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summer_in_TX

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37. I'm tied in with groups that are determined to push back hard and try to make the erosion of
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 01:15 AM
3 hrs ago

democracy difficult and slow. One group led an online book discussion of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny. We're trying to figure out how to be helpful to the most vulnerable and are organizing. I find that the action has erased depression and filled me with resolve, and I suspect the others feel the same way.

I read and follow people who are activists working in various areas to 1) save everything we can, and 2) slow down the destruction everywhere we can. Public education is one focus. I'm in Texas and the Republican legislature is going to try hard to give public money to private education. There are lots of people who believe in public schools and we plan to increase their knowledge of what the legislature has planned, and work to ensure they weigh in. Maybe we can't stop it since the Republicans have a supermajority, but perhaps we can keep it from being wildly corrupt and a sinkhole for our tax dollars.

To quote Jack Hopkins, "We were made for this time."

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I can't get pass this! [View all] augyboston 20 hrs ago OP
You are not alone William769 20 hrs ago #1
Agree BonnieJW 19 hrs ago #10
The destruction of the principles of the Enlightenment is the biggest thing in the world bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #2
There's one huge difference between now & similar past events. Climate change. CrispyQ 15 hrs ago #27
It's the death of hope. I am totally depressed. It sucks. I just can't quit feeling like life itself is over. BComplex 20 hrs ago #3
I take some comfort in the fact that the GOP majority in the House, surfered 20 hrs ago #4
Apparently, truth doesn't conquer deceit, and love doesn't conquer hate. Walleye 20 hrs ago #5
The worst for me was realizing Bettie 16 hrs ago #23
You are right, I knew it had always been there, but I always had hope it would get better. Not anymore. Walleye 16 hrs ago #24
Ah, but ForgedCrank 8 hrs ago #35
Absolutely! I feel on the edge of a deep dark despair over our dying nation. lark 20 hrs ago #6
The Twilight Zone yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #7
Earlier... Artistree22 15 hrs ago #28
Depression, anger, feeling lousy - this has become my new normal. The enormity of what the shitbird Deplorables just NoMoreRepugs 20 hrs ago #8
I'm trying to deal with it by thinking of spheres of control versus spheres of concern. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #9
Just let go and Tough Love. aeromanKC 19 hrs ago #11
The Hegseth and Bondi hearings scared the hell out of me Ohioboy 19 hrs ago #12
"The only thing that exceeds their ignorance is their arrogance." Mister Ed 19 hrs ago #13
Perhaps it would help to focus on our own ability not to see events differently but to control our reactions. Lonestarblue 19 hrs ago #14
Just survive. I'll make them mad. Festivito 19 hrs ago #15
If a predator is coming at you, you have a choice: DV1 19 hrs ago #16
I doubt very seriously if Biden would do it but I'd love to see KS Toronado 18 hrs ago #17
Me too KS. We can hope 🩵 Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #19
March and April are predicted to be chaotic. In the chaos they steal, basic thievery m.o. Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #18
I think many Democrats feel the same way. I have my up and down days. Fla Dem 18 hrs ago #20
Yes, I agree with everything you said, except I am clinging to the hope that things get SO bad that the MAGAs wake up LaMouffette 18 hrs ago #21
the fact that the first Trump presidency failed to truly wake them up Skittles 8 hrs ago #34
I've been doomy ever since I realized that we had lost... ananda 18 hrs ago #22
Same here. Artistree22 15 hrs ago #29
It's past not pass .... live love laugh 16 hrs ago #25
Thanks bif 14 hrs ago #33
Yes Bayard 15 hrs ago #26
Move forward EarthAbides 15 hrs ago #30
I like this. Artistree22 15 hrs ago #32
Yes Artistree22 15 hrs ago #31
Between Rage and Despair DET 7 hrs ago #36
I'm tied in with groups that are determined to push back hard and try to make the erosion of summer_in_TX 3 hrs ago #37
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