Hey. You should text/call/voice-note some friends just because. Don't just DM silly videos. Check in with them. We all need some genuine connection right now!
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We need Pete to do video #giresideChats calling out the lies. No one does the opposition pushback better than Pete. America needs this right now. We need your family 💜💜💜
All of my friends have become fascists, and are no longer my friends. My family is evil. I am alone. I have nothing to lose. Resisting fascists gives me strength.
I am sending out cards - physical mail! I buy a pack of maybe five cards and send them out each month. I sent out cards for Thanksgiving, for Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. It’s a small gesture, but people have responded with tears for the connection. 🩵
Will you help us by using your platform to encourage everyone to do a minimum of one week financial boycott? One day financial boycotts are SO 2017. The line is way behind us. They R threatening our financial security. We need to respond by matching their energy and threats! Let’s move the needle.
Brother, we could all use a little more connection with your husband right now. I’m sorry and I know it’s not fair to you and your family, but he’s one of the best communicators the Dem party has ever had. We need a strong unifying voice so we can all start pulling in the same direction.
Sorry, too busy being told my desire to be accepted and not be attacked in a workplace is a Portlandia funny storyline and attack by mods and coconspirator libs. Please tell your husband 🖕
I was thinking about this. I feel so isolated and alone lately. Some parts of the world are being impacted a lot worse than others and there are so many fewer resources.
You are not alone. On bluesky alone, there are thousands globally supporting the decent people who never voted for any of this. Connect with local activists.
Excellent. Four of us in our extended family have a "morning text." Whoever is up first starts it. Everyone chimes in so we know everyone is ok (three live alone) and it gives us a chance to connect in the morning. Memes, stupid jokes, just "good morning." It matters.
Hello Chasten, Paulette here from Canada. How are you today? I am doing okay. It's been super cold all week and I am looking forward to spring and gardening. What are you up to? Kind regards, Paulette.
I’m in fear of some of the damage apps like Grindr, Scruff, and Jack’d have done that prevents a large amount of people from making those deeper connections. Like scratching the surface and really getting to know people to ensure their wellbeing…
I've been off Meta platforms since the election, and that's really the only place I got to connect with my friends. Between that, and well, the neo confederates running the country, I've been unusually down. It's annoying.
As cheerful as I am most times…I found myself with tears rolling down my face…and I didn’t even know I was crying…but…good now…and the fight for survival continues…it’s not about me right now…it’s about America…Bible says we must be humble as a dove… but wise as a serpent… we’re fighting serpents
Good advice but at my age, most of my friends are deceased. Those remaining hate phone calls and even texting makes me feel I'm intruding. Maybe they're not really my friends.
Pete should be the spokesman for the Democratic Party and give weekly or even daily press conferences highlighting Democrats’ work to stop Musk/Trump’s sledgehammering off our democracy.
Yes, this. I’ve also left notes for people I don’t know but appreciate their voice online, to let them know they make a difference, more than just a thumb’s up. I can’t send everyone a cup of coffee, or buy all the books, etc; Thank you, Buttigieg family. Your existence is joy and comfort.
Can you tell Pete to please, please be the official voice of real America right now - daily pressers, Fox News, YouTube—TikTok whatever it takes to get the word out.
Yeah. The sense I get is that everyone is quite simply too existentially exhausted to do more than a sort of headcount "yes I am still here, still alive. Ok talk to you later".
Really good reminder, Chasten. The left needs a messaging tool like a discord server where we can vent, organize, boycott, and plan together what to do next. We need centralized communication with a way to see what Dems are doing to stand in the gap.
I'm working on a Canadian one here. I will be unfriending him soon I think. He absolutely shut up about the felon until he got re-elected. Then I asked and he still thinks the felon is a good guy. I will miss his wife.
Beneath my public facebook account I have a "super secret" one that's locked and just goes out to my closest friends. That way I can cut through the noise and check in with them.
What we really need is a genuine government and a working party. Is there any chance Pete would consider organizing the party and wrestle control away from the Minnesota mafia?
Sticking up for the power of postcards. Getting something in the mail that is handwritten and clearly not a bill brings joy. The 56-cent stamp also says 'I spent money and time on this, for you'.
I saw your picture scraping ice off the windshield. I saw your garage in the background. I just had my house resided and it's just like yours. Random tidbit of information.
Purged Meta 2 months ago; told folks how to find me. Then reached out directly on Signal to some to ask how they are faring. I have 3 solid folks I’m in life-affirming connection with. The rest ignored me - easier to doom post on FB. I’ve had only 2 folks beyond them reach out to ask how I’m doing.
I had someone check in with me, this morning. it was a good reminder I was not alone in all this. Thanks, Chasten. It means a lot to me that you and Pete are there for each other.
I started getting on call with my friends more often and just chatting with them. My friendships have grown stronger and I'm actually going out to see them more often in person. Never felt better :)
I don't have your # , but I am one of the masses who like the idea of your husband becoming a weekly spokesman to call out the Musk/Trump presidency and its enablers by simply telling the truth . He is not afraid .
I just followed you!
I just contacted my nephew bc his partner works with the IRS but they think they are OK, so far. They are more upset w what’s happening w the FBI.
Pretty unbelievable, that we are fearful of an administration, turned MAGA regime, that made so much noise about being so patriotic!
This!! some of my friendships have devolved into receiving reels. I don’t even respond anymore. Evolution of friendship 1999: visit> call> page> email> text> post> comment> like> send memes> send reels> silence. 2025.
It's a genuine struggle for me. I always feel disassociated when talking on the phone and just kind of stammer and say nothing of value. Something about a device being between me and who I am talking to never felt right. It is apparently a millennial thing that isn't as uncommon as I used to think.
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Answer: when you neighbour losses their job.
When it a COUP?
Answer: when you lose your job.
But, it falls so far short of the present moment. We can do better than this.
And our government took our money, trump wants people to suffer.
And we should all be using Signal too.
Ok ok fine genuine connection ugh.
Pete should be the spokesman for the Democratic Party and give weekly or even daily press conferences highlighting Democrats’ work to stop Musk/Trump’s sledgehammering off our democracy.
Myself included.
Thought you should know.
Okay, well....we're besties now. I called it. I mean, I'm not a monster. I can't just leave you here alone.
I'm Felicia and I'm an awesome friend. When are you coming to visit me in Nashville? 😊💛
Dem silence is deafening from current and past leaders.
Where is everyone?
I just contacted my nephew bc his partner works with the IRS but they think they are OK, so far. They are more upset w what’s happening w the FBI.
Pretty unbelievable, that we are fearful of an administration, turned MAGA regime, that made so much noise about being so patriotic!
I hope your nephews partner is safe and that they are well.
Get mad. Stay mad. Get loud.
Get involved locally.
Talk to your friends and your family.
Do not obey in advance.
This is our country.
Stay safe!
(And thanks for just saying hi - that was really great and kind of you)
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