Take stock of your hobbies and interests. Are you artistic? Help make protest signs. Do you love to sew? Sew a protester’s costume. Are you a talented photographer? Find a free repository and add your own resistance images.
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Since Trump’s deranged Easter rant, social media has buzzed with speculation about whether Trump “will or won’t” do something almost unimaginably awful. Normally what Trump says and what he does are unrelated, but he adores attention, so in the process we’ve made “will” at least a little more likely. Today, give real thought to everything you share. Bring the temperature in the room down. Change the culture online from attention-seeking to knowledge-sharing, one interaction at a time.
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!
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.
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.”
Cards and postcards are harder for officials to ignore than phone calls, emails or petitions. If you enjoy writing old fashioned letters, set up your stationary and start telling your elected representatives what you think!
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