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This is a rerun strip, Fox Trot has been a Sunday only strip for several years now (much like Doonesbury). Through the decades, Easter has been bouncing back and forth between March and April. At least with the Catholic and Protestant church calendars which follow the modern Gregorian Calendar. The Eastern Orthodox have traditionally modeled their church years after the Julian Calendar and thus they have a more set Easter.
I miss video stores. I realize they were rendered obsolete by streaming, but I remember spending a good deal of time at Blockbuster Video as well as independent video stores like the since departed Video Americain in Takoma Park, MD. Those were the days (though I don’t miss rewinding video cassettes when I was done watching them).
I usually can’t find eggs at my Trader Joe’s when I’m doing my weekly food shopping. But I’ve been buying eggs at my local farmers market (H St. Market on Saturdays), where a dozen large eggs are $7.00 and a dozen jumbo eggs are $9.00 (which I buy if they’re out of the large). I don’t mind paying for these eggs since I’m helping the farmers by buying from them directly.
There is still hope, the DOGE cuts continue to be challenged in the courts. Trump’s approval rating is dropping (albeit not in every poll). In January, in a special election, a Democratic candidate won an OH State Senate seat in a district Trump won in November. And, in April, there will be two special Congressional elections in Districts One and Three (the latter being Matt Gaetz’s old district), if the Democrats win both elections, they will go from a 215 seat minority in the House to a 217 seat majority. IDK if they will win both seats, but if Trump continues to tick off our allies and tank the economy I expect the Democrats to win back the House and/or Senate in 2016 and (hopefully) the White House in 2028. Tyranny always has an expiration date.
We can’t have April without March. Here in the Metro DC area, I’ve learned from personal experience not to get out my short sleeved shirts until mid/late April. But I really enjoy the arrival of nicer temperatures as well as the buds on the trees (which aren’t here yet, but I’m looking forward to them).
Just think of all those GOP Congresspeople who are getting booed at town meetings on their current recess from Congress. The hard core MAGA voters will likely still be in Trump’s corner. But I’m willing to bet that the independent swing voters who voted for Trump (or stayed home) will be led to vote Democratic in the 2026 midterms.
Well, it could be that bird flu could beat another round of Covid to the punch during DJT’s second term. But, never say never. It could very well be that another pandemic sweeping the country could kneecap Trump’s second term (like the first waves, and his horrific response to it, kept him from being reelected in 2020). To be sure, I truly hope we don’t end up using refrigerator trucks as morgues and using coffee filters in the bathroom between now and 2028. But, as the saying goes, “If wishes and buts were candy and nuts, we’d have Christmas every day”.
So DJT (aka Mr. America First) wants to take over Gaza and wants European boots on the ground in Ukraine? Or will he be too busy facilitating Elon Musk taking a meat cleaver to the Federal Government? Either Trump tanks the economy with his policies or Musk will overstep himself and get thrown under the bus. It’s likely gonna get bad before then, but tyranny always has an expiration date.
At least DOGE is being challenged by the courts, and that the hoo hah over the cuts are giving the Democratic minorities in the House and Senate their voice. In a few weeks, there will be two special elections in FL (one for Matt Gaetz’s old district). Hopefully, the Democrats will win one or both of them. If they win both, the Democrats will go from a 215 seat minority in the House, to a 217 seat majority. Last January, in a special election, a Democratic candidate in OH won a State Senate seat in a district Trump won last November. So it’s possible that the Democrats can gain a majority (albeit a slim one) in the House before the midterms. But people need to show up in that special election.
This is a rerun strip, Fox Trot has been a Sunday only strip for several years now (much like Doonesbury). Through the decades, Easter has been bouncing back and forth between March and April. At least with the Catholic and Protestant church calendars which follow the modern Gregorian Calendar. The Eastern Orthodox have traditionally modeled their church years after the Julian Calendar and thus they have a more set Easter.