The fact that you see how wrong this all is, means your faculties are intact, your mind is fully right, and your heart is working properly; you still have a soul doing what souls are supposed to do: keep you deeply human in profoundly inhumane times. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli... - ThreadSky

johnpavlovitz.bsky.social • 13 days ago

The fact that you see how wrong this all is, means your faculties are intact, your mind is fully right, and your heart is working properly; you still have a soul doing what souls are supposed to do: keep you deeply human in profoundly inhumane times.

https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gaslight-yourself-youre-right

Comments

chappyjames.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. I needed this perspective.

oldbaylady.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is excellent, I highly recommend closing your eyes, relaxing and “listening “ to John read it. His voice is soothing as are his words. We all need that moment to just stop to look inside and be reminded we are not alone , we are in this together

sonsofliberty.vote•13 days ago

I'm not grieving, I'm preparing.

jayjay185.bsky.social•12 days ago

You're ahead of the curve.

snickerdoodlec.bsky.social•13 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ebonyteach.bsky.social

snickerdoodlec.bsky.social•12 days ago

I mourn that my children are young enough that they will not remember what we lost/are losing.

They will have to fight to regain something they’ve only read about, and that makes me so freaking sad and angry.

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

I've been thinking about this a lot. Very well said. 💜

4ann-marie.bsky.social•12 days ago

Wearing black every damn day now.

nelle888.bsky.social•13 days ago

Amen. We're in this together.

6catmom.bsky.social•12 days ago

I needed these words today. Really.
Thank you.

sebastian2.bsky.social•12 days ago

I've never doubted the morality of the side that I'm on. Ever.

whenpigsfly12215.bsky.social•11 days ago

Nice fantasy. But absolutes can get you into trouble when you're talking about politicians-ESPECIALLY when they're Dems! I was reminded of that last night when Rachel talked about Eric Adams,Trump's new pal, and Rod R. Blagojevich - 1 of FOUR Illinois' Democratic governors who've wound up in prison!

sebastian2.bsky.social•10 days ago

I don’t live in Illinois; a single state’s corruption doesn’t speak to the overall morality of our goals vs the extreme blatant corruption and immorality of theirs.

artist12.bsky.social•12 days ago

👍💙👍🙏

cappyinboston.bsky.social•13 days ago

It's so hard to think about anything else. It's horrifying. Especially if you're in any of these groups (which I am) Jews, Homosexuals, Trans, people of color, immigrants or women! Can't even fathom what's happening. How is this OK with anyone?

rockircoon.bsky.social•8 days ago

It’s a no for me dog

carolknu.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s horrifying for people who love anyone in those groups, too; I do, and I think most people do.

cappyinboston.bsky.social•13 days ago

IT'S SO TRUE. A minority of fools handed the keys to the country over to evil people who are Sociopaths who don't care. It's unbelievable.

itiswolfgirl.bsky.social•12 days ago

Those said people still have no clue what’s actually happening because of it either

scampbelledegg.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why aren’t you blockading buildings that house your critical agencies? Or cutting power when the Traitor Tots show up? There just doesn’t seem to be any resistance. Showing up and “not being allowed” in the building? Get smarter. Get guerrilla. What the actual fuck? Your COUNTRY IS AT STAKE. (nyp)

cappyinboston.bsky.social•12 days ago

Agreed.

lilgblad.bsky.social•12 days ago

jodenelea.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this post.

jenresisted.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you. ❤️

anrothelf.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thanks.

ogredragon.bsky.social•12 days ago

get over it, Move on to anger... use that energy to Resist.. and fuck the rest of the stages

ammaw.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m trying to cope with the horror each day. Permanently stuck in the anger phase when it comes to the stages of grief.

weareoneppl.bsky.social•12 days ago

The splitting IS happening.

jamesearlweeks.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. And we are not alone. We will survive and thrive together.

kse105.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am DEI! I have a 31 year-old daughter 30 years post TBI. I created a disability awareness program in schools to teach children. What it’s like to have a disability. I am bouncing between depression and anger. How did the most vulnerable people become the enemy. I’m terrified

jkswonder.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’ll be honest, sometimes I wonder if I am missing something. Or am I seeing too much, like looking for zebras when there are just horses. Then I think, I wish I was crazy. I wish it was just in my head.

minimudds.bsky.social•12 days ago

The president has no authority over the treasury and the fact that these workers gave it up so easily baffles me. A an illegal allen sent goons to steal their money and jobs and workers gave them passwords?

ansonmac.bsky.social•11 days ago

Two words jumped from the screen to my 👀’s

“ #epidemic of #apathy ”

vickiehinkley.bsky.social•11 days ago

I was sure I was FINE then started to despair a little... That was yesterday. ALL GOOD today! Until I read too much more... Keep on Keeping on!

mfwic1667.bsky.social•12 days ago

As we grieve for a lost loved one, we grieve for the loss of "our" America when we thought we had a voice in our futures and had a government that shared our love for democracy and humanity. Now we have a malevolent White House and judiciary and a congress that no longer acts in our best interests.

lilgblad.bsky.social•12 days ago

What I’m struggling with is the loss of people in my life who I thought held these same core values and beliefs!

I am calling my representatives multiple times every day, but there is nothing I can do about my broken circle… 💔

revkurt1.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh my! I have been grieving, John. All the wonderful hopes I had as a child, teenager, & young adult that we were finally maturing as a country. We we were widening circle of love and inclusion. I am just sickened as Donnie has given permission 4 people to be who they are. And its anger, hate, fear.

doctorwho1704.bsky.social•12 days ago

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

lindapal.bsky.social•12 days ago

Grieving is essential to process this debacle

holdontoyourbutts.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you John.

stopfascism25.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you! I needed to hear this before work.

sameastheold.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'm not mourning, I am filled with anger and resentment. Where was the knee on Trump's neck when he threatened judges? Where were the police breaking down doors with their guns firing when they retrieved classified documents? We're not under attack, we are merely reaping what injustice has sown.

elizabethshara.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you! I needed to read and feel this right now. So very grateful for your voice, compassion and wisdom.

1mn-mame.bsky.social•12 days ago

My heart hurts. Like someone died.

💔💔💔💔💔

el-zee-ethel.bsky.social•12 days ago

We are mourning. That is the only way to describe it.

1mn-mame.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah, but I have to push past it and get more into the resistance.

DOING something helps. I went to MN State Capitol on Jan 18th and that felt great.

Next up is Feb 17th - Not My President Day Part Deux

el-zee-ethel.bsky.social•12 days ago

Same!!! I am in PA but we are involved! I am letting my anger and disgust guide me now. 😉

1mn-mame.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. We can't give in or give up. Our country needs US.
All of US

wabbler2025.bsky.social•10 days ago

the future of congress

inxanadu25.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this. 💙

mskohut.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes thank you.

being-real.bsky.social•12 days ago

Led by the Anti-christ

kanelawless420.bsky.social•12 days ago

Ever really wonder why KKKhristian nationalists like pete hegseth really REALLY hates women?

yvolette.bsky.social•13 days ago

❤️‍🔥💙

robinsky1600.bsky.social•13 days ago

❤️

sfever.bsky.social•12 days ago

That's exactly how I've been feeling since Nov 6 -- grieving. Mourning a death as heavily as I've ever mourned a death. And I have been repeatedly invalidated. That only makes it worse.

cdnnanagirl.bsky.social•12 days ago

I grieve and I’m not even an American, and quite frankly I don’t want to be. Nothing personal against the sane 75+ million non-Trumper’s. The rest of the gullible, racist, stupid people, fu*k you.

sherrieann.bsky.social•12 days ago

Glad to see you here! Missed you since I left Twitter. Love your writing💙

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•11 days ago

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFq_k41SrXD/?igsh=MXFxdDN6cmp6aGNrZQ==

melyons17.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes, this is so helpful. My heart hurts as those that I once respected, seem to have lost all compassion and have become selfish, mean, and small- just like their leader.

susanhazel.bsky.social•12 days ago

So true….I have (had) a dear friend that I’ve been avoiding. We finally met and I am heartbroken. I had hoped the extremes would have finally changed her mind. She is still “all in” and thinks she’s patriotic. I just feel sad. 😔

anselschoonhoven.bsky.social•12 days ago

Let’s guess where/how she gets “informed”. My standard suggestion is for them to refer to information which doesn’t profit off (her) fear which are unbiased and credible. But,, if she’s that dug in she likes to be lied to and that’s the rub.

susanhazel.bsky.social•12 days ago

You are absolutely correct. For the first time in years I really did push back and she didn’t want to hear it. I even said that we clearly get our information from different places and suggested a few sources. We’ll see, but I’m not hopeful….

anselschoonhoven.bsky.social•12 days ago

The sources you gave will be rejected-she’s taught to disbelieve anything that could possibly truth out her MAGAT king. I don’t bother offering sources. I stress that it’s UNBIASED NON profit platforms with long standing credibility who are worthy. Sometimes they ask and that’s when I’ll offer

lrdgz44.bsky.social•12 days ago

Solutions through brainstorming. Stop complaining and start brainstorming to help

frodolove.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you!

autumnleaf13.bsky.social•12 days ago

I know I'm on the right side! Thank you for your posts n articles 🙏🌹

lordsteveyp.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm in the UK and even WE can see it happening, it's like Germany in 1933. Everybody over here refers to it as a coup except for our own Far right who are far FROM right.

heyjayblue.bsky.social•12 days ago

💙💙💙💙

sustainable718.bsky.social•12 days ago

I've been grieving since I learned the true ugly history. The violence, oppression, unfairness of it all. It's Karma and unfortunately we all may suffer the consequences soon.

katiespn411.bsky.social•13 days ago

I am not just grieving I am pissed as hell and mortified as how congress and the senate are not only not speaking out about it they conceding all their power saying no big deal! What the fuck!!

willfight.bsky.social•11 days ago

This moved me to tears. I can't ty enough; the stress,helplessness & hopelessness I'm feeling isn't productive, nor healthy, but it's difficult not to give in to it. I convert all negative emotions into anger, because anger is about action, movement, working towards a positive end; sad is just sad

janshalom.bsky.social•12 days ago

Even in Canada I feel some of this. The #CBC I so appreciate focuses on tariffs, not the moral danger, the rise of fascism (although there was a great piece on CBC radio about undocumented immigrant workers today). & so many ppl can't stomach the news. I understand, yet I can feel isolated.

7debbies2.bsky.social•12 days ago

artsybinch.bsky.social•12 days ago

And their comments online as they rejoice in the tearing apart of families and the suffering of marginalized communities.

lsheard1.bsky.social•12 days ago

Myself and my friends, all teachers, worry about what's going to happen. Nevada already has a spending cut and people are already being shifted around.

kimokirkpatrick.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm not one of the marginalized , not yet.
I'm a 5th generation American. My family has been here since the inception of the country. White ,Male, and Married, to a woman. Nevertheless, I'm very angry at what's happening. The brazen criminality is infuriating.

boogpicker.bsky.social•12 days ago

It’s becoming too much.

angard22.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm also grieving and scared ...and I'm not even American or living in the US. America, the leader of the free world, is no longer. I feel for you all because I'm sure this comes with an identity crisis and a feeling of being lost.
I think you should all rise before it's too late.

marina101.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am crying right now-I cry at at least once a day. Thank you John for the insight.

caligirl3699.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

beckytaylor927.bsky.social•13 days ago

Musk reportedly spent $40 million on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful

🏈USAID would’ve spent $ to buy enough emergency food-aid products made in Georgia and Rhode Island to treat 880,000 severely malnourished children

This Superbowl Sunday, tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

robinthequilter.bsky.social•12 days ago

Will not be watching. He can spend all the stolen money he wants.

thatamerican.bsky.social•12 days ago

Do you actually think all this hate you are spewing isn't going to end right back in your dinner soup.

felonmuskovite.bsky.social•12 days ago

Nice words, John

beena15.bsky.social•12 days ago

👍🏻

matt6994.bsky.social•12 days ago

Billionaires have lost their humanity capitalism created Billionaires a truly democratic country shouldn't have Billionaires

thedjhojo.bsky.social•13 days ago

Quit accepting democrat pussy reactions. Do something. Fuck those people.

dianademos.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's exhausting. Like living in Oppositeville, but worse.

tjluvspets.bsky.social•12 days ago

Spectacular post! Please share it; everyone needs to read and hear this.

ktp71.bsky.social•12 days ago

My emotions are angry or depressed- nothing else
Trying to find light

sophieleon.bsky.social•12 days ago

Watching all those people come out on the field, the very same field where they just removed the words "End Racism"
that is so heartbreaking.

robinthequilter.bsky.social•12 days ago

I refuse to watch it.

ontheblackhandside.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this soul medicine.

tjk74.bsky.social•12 days ago

bostonborn26.bsky.social•13 days ago

I wish my Trump loving mother saw it that way.

cricketeden.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's my grandmother and half my cousins. 😭

aoxxi.bsky.social•12 days ago

I actually did feel grief Thursday morning. I felt waves of grief followed by terror. It's all perfectly valid.

tesfaded.bsky.social•12 days ago

💙💙💙

pindancer.bsky.social•13 days ago

Nah. It takes more than that for a mind or heart to be right. I’m known to have panic attacks and crying spells.

I’m just neither completely evil nor am I an unsalvageable imbecile.

auntal62.bsky.social•12 days ago

Needed to hear this today

ofthelight.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why is the media not forcefully calling him out?

ofthelight.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why were people cheering for him at the Super Bowl?? Why are his approval ratings high? Are we really that far gone??

jjj8819.bsky.social•12 days ago

@raskin.house.gov Please start a class action suit against Trump as you described on The Weekend! Millions of us are waiting for a leader and event that will bring us together in force.This would generate huge energy and could be a beginning of the end - our SOLIDARITY! Please be our Lech Walesa!

tj-tarheel.bsky.social•10 days ago

I am grieving for the (before Trump) America.

themindfulnomad.bsky.social•13 days ago

BlueSky people get it.

With everyone else it’s blank stares and silence. It’s exhausting, truly.

bigdoseofreal.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you.

hillwomans.bsky.social•12 days ago

I cry all the time. I was never emotional. Now , anything sets me off.

babbm.bsky.social•13 days ago

I have a visceral grief… I lived through Jim Crow! The false narratives that is being peddled to poor, middle, and working class white people that Black people are inferior, and that we are a threat to America’s future is beyond the pale.

fetchinketch555.bsky.social•12 days ago

^This has me in tears! So damned frustrating!

bluekatie64.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thanks John, beside myself some days. Like today. 💙

gandylynn.bsky.social•12 days ago

Maybe instead of trying to define fascism & coup, we should just explain right and wrong!

myfriendsareplants.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this.

mmthough.bsky.social•12 days ago

I have felt at times, like I’m the “crazy one” because my clarity has been so fiercely in tact since the day 47 entered the political scene.

stickybit.bsky.social•12 days ago

During the first Obama term, conservatives spewed so much vitriol against him and his voters. I just felt bad for them. Now that they have done so much to destroy this country in the past 9 years. I hate them so much. It is not good. It is not very healthy. But I resent them all for their actions

philoof.bsky.social•12 days ago

💔

jblyle.bsky.social•12 days ago

💔

cristynchandler.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this. I was just starting to accept this is the new normal. Until I read this, I realized I was fooling myself. 🙏

azvettegirl.bsky.social•12 days ago

I needed this. Thanks

phatosas.bsky.social•12 days ago

I check myself every time to make sure I am not an alarmist. Today my brother called me. He was a Trump supporter before the election. He admitted he was wrong about Trump and he said he thinks Elon would go to jail. He is wrong about the Elon part but at least it reaffirmed my sanity.

phatosas.bsky.social•12 days ago

My brother lives in Canada so he didn’t vote for Trump.

donna-knight.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this! ❤️

sandytreewoman.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you—I needed this today 💙

babyzombie.bsky.social•12 days ago

I can't believe i almost let people online convince me i was wrong. That my compassion is weakness. And that I was just falling for woke hysteria. They almost had me doubting my own eyes.

superkittyworld.bsky.social•13 days ago

i've become depressed since his inauguration & angry everytime i turn on the news. i need to delete facebook and stop watching news for a couple weeks bc every news segment feels like a stab to the heart. i seriously wish the 🍊 nazi would choke on a 🍔 already! many lives would be saved that way. 🐾✊🏾👊🏻

birdy4me.bsky.social•12 days ago

And my late night comedians keep him front & center! Gimme a break dudes so i can sleep

neurovibe.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this.

mmpvoirdire.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ain't that the TRUTH 💙

stayscathed.bsky.social•12 days ago

I really needed to read this John. Thank you. I’m facing a new pressure from family members w whom I still love (Biden/Harris voters), starting to pressure me to re-connect w ones I’ve cut out of my life, bc of terminal illness, etc. And I needed this reminder that I’m not overreacting. Thank you.

noxturnsyndicate.bsky.social•13 days ago

I would say a big thing people can do to help fellow Americans is if you see someone in need sharing their needs, share their posts. You don't have to donate, but that will help people who want to help see who needs their help. A lot of us have no other option but crowdfunding online.

cccatlady.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am grieving today. Some days are worse than others. Today has been a tough one. I’m scared.

wjgrif.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. I needed that.

timesawasting.bsky.social•12 days ago

Don't give up and don't give in.

erbwayne.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you for this post John. Have a blessed night.

karisco.bsky.social•12 days ago

It is truly heartbreaking, and what makes it worse is you see people every day walking around like nothing is wrong. Even my friends carry-on as if nothing is happening. It blows my mind and I feel like I’m the crazy one.

shrnbny.bsky.social•12 days ago

It’s not you, friend! Hang in there. ❤️

akfnidhebs.bsky.social•10 days ago

I feel exactly the same way!

iloveart1955.bsky.social•12 days ago

It is insane where I live. I feel so much better after seeing this.

mmmarvalous.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think for too long America papered over the cracks… like an abused spouse, putting up a front that everything was ok (was for some) & was enough… until the insidious RW machine blew the hate out into the open. Now, sadly, the abused no longer recognizes where the threat actually lies.

mmmarvalous.bsky.social•13 days ago

They are misguided and uneducated and for many Americans it is now something they never imagined to face… gaslighting/lack of transparency and lying is the hallmark of this administration. Need to see it, call it out and stand together if we want to defeat it. More than ever, we need each other

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is so well said, thank you.

mmmarvalous.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you 🙏

debisskyfalling.bsky.social•12 days ago

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💔👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

dbpettit.bsky.social•13 days ago

I truly needed this today. You captured how I feel. I do feel absolutely disoriented. Thank you for this piece.

juliw2010.bsky.social•12 days ago

You know John I’ve followed you a long time but tonight this post..,just broke me into tears. All of the insanity really gets to me sometimes. Today the news about next on the agenda is migrant family arrests. I don’t understand how more aren’t horrified. Anyway. Ty.

auroraerratic.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's all so awful, it's hard to take in. We've hardly had time to react to one horrifying event before the next occurs.

juliw2010.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes. But we have to keep speaking up and trying. I’m calling my Senators every damn day. Both are GOP so it’s useless. But I won’t stop.

lauriemac916.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for calling Juli. It matters. 🫶

juliw2010.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you.

auroraerratic.bsky.social•12 days ago

Me too, Julius!
I have one independent - Angus King - and the famously useless Susan Collins.
Calling matters.

thefabulousone.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's exhausting. But, I will continue to do good things for people, no matter what's happening Out There. We have to keep the light alive. ❤️

juliw2010.bsky.social•12 days ago

I totally agree. We have to prop each other up too.

thefabulousone.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's not good for our mental health to get sucked into the bad. I cant live like that.

eeiibb.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m struggling to find a balance in a country that is constantly gaslighting me to accept this coup.

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

aclea.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for saying this. I’ve been so torn but I know right from wrong and/but it all appears so hopeless.

janiceinaccounting.bsky.social•12 days ago

I needed this, thank you. I feel so alone. Surrounded by those who are just ignoring it. It’s very scary and lonely.

lauriemac916.bsky.social•12 days ago

Same

ohblahcee7.bsky.social•12 days ago

So lonely. 🥺🥺🥺

lauriemac916.bