Food insecurity is only going to get worse in America. Between rising grocery prices, crops lost due to climate change and deportation, and new, draconian SNAP requirements, people are going to be hungry. Add in a fertilizer shortage and we face tough times ahead. Start building mutual aid now!
Enjoy a daily word puzzle? Put that mental energy into resistance! Pick a story and set yourself the task of an “elevator pitch’ to explain it. Use your pitch in conversation, or write it onto post-it notes and leave them in relevant places! Or turn it into a competition with friends!
ICE is still growing — it’s just quieter now. Project Salt box has a map of ICE detention centers and offices, and the current status of each project. Keep an eye out locally for new or in-progress expansion and push back hard!
Zoom in or Zoom out on the news. Pick a story you’ve seen on social media and read two news articles that are either extremely local, or international.
Make an IRA, FSA or HSA contribution and reduce taxes paid to this administration, entirely legally. Learn about the differences and plan to reduce your taxable income entirely legally.
With disruption in the House and Senate, and midterms looking bleak for Republicans, now is the time to call Congress and suggest a way out: impeachment. This is always worthwhile, but particularly for Republicans in tight re-election campaigns. You’re shifting the Overton window toward “oppose him, if you want to stay elected.”
