Pete Buttigieg exemplifies the eloquence of Alexander Hamilton and the analytical depth of James Madison -- A modern-day leading advocate for reasoned governance!!
The best advice I ever go
When dealing with a narcissist was to
ACT NOT REACT.
It isn’t easy to take out the emotion but once you do your mind is clear to put strategies in place.
Pete Buttigieg has done a fantastic job as the Secretary of Transportation. I especially appreciate how he shook up the airline industry by making them more accountable to consumers 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Gotta love how the same people that post those stupid "Cry a little harder" memes are the same people that whine we should hear their point of view. Are those memes your point of view? Say something compelling and we will listen... FFS.
I’m no longer shocked by his announcements of his picks. What would shock me would be the Dems demanding recounts. They’d rather roll over and respect “norms”
Today’s doomsday peppers have updated passports and a go bag at the ready. MAGA cockwafflers keep hiding granola bars and cream of wheat under their couches.
...move quickly through the shock to well-organized, energized, and informed full frontal opposition... that is where we need to be - we cannot be caught on our heels again...
For some, setting boundaries make seem like hardening. You can use your anger to help you see which boundaries have been violated and act accordingly. I can harden my response to those who are doing me harm. For the 2.0 administration we need to break our addiction to watching the drama.
Very true. I have changed my media boundaries. Action is what I want to emphasize not cultivating emotion. Rage farming is over for me. I will note what I can control and how I can act. Everything else is irrelevant. I am late in life and I will savor every day. Orange will not ruin my peace.
if you've ever cleaned a cat box, you don't stop and examine each item of what you're scooping out, to lament ad nauseum about each clump of poop-
You acknowledge what is unwanted quickly, and move on - not losing sight of the goal: to have a CLEAN catbox lol
Really difficult not to hold on to each clump and study it but it’s very true that the overall goal must be embraced and emphasized over its parts. Good analogy.
All the advice being given out is advice for staying safe and limiting inevitable trauma caused by intentional fear and panic induction, and some amount of certain harm we know to expect from our own government.
Definitely agree! When I woke up and saw everyone’s reactions all over social media and the internet, it felt as if we had witnessed a terrorist attack. Our reactions and shock were similar to when stuff like 9/11 or Sandy Hook happened, and that’s what terrorists want.
But we are agreeing in advance if Joe doesn’t stop this transfer of power. Why should a traitor and criminal be given the keys to the White House? Arrest him and save our democracy
I sent an email to president biden saying exactly this. If dismantling all of our institutions and threatening the left with violence if we protest isn’t domestic terrorism, then what is?
Why would Joe let America walk willingly into fascism and loss of freedom? He took an oath to protect us. Jack Smith has all the evidence and Trump needs to be arrested right away. Why should he skate because he delayed his prosecutions?
I left the US Army in 1993, vowing to never fire another gun of any type (which I was quite good at). The rhetoric and plans from the fascists and misogynists since Nov 6th, motivated me to buy a hand gun today.
Don’t believe your lying eyes. Trump’s mask is off and his dystopian fascist reality is taking shape. There are disaffected Magalites getting disillusioned every passing day. Help them onward to join the pro-Democracy coalition and turn it into a supermajority-this is how you turn the tides blue. 💙🌊
Ask not what your country can do for you -ask what you can do for your country. When “We the People” stand United, under the hallowed banners of liberty, equality and justice for all and fight “BIGLY”, we will not only prevail, but we will WIN to let freedom ring loud, clear and blue. LFG! 💙💙🌊🌊
It’s FAFO time for them- they are starting to feel distraught, insecure and panicked-this is the opportune time to “demagafy.” This way when Mango Mussolini tries to sing his pied-piper song again,(he will) they will not only be immune/but will vociferously reject his mesmerizing beckoning call.
Just roll up the “truth” newspapers NOW and smack them around mercilessly and we won’t go back!! We have until 1/20/2025” where “We the People” have immense power to change the course of our collective manifest destinies. When we fight “BIGLY” we will not only prevail, but we will win!
“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself“ - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Strong 🦻HEARtS💙💙 Clear eyes👀. It ain’t over until the fat Orange convict singsings on 1/20/2025! We are not going back! Divide-conquer and convert the MA.GA.
In a season of disstress and grim jeer,
Buttigieg brings hope ever near.
With visions of peace,
And dreams that won’t cease,
A brighter tomorrow will be clear!
Mayor Pete will continue to be the shit...hope to share a cell with him one day...but not like that..not that there's anything wrong with that..just that they're prolly gonna lock us all up eventually..and I could learn a thing or 3 from that dude FR
Don't let them mind fuck you. We have a mission. It's different from our mission before the vote. Arguably, our mission today is more important. It's up to us, the Resistance, to keep democracy. Liberty, and the constitution alive.
Putting Pete in Transportation was a mistake. He should have been much more high profile and groomed to run against T. He should have been out in front of the media and given a lot of exposure. Biden missed the bus on that one. I adore Harris, but Pete should have been our candidate.
If you react with shock, then you have been naive.
Much the same 'shock' as Trump's win in 2016 and Tom Hanks saying "we've been through worse".
Trump hasn't gone away and it's been a steady progress towards Anarchy.
We have our backs up against the wall and we will have to fight our way out.
