VOTE - The Election of 2024

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I am motivated and inspired by the spirit of Americans of all hues, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds coming together for freedom and standing up against fascism. Because what we are NOT going to do is go back. #WeAreNotGoingBack

Civics

This election cycle is pivotal and monumental in American polity and history. Civic professors have been in their hey day since Barack Obama's historical presidential run and win in 2008 and reelection in 2012. Yet America entered a dark and dangerous period in 2016 culminating in the deaths of a million Americans from a mismanaged pandemic. Babies separated from their mothers, who were seeking asylum, and placed in jail. Some of those children are still lost in the system. Some were killed, others trafficked. Shameless that the 45th president's response to people running away from terror and seeking asylum was to terrorize them even more. God is not pleased. And if all of that wasn't heinous enough the 45th president fomented an insurrection against the United States when that vicious mob attacked the Capitol intending to murder VP Pence and House Speaker Pelosi.

Yet Americans danced in the streets when POTUS 46, Joe Biden, was elected. And here we are in 2024 faced with another monumental decision - will America choose the darkness, fascism, mass deportation and Project 2025, which is the end of our democracy. Or will that glass ceiling shatter into a million pieces when the first woman is elected into the highest office of the land, our future POTUS 47, Kamala Harris?

The Election of 2024

So, here is Hamilton with a reimagining of My Shot - The Election of 2024.

I'm an independent. My vote is my own, it belongs to no party. Wherever you stand on the spectrum, your voice is your vote. So, check your election status. Register, if you're not registered and are eligible to vote. Don't be intimidated or allow your vote to be suppressed. So, if you're registered, but never voted, let 2024 be your first time. 

Also, remember down stream elections. The federal election is the celebrity of elections, but the local politicians are the ones who mostly impact our lives. Don't throw away your shot - VOTE, America, VOTE.

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