerrymandered by the NC General Assembly, and with it, the First Congressional District when the Republican-led state legislature redistricted to create a majority GOP district to give Pres. Trump a solid majority in Congress.

The NY Times reports reports that black joblessness rises for the first time in two years because of Trump Administration anti-DEI policies. Black unemployment also rises because the 43 day federal government shutdown.

During that shutdown, millions of poor people suffered when their federal SNAP benefits are cut.

State Rep. Cecil Brockman is forced to resign from the NC General Assembly because of child sex crimes allegations. He is replaced by a white High Point city councilwoman, cost the NC Legislative Black Caucus one member, diminishing its power.

Republican-led county boards of election across the state vote to do away with Sunday early voting that is popular with black “souls to the polls” voters. In Greensboro, the county BOE also votes to do away with early voting sites on the campus of HBCU NC A&T State University.

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THE CASH COMMENTARY FOR JAN. 15, 2026

                                                                   CASH MICHAELS
    

            A COLD-BLOODED ABUSE OF POWER

            by Cash Michaels

   

This is not a commentary I wanted to write, yet I am desperately compelled to tell the truth as I see it.

The ICE agent killing of Minneapolis, Minnesota motorist and mother, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on January 7th of last week was, in my opinion, nothing short of a cold-blooded and senseless abuse of power.

No, I’m not stating that as a liberal ideologue, or purely because I’m someone who wants to stick it to the Trump Administration so bad I’m willing to reach long and hard for any outrage I can to make a point.

A precious life was lost here, in a perfect storm situation that literally forced me, after watching various angles of the tragic incident repeatedly, and then synchronizing the vital pieces together, to conclude that Renee Good wasn’t attempting to kill anyone with her vehicle, let alone a masked federal agent of the United States government. And I'm deliberately not calling what happened to Renee Good "cold-blooded murder" as other commentators have because "murder," like manslaughter, is a legal term of art, and no judge or jury has made that official determination. 

        Yet.

She was trying to flee a situation where two angry masked ICE agents had just pulled up, coming towards her in her vehicle, with one of them then grabbing her car door with one hand, while reaching inside through the open driver’s side window with the other.

Ms. Good did all she could immediately to get away from the ICE agents by quickly turning her wheel to the right AWAY from them on the left while they demanded that she “get out of the f--king car."

She wasn’t interested in hitting or harming the ICE agent directly in front of her. In fact, she even backed up in order to give herself room to make a sharp right turn away from the other ICE agents' threats.

Here are some facts the world already knows, based on various videos that have been released and can be found online on YouTube.

Ms. Good’s vehicle was partially blocking traffic on a snowy, one-way neighborhood, ice covered street. Some speculate that she had just dropped her six-year-old off at school. Others say that she was blocking ICE vehicles operating in the neighborhood, and on that block. Whatever the reason, when we first see the situation from behind in the first video, a silver pickup vehicle with lights and siren is just pulling up to the scene where Ms. Good’s maroon SUV is sitting in the street, motor running.

At least two masked ICE agents get out and immediately walk towards Ms. Good’s vehicle, sternly ordering her to get out. She remains behind the wheel, apparently refusing to comply. One of the ICE agents then grabs Good’s driver’s side door handle and pulls, while also reaching in the driver’s side window to grab her. Apparently frightened, we see Ms. Good’s vehicle suddenly back up slightly, then make a sharp right to get away.

By this time, a third ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, who apparently came out of a gray SUV with an open driver’s door parked right next to Ms. Good’s vehicle, suddenly appears in front of her vehicle as she is attempting to get away.

As her vehicle backs up, then turns right, he has pulled a gun and begins firing three shots as Ms. Good’s vehicle continues to traverse right in front of him, ultimately speeding uncontrollably down the street, veering left, and crashing into the rear of a parked car.

So ends the first video the world saw, apparently taken by a bystander on the street who watched and taped the tragic incident on his cellphone.

But that first video raised a lot of questions.

