The Last Biden Christmas is a Gift That Will Keep On Giving. [View all]

[Teacher of the Year]

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This Christmas is a bit different. It feels I am standing on pins and needles, instead of the usual simple pine needles that the tree has shed across the living room.

We live in a strange time. Rupert Murdoch, the Grinch Who didn't steal Christmas, but used it as a bludgeon to divide the country, has nearly succeeded in his goal. To force us all numbly to bow down to his idea of how a lowly common person should carry the wealthy on our shoulders in adoration, as though they are the Christ. As though Christ's words are forgotten and replaced by the words of blonde harpies shrieking their Christmas has been stolen. When, in fact, it is they who have twisted the words of a peaceful man and celebrate a religion he would not even recognize as following his words.

That is where we sit. And that is why I stand on pins and needles. My safety blanket, a kindly older gentleman, President Joe Biden, who has watched over us for the last four years, is about to kiss us good night, turn out the light, and step out of the room. We are about to face our closet monsters without Joe there to make us feel safe.

Like many a great provider and parent-figure, like many a great teacher, in fact, have been teaching us in ways we don't know about. Giving us skills we didn't know we learned. Because of this, we underestimate ourselves. Good parenting is often what you don't see. It includes the safeguards put in place to keep your family safe. Joe has been a good shepherd in his time in office. He leaves us in much better shape than we were. But he has put things in place to help us in the future.

My mom recently passed from cancer. I wrote a much of the checks myself for her treatment. The new $2000 cap for medicine for seniors is a gift Joe gave us. It will be Christmas year, after year, after year for the people who can stop writing checks for medicine. Those road workers and bridge builders who were left jobless when the last administration stopped investing in infrastructure, will have Christmas over and over again as they are hired for the new road, or the new bridge or the new factory.

Most importantly, friends and allies, is that Joe showed us Trump can be beaten. He can be stood up to. He can be laughed at and, like a tube of liverwurst in your fridge, thrown out at the expiration date, which is already counting down.

Thank you Joe for all the good you have done. Thank you for the gifts that will keep on giving long after you are gone. And thank you to DU. I cannot think of a better group of people to spend Christmas Day with. You too, are a gift that keeps on giving.

Cheers and Blessings for an interesting upcoming New Year.
Brett