If you feel inclined to just give up and tune out right now, this is the most important thing you can read and take to heart. Marc Elias has worked more tirelessly than any human I can think of to actively help save our democracy, and his words here are incredibly important:
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"It is productive to plan to stay safe...and sane in a time of uncertainty and insanity. But do you think you will survive that way for four years? Do you really think Trump will spare you because you now show obedience? He won’t."
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But please tell me (69 yrs wrote wh and reps) what else I can do? Specifics? Fight? That’s trump words.
Don't OBEY in advance, PREPARE in advance! Calling on all attorneys with a spine. If not b4 1.20.25, then the moment djt pardons insurrectionists. Prove that pardoning them GIVES them aid AND comfort. Listen to Jamie Raskin.
#PREPAREinAdvance
Section 3 of 14th Amendment !
If MAGA can’t govern- e.g. drive the government into a shutdown or default- or refuse to fund disaster aid- It’s on them!
Playing nice has gotten Dem’s nowhere- time for hardball!
Won’t it be better to STAND UP for once, like we all did for you in the 70’s. Then the 80’s.
Nothing fucking changes if you give up.