We need to create some private room where we can go be outraged, and then put on a united front and all have the same talking points negating whatever riled us up.
Xanax is cheap even without insurance. I know because my insurance stopped covering Xanax this year. It was $2 with insurance and now it’s like $15 without.
It's all smoke and mirrors to distract the real motives of those behind the scenes making power plays that most sane Americans might find disturbing, like Elon's talk with Putin and so fourth.
It's trolls wall to wall and all the way up and down. Just like here: don't engage---block. Don't give them the satisfaction of showing if they get a rise out of you.
We need to be prepared when if and when they start acting OK their bullshit. That's what communities are for.
This is particularly apt right now. These cabinet appointments seem more to own us, so to speak, then to accomplish anything substantive. FYI, it's not easy to shut down a federal agency, specially with this sort of Brain Trust
Nailed it! Shock and awe coming 1/20/25 - 1/21/2025. Be ready: hundreds of Executive Orders will be signed off in one sitting; & each Agency & major department will have hundreds of orders, actions, memos issued at once. We cannot be overwhelmed. Each & every onslaught to democracy must b challenged
They are also done to grab the news cycle. Hearings designed for sound bites. Outrageous statements. The most shocking things will happen while many are distracted by the spectacle.
There is nothing Trump or the GOP could do to shock me. My horror is in what 1/2 of this country saw as acceptable to sit in the Oval again. He didn't belong the first time.
I’ll miss this guy!
Hope he survives the wreck and surfaces intact.
He’d make a damn good President
I think a LGBTQ could do as well as a woman could and better by far than a felon and his pedos will!
I’m not sure we can fully prepare for what’s about to come. I think to myself that was the worst thing he’s (DJT) ever done and then he goes lower. There seems to be no bottom.
We are all finding our way in this difficult time. I think it’s right that we put “shock” to one side and move past it into thinking “what can we do?” Obviously the 2026 🇺🇸elections are one thing we can work to protect and win.
Musk found a way to cheat the election system. We’ll never have another legitimate election. No one, especially Kamala, asked for an audit in even one swing state! Now we’ll never know if there was fraud.
Elections are decentralised at state and county level and difficult to hack. Trump had swings to him throughout the USA. The 2024 elections were free and fair and Trump won. The result is horrible but it is legitimate.
And there’s just a parade of people behind him who are possibly worse. It already feels like it’s been 4 years since Nov 5th, and the nightmare is only in previews…
That's what scares me. It feels like the people that could provide us comfort need it just as much as we do. I hope that they are doing what they can before the fascism flips on.
Yes. Our mental health and well being will be very important going into this. I’ll be bringing wellness Wednesdays Blissful Relaxation through Hypnosis.
And the best advice I’ve heard is don’t get overwhelmed by it all. Pick 3 or 4 things that matter to you the most and do whatever you can in those areas, whether it’s money, time, expertise. Maybe locally or state level. Give it your all. Make everything they want to do harder.
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When dealing with a narcissist was to
ACT NOT REACT.
It isn’t easy to take out the emotion but once you do your mind is clear to put strategies in place.
Just laugh in their face.
https://youtu.be/byvkRclGfSE?...
not get hardened quickly - there's a difference.
You acknowledge what is unwanted quickly, and move on - not losing sight of the goal: to have a CLEAN catbox lol
https://bsky.app/profile/carolecadwalla.bsky.social/post/3lb56jjta272n
It is domestic terrorism.
All the advice being given out is advice for staying safe and limiting inevitable trauma caused by intentional fear and panic induction, and some amount of certain harm we know to expect from our own government.
It is terrorism.
Buttigieg brings hope ever near.
With visions of peace,
And dreams that won’t cease,
A brighter tomorrow will be clear!
Outrage kills quickly.
The purpose is to make Trump feel important and balloon his unhinged ego.
He surrounds himself with criminals bc he’s a criminal and appoints billionaires bc he wants to be seen as one of them.
Please, never stop!
My kingdom for an edit button 🫤
Much the same 'shock' as Trump's win in 2016 and Tom Hanks saying "we've been through worse".
Trump hasn't gone away and it's been a steady progress towards Anarchy.
We have our backs up against the wall and we will have to fight our way out.
our inaction has brought us here.
We need to be prepared when if and when they start acting OK their bullshit. That's what communities are for.
There aren't many men I look up to as much as I do him. He isn't the hero America deserves, but is the one we need.
Please tell Pete, Chasten.
@chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social
Of course this is what we must do.
But maybe not tonight.
sounds like one, too IMHO.
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Take care. Stay chill. 💙
Hope he survives the wreck and surfaces intact.
He’d make a damn good President
I think a LGBTQ could do as well as a woman could and better by far than a felon and his pedos will!
Some things have to be stopped, and our attitude has nothing to to with it.
Don't b!tch about it, BE about it!
Write and call your senators!
Pass it on!
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I believe this will be worse than we as Americans can imagine.
Our mindset needs to be not just resistance as we organized during his first regime, but resistance in the WW II model.
Carry on, Sir.
Start your local community group!
We’re going to need to help each other & resist
And the best advice I’ve heard is don’t get overwhelmed by it all. Pick 3 or 4 things that matter to you the most and do whatever you can in those areas, whether it’s money, time, expertise. Maybe locally or state level. Give it your all. Make everything they want to do harder.