Attend a Tesla Takedown event. They are everywhere just good Tesla Takedown. The event today in Georgetown was a blast! They made it into a dance party.
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/photos-protestors-gather-outside-tesla-dealership-in-georgetown/

The reality is that--as awful Trump is, he did (barely) win the popular vote (against an historically weak candidate).

This isn't just Trump issue, there are a lot of people who voted for him. It's no use denying this. You can protest and make phone calls, but I truly believe that the only way out is through. Give MAGA the wheel and let them drive the country off a cliff. Focus on tending your garden and keeping yourself sane and healthy.

Sometimes you just have to step back and let the wild fires burn themselves out.

Anonymous wrote:They key is to never accept that we were beaten in a democratic election. We have to think of this as an illegitimate coup. We can’t plan for the next election. We have to respond DAILY to Trump. WEMOD? what would Michelle Obama do? Trump goes low, she goes high. We need to take up space like she does, resist like she does, sass like she does. And maybe, just maybe, we can save the world.

It would have been much easier in the recent past and will be much easier in the future if Dems can just nominate normal/average POTUS candidates that would prevent someone as awful as Trump from ever gaining the power of the POTUS office. What you are suggesting sounds like going around your arse to get to your elbow.

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Anonymous wrote:Remember those airline safety announcements where they tell you to place the gas mask over your face BEFORE your children?

Apply that same concept now. Save your pennies, prepare an extended emergency fund, make sure you have precious metals and cash at home, along with a gun, ammunition, and at least a couple weeks of water per person living in your household.

Try to be as independent as possible, so you can lay low for the next few years until the TrumpCessions and TrumpPurges are over.

Gee, you sound like a conservative. We've always lived spend thrifty, independent and had a substantial emergency fund.

Welcome aboard. Sorry it took Donald Trump to unscrew you.

Aren’t conservatives the ones screeching about the prices of eggs? One would think that “substantial emergency fund” could easily cover it.

Anonymous wrote:They key is to never accept that we were beaten in a democratic election. We have to think of this as an illegitimate coup. We can’t plan for the next election. We have to respond DAILY to Trump. WEMOD? what would Michelle Obama do? Trump goes low, she goes high. We need to take up space like she does, resist like she does, sass like she does. And maybe, just maybe, we can save the world.

I'm not sure if this is a serious poster or if we are being trolled.

They key is to never accept that we were beaten in a democratic election. We have to think of this as an illegitimate coup. We can’t plan for the next election. We have to respond DAILY to Trump. WEMOD? what would Michelle Obama do? Trump goes low, she goes high. We need to take up space like she does, resist like she does, sass like she does. And maybe, just maybe, we can save the world.

If you're someone with funds to donate, consider Democracy Forward - this organization has successfully stopped Trump in court on repeat so far in his administration. Their work is instrumental right now.

Anonymous wrote:Remember those airline safety announcements where they tell you to place the gas mask over your face BEFORE your children?

Apply that same concept now. Save your pennies, prepare an extended emergency fund, make sure you have precious metals and cash at home, along with a gun, ammunition, and at least a couple weeks of water per person living in your household.

Try to be as independent as possible, so you can lay low for the next few years until the TrumpCessions and TrumpPurges are over.

Gee, you sound like a conservative. We've always lived spend thrifty, independent and had a substantial emergency fund.

Welcome aboard. Sorry it took Donald Trump to unscrew you.

I find this website to be hopeful. I think it's important to connect with others who feel similarly

https://indivisible.org/

Also, I find this YouTuber to be a calming influence'


https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkrosePermaculture

Don’t check out. It’s what they want you to do. I don’t know what exactly we can do now, but keep the phone calls going to your reps and know what is happening. I wish I had more suggestions for what to do.

Remember those airline safety announcements where they tell you to place the gas mask over your face BEFORE your children?

Apply that same concept now. Save your pennies, prepare an extended emergency fund, make sure you have precious metals and cash at home, along with a gun, ammunition, and at least a couple weeks of water per person living in your household.

Try to be as independent as possible, so you can lay low for the next few years until the TrumpCessions and TrumpPurges are over.

I like this historian and Heather Cox Richardson. Someone said here that it will take years to devolve, so be sure to keep the mentality of the long haul and to take breaks. Not everything needs to be done today/this week/this year. Find a focus. Mine is Russia/allies and fair voting. Yours may be electing women or building community. Someone else might fund legal stuff and build a community garden. I think we divide and conquer.

This perspective was interesting, that we’re not going back, we’re going forward. There’s something refreshing in that for me. At the end of darkness is light. Let’s make the dark as short as possible.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHOh98Isjy5/?igsh=MW9sMXpiN3Y0Z3MzbQ==

Anonymous wrote:Stay off the internet and keep your sanity. Easier said than done for sure.

This is what they want. It’s easier to control when people check out. Flood the zone and all that.

Keep your head on a swivel.

Stay off the internet and keep your sanity. Easier said than done for sure.

There is analysis and bad news everywhere. Nobody I know, including the people who voted for our current president, is happy. Other than calling our representatives, what can we do? Feeling so hopeless and just want to do something. Can’t believe it’s gotten so bad. Do we just wait and watch the bleeding continue? How do we stop the bleeding? Collectively, surely we can do something? Jeff, I’ve been reading your blog posts - clearly you are very knowledgeable and bright. Any ideas?