Birds, streams and wetlands, Nigerian immigrants, Palestinians, people counting on Social Security, civilians exposed to landmines … all facing a much more perilous future because of actions taken by the present US administration in just the last few days … and, “the best is yet to come.”

With nation and media fixated on impeachment, one executive fiat after another is quietly rolled out, rolling back years and even decades of hard-won protections for vulnerable people and a vulnerable earth.

Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God …

He rescues the poor who call to him,

     and those who are needy and neglected.

He has pity on the weak and poor;

     he saves the lives of those in need.

He rescues them from oppression and violence;

     their lives are precious to him. (Psalm 72:1, 12-14)