What happened before those ICE agents pulled up and engaged Ms. Good in her vehicle?

Was she traveling alone?

The gray vehicle with the driver’s door left opened and parked parallel to Ms. Good’s in the middle of the street, who did that belong to?

Were words exchange between Ms. Good and any of the masked ICE agents, and what was the tenure and tone of those remarks?

When at least one of the ICE agents grabs for the driver’s door, is he trying to grab her or gain control of her vehicle?

Where did that third masked ICE agent who seemingly appeared out of nowhere in front of Ms. Good’s vehicle and fired his weapon come from? Did he ever order her to stop before discharging his weapon?

If there was another person riding in Ms. Good’s vehicle, where were they during this incident?

Some, but not all of those pertinent questions, were answered with the release on January 9th from the ICE Agent Ross, who fatally shot Ms. Good. When  Ross's cellphone video begins, we actually see him, from his perspective, swing open his driver’s door and walk over to Ms. Good’s vehicle on his left.

So Ross was driving the gray vehicle that was parked next to Ms. Good’s maroon SUV on the right, having arrived there before the other two ICE agents, who had pulled up on her left.

ICE Agent Ross is using a cellphone, not a body cam, to record Good’s car, which means he’s using one of his hands to hold the cellphone up to look through. That fact becomes very important seconds later when he feels forced stop holding his cellphone and grab for his weapon.

Ross walks in front of the vehicle, taping Ms. Good behind the wheel. She has her driver’s window down with her arm outside and is smiling in good spirits. She says, "That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you. I'm not mad at you."

         ICE Agent Ross continues to walk past Ms. Good, taping the rest of her vehicle, moving to the back where he tapes the license plate. Good’s wife, Becca, who was riding with Renee, meets him behind the vehicle, and says something else to him as she tapes the officer. For the record, Becca is talking a lot of smack to the ICE Agent Ross, seemingly trying to get on his nerves. Ms. Good, however, never takes that posture.

 ICE Agent Ross continues to work his way up towards the front of Ms. Good’s vehicle on the right passenger side still taping with his cell. Becca Good says something else to him and then turns to grab the passenger-side door handle to get in the front seat. 

By this time the second vehicle with more masked ICE agents has already pulled up while Ross was on the right side of Good’s vehicle walking and taping his way to the front.

It is when ICE Agent Ross has reached the front and positions himself directly facing Ms. Good behind the wheel, that one of the other ICE agents has already begun to reach in and seem to grab both the door and inside. That's when wife Becca shouts "Drive, baby, drive!"

Ms. Good panics, reverses her vehicle, then furiously begins turning the front wheels to the right to get away from the agent grabbing into her window.

It’s then that ICE Agent Ross stops holding his cellphone, pulls his weapon, fires at least once through the front windshield, and then twice more as Ms. Good’s vehicle complete’s its turn, and careens down the street and crashes. she's been hit in the head.

How do I know Ms. Good panicked?

Let’s go back to the first bystander video.

The last time we saw Good’s wife, Becca, she is reaching to open the front passenger door to take her seat. Except she never makes it inside the vehicle. She has ordered Renee to pull off because of the two ICE agents trying to grab on the driver's side while saying, "Get out the f--king car!"

By the time Becca attempts to open the front passenger door, the ICE agent on the driver’s side has engaged Good and is reaching for the door and inside in an attempt to get her out of her SUV. Meanwhile ICE Agent Ross has already made his way back in front of Good, sees her put her vehicle in reverse, then furiously turn her wheel to the right in an attempt to get away from the other ICE agent trying to apprehend her. He pulls his weapon and fires.

All of this is literally happening in three seconds or less. Good is fatally shot as her vehicle lurches to the right, and Becca never gets in. We know this because in the first video, we see the wife still standing where Good’s vehicle was. But also importantly, we see ICE Agent Ross still standing after firing the three shots, NOT knocked to the ground or "run over" in anyway as first alleged by Trump.

         Upon seeing Good’s vehicle race down the road and crash, Becca runs towards the accident, realizing that her significant other must be injured. When she reaches the crash with her wife, Renee inside, she collapses onto the snow-covered ground and openly cries.

On the second video, we see ICE agents not doing much in response to an obvious serious car accident, and we hear one of the agents say matter-of-factly, “ f—king b—ch.”

I challenge anyone and everyone to review those two videos of the incident, match up the actions of everyone as I described them here, and maintain that Renee Nicole Good, mother of three, was trying to kill anybody.

In fact, if she was really the dangerous left-wing terrorist the Trump Administration is working so hard to make her out to be in death, then why didn’t she try to run the ICE agent over the first time he walked in front of her vehicle? When he was standing directly in front of her, why not just gun the car forward, instead of frantically turn her wheel away from him and the other ICE agents? Why didn’t she try to back over him when he was standing behind her vehicle with his cellphone recording her license plate? A true terrorist wouldn’t miss opportunities like those.

No, she was trying to get away from aggressive ICE agents, the same kind of federal agents who were known to break the driver’s side window of someone’s vehicle in Charlotte weeks ago, and drag him out to the ground before taking him away to GOD knows where.

One ICE agent may have pulled the trigger, but Renee Good found herself being aggressively confronted by several ICE agents, and panicked so much, she even pulled off before her wife could safely get in the car.

That’s how afraid she was, and to me, was the key here as to what her true motivation was. When she backed up suddenly and turned that steering wheel furiously away from the threatening ICE agents, her true motivation was fear, so much so that she left her wife just standing there alone. She never gave her wife, Becca, a chance to get in.

The same way one of those ICE agents verbally and cold-heartedly spit on Renee Good’s grave moments after she had fatally crashed her vehicle after being  shot, Pres. Donald Trump, Vice Pres. J.D. Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem slandered the dead woman, calling her a “domestic terrorist,” “radical leftist” and “professional agitator.”

None of these people bothered to use a term the rest of the world quite frankly would prefer - human being.

        Now, I'm going to try to be fair here, though I'm also going to be critical of ICE Agent Ross. Part of the problem here is that he wasn't wearing a body cam, which would have freed both of his hands up in case of an emergency. In this case, when he was in front of Renee's SUV the second time, he's still focusing on his cellphone, instead on what is actually happening through his eyes. So when he sees Renee doing something that seems threatening, instinct, not training, takes over, and he discharges his weapon to protect himself from a perceived threat.

        First of all, even though ICE Agent Ross has twenty years experience as a federal officer, experts maintain that he doesn't have urban policing training, which dictates that you NEVER place yourself in front of a suspect vehicle, and as a vehicle is leaving, you never fire into it because, by definition, the threat is passing you.

        Plus, having the cellphone in his hand was a distraction, contributing to his reaction of self-defense. But all of what I've just described is a piece of an overall monumental screwup on the part of this ICE agent team, in my opinion.

         Oh, and I certainly don't appreciate the disgusting slur that was used by at least one ICE officer to describe the deceased and defenseless victim of their lawlessness. I sure their bosses enjoyed it, however.

Absolutely the state of Minnesota should be allowed to investigate this tragic crime that occurred within its borders. How else are we to really get the truth?

But it is a damn shame that during a week where Trump already had blood on his hands per the illegal invasion of Venezuela, and was angling to further use U.S. military force to keep his hands bloody, that a young, American woman should lose her precious and innocent life because of his madness. 

        Hats off to all of the Sunday shows for digging deeper into the video to figure out what really happened, and having administration officials on as guests to justify their blatant lies that Renee Good was some kind of "domestic terrorist" who set out to hurt helpless ICE agents. As a close examination of the evidence we already have in the public domain already shows, she was anything but a terrorist. Renee Good was a frightened human being and American citizen who needlessly and senselessly died at the hands of her own government. 

        What a disgrace! 

Go ahead, watch the first and last videos. Take notes. See if you see what I see. An American citizen, her young life senselessly taken from her, simply because she was trying to escape the clutches of Trump’s masked strongmen.

I see a crime. A cold-blooded abuse of power, followed by a shameful smear campaign launched by cowards of the highest order, long, long before a professional and objective criminal investigation can be conducted by any honest fact-finding agency the Trump Administration doesn’t already have its claws into.

Please pay attention, because what has happened to Renee Nicole Good can now happen to any one of us - dastardly smear and all!

And 2026 has only just begun!

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THE CASH COMMENTARY FOR JAN. 8, 2026

                                                                  CASH MICHAELS

   

  RESOLUTIONS

by Cash Michaels

And how were your holidays?

For my family and me, not bad. As always, I personally take the last two weeks of every year off so I can use that time to rest and reflect. I value that, because one thing is for sure  - I have more days behind me than in front of me, so fine-tuning the time I have left doing things that keep me fulfilled is a very high priority, right behind making sure that my adult children are doing well and managing life in the most constructive way possible.

One of the things I resolved to do during the holidays was to ignore all things Trump so that I could truly enjoy time with family. It was great for my mental and emotional health, to say the least. That’s how much what that man is doing to the country and the world disturbs me, and I must say, not having to pay attention to his disturbing power grabbing antics was truly refreshing.

This is until Saturday, January 3rd…my birthday!

That’s when, along with the rest of the world, I woke up to news that Trump sent in U.S. military forces, acting under the cover of federal law enforcement, to arrest (some say kidnap) both Venezuelan Pres. Nicolas Maduro and his wife (reportedly dragging them from their bedroom, for goodness sakes), and charging them with narco-terrorism, among other drug trafficking-related crimes.

I have no problem with bad guys (and their wives) being bagged, but I just hope that this one is legal, because the folks in Trump’s administration are famous for cutting corners with the rule of law - domestic, international or otherwise.

         Did you see the ignorant clowns on Fox News like Jesse Watters and Hannity trying to justify Trump doing whatever the hell he wanted when it came to invading another country for whatever reason? As far as those bozos were concerned, there is no international law to respect, only what Trump wants, when he wants it. 

        That's the kind of crazy talk world wars are made of. I pray we never find that out.

        I thought Democratic Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett made an excellent point during her appearance on “The View” a few days ago. 

Trump supporters are quick to point out that Maduro actually lost his election for president the last time he ran, but was able to muscle his way to take power anyway. So he wasn’t the legitimate elected leader of Venezuela.

But, as Congresswoman Crockett reminds us, didn’t our own leader try to pull a “Maduro” five years ago this week on January 6th, 2021, only to have his own vice president, Mike Pence, who was in charge of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election, not go along?

Former prosecutor Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee late last month (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-bhPzQYUE) that based on the evidence, there was no doubt that Trump was the reason for the January 6th insurrection. Smith felt he would have proven that, and if it wasn’t for the fact that Trump was reelected, he would have been convicted and sent to jail. 

        This week, the White House had the unmitigated gall to blame the Jan. 6th insurrection on law enforcement and Democrat Nancy Pelosi "inciting violence" among "peaceful protestors."

        It’s "facts" like that which make most of us not trust a damn word this administration says or does about anything!!! Trump is a used car salesman on steroids!!!

By the way, raise your hand if you’re comfortable with Trump telling us, now that we’ve raided Venezuela and grabbed its president, that he and his cronies are going to run that sovereign nation and bring oil companies in to control the resources until further notice. In fact, Trump has since announced that Venezuela will "be turning over between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States (worth at least $3 billion), which will be sold to benefit both Venezuela and the United States" indefinitely.

         What exactly does this mean, folks aren't sure, but it sounds like Trump will be creating his own slush fund from oil that legally belongs to some other country, which is constitutionally illegal, since Congress has the sole power of the purse, not the president. So once again, the rule of law gets dipped in acid just to suit Trump's every whim.

Now aren’t you proud? Venezuela is Trump’s 51st state, and to add insult to injury, he warns Columbia, Cuba and Nigeria to pay close attention to his military muscle flex! Hey Greenland, think all of this has nothing to do with you?

Think again! 

        And if all of that isn't enough, the nation is still shocked after an ICE agent in Minneapolis fatally fired on a woman in her car at close range, only to have Trump afterwards shamefully smear the dead motorist as a "professional agitator" of  "the Radical Left." Notice the immediate judge, jury and executioner position before an honest investigation could take place. Various video angles seem to show that the victim was trying to get away from agents grabbing at her passenger side door to stop her from pulling away. This, after Trump inexplicably sent 2,000 ICE agents into Minneapolis.

         During a viciously disgraceful White House press conference the next day, a ranting J.D. Vance called the victim's actions "a classic case of terrorism."

         Trumpism at its worst. Trumpism unleashed.

         Tragically, it's what many of us feared would happen when federal agents were unleashed here in North Carolina a few weeks ago.

        Another thing that I did that gave me much pleasure (beyond spending time with my two daughters, who came home to celebrate my seventieth birthday with me), was binging on old episodes of “The West Wing” on Netflix. I couldn’t get away from it, especially now that I’m much older than when I first began watching it 25 years ago.

I was amazed at how well each episode has held up over time, and how deep each episode was, especially when it came to the inner workings of our federal government. Of course, many of the scenarios were fantasy because after all, West Wing was originally a political drama on network television.

But what most fans of the show appreciated was how those fantasy scenarios were ultimately resolved by real world political solutions, courtesy of writer/producer Lawrence O’Donnell, who has since become a heralded political commentator on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC for the past 20+ years).

What a lot of people don’t realize is that West Wing was a precursor to the election of Barack Obama, our first American president of color, and some of the people who were consultants on the show later worked to get Obama elected in 2008.

Many people who watch “The West Wing” today and enjoy it, all say the same thing: they wish our country had a West Wing administration leading the nation, instead of what we have now.

That’s a shame, but that sentiment speaks to the kind of country many of us believe we should be - one that is always striving to be better, to be inclusive, to be strong on principles, to be leaders of the global community in education, scientific discovery, freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.

        Doesn’t mean our problems would just disappear, but that we would be better suited to deal with them, and do so with a greater sense of unity, honesty and resolve.

The West Wing - another case of popular culture in our country reflecting our best values and vision.

Then, of course, everyone is anxious about the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, and whether the Democrats can hold it together long enough to retake the U.S. House of Representatives and put a stop to much of Trump’s free-for-all madness. Mind you, unless Dems are also able to increase their numbers in the U.S. Senate, all they can hope to accomplish is to put a stop to the rubber stamp foolishness of the current Republican-led House majority and Speaker Mike “MAGA Mouse” Johnson.

But for my money, that would be enough until we were able to truly get the Senate back.

Make no mistake, however, if the Dems do take back the House for the midterms, they must try to do everything in their power to finally fix the health insurance crisis, and affordability problem - two things that Americans definitely want solid action on.

I pray that my fellow citizens finally realize that governing is really a numbers game. Only when your party has the numbers can good things get done. Only when your political party has the numbers and has won control can it bring about the change you seek legislatively.

Yes, at the end of the day, I sincerely hope that my fellow citizens wake up and realize that electing Trump and his dangerous clown show to run OUR government was the biggest mistake we’ve ever made, and that we seriously must resolve to fix that problem incrementally so that by the time 2028 rolls around, and Trump protege Vice President John David Vance starts hanging his “for President” banners in our faces, we’re ready, willing and able to collectively say, “get the hell outta here” with a sense of unity, duty and purpose.

That is my greatest New Year’s resolution - to do everything I can, with the time I have left, to make sure that in 2026 AND 2028, the deep stench of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance is removed from our government, and that we can return to being the bright, principled and hopeful country we used to be.

Are you with me?

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