29 Days

Mr. President, though you've accomplished much in 1,432 days, there is much to do with your last 29 days. Here's a few to consider:

Close the American gulag at Guantanamo. While it doesn't reach the level of Nazi concentration camps or the Russian gulags under Stalin, it has been a inhumane blot on the American Story. Release the sixty remaining souls detained and tortured for years so you can leave the White House completing the promise you made 1,432 days ago.

Find a legal way to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. When the Republicans refused to give him a hearing, they abdicated their right to advise and consent.

Pardon every last soul languishing in prison merely for small amounts of drug possession. They are essentially political prisoners in the war on minorites, the poor, the throwaways of our society.

Make good on your false claim you ended the senseless, failed and criminal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bait and switch doesn't cut it; thousands of soldiers there refute your claims. Remove every soldier and contractor from those countries and work through the UN and the regional neighbors to reduce the violence we enable by our presence.

Renounce regime change as an element of American foreign policy. It failed in Afghanistan, failed in Iraq, failed in Libya, failed in Yemen, failed in Syria, and will fail in Iran and Russia, which many in the war party lust for. It causes senseless death, destruction and serves as a recruiting tool for individuals or groups seeking revenge against America.

Do what you can to protect the undocumented who drive up our stock portfolios with their productive work while being demonized.

Oppose every initiative you can that promotes self destructive fossil fuel exploration.

Take every measure you can to expand women's reproductive rights.

In 29 days, Mr. President, a soulless, obscene con man inexplicably takes your place vowing to unravel your good work to heal a fractured nation and expand the American Dream. Don't waste a single one of those 29 days; not a minute; not a second.