The E3 tornado that ripped through St. Louis on May 16 resulted in an unplanned topography for the city. It also exposed the ever-present racial history of the planned neglect and abandonment of certain predominantly Black neighborhoods. Two of those Northside neighborhoods were hit particularly hard during the storm.

This year’s Pride Month was a testament that things are changing. While the enthusiasm was greater than ever, the diminished corporate financial support was evident. In most places, activities were scaled back. In other places, organizers were forced to charge fees to offset the deficit. This may be a good time for the LGBTQA+ folk to assess its priorities and values as homophobic attacks intensify. The gay community is facing the biggest challenges ever.

Since trump and his rich buddy Elon Musk had their public breakup a couple of weeks ago, the country has gone to war with Iran.

The Big Ugly Bill is still being pushed through the U.S. Senate but with less enthusiasm by lawmakers after some serious threats by Musk about any support of the bill.

The trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation would be rounded up.

Tensions are rising. Civility is fading. Violence is spreading. This country has created a monster and now, rebellion is in the air. Millions hit the streets to remind trump that this is a democracy, not a monarchy.

The revenge of trump and his policies to make America white again has moved to another level. The hit list of sanctuary cities was released by the MAGA minions and included Madison and Milwaukee. Carrying out the immigration policies have already gone awry, and many cases are being contested in courts. If I were a betting woman, I’d bet that a showdown is looming, and one city will be made the humiliated example.

Most people forget that Missouri was a slave state. The state would like to forget that part of its history and pretend that because it’s in the middle of the country, that makes it Midwest. It’s ugly history which includes the infamous Dred Scott case in St. Louis, which makes the state more Southern than Midwestern. It was ripe for the MAGA virus to make St. Louis white again.

The constitutional crisis that people kept warning the world about is now front and center.

Former Missouri State Attorney General and now Senator Eric Schmitt was crystal clear in his analysis of the campaign to rid St. Louis of its Black female legislators. Sure, his post-election post was braggadocious in nature but do not get lost in the tone. Focus on the words which confirmed my declaration that there has been a campaign to rid St. Louis of any Black, forward-thinking elected officials, making St. Louis white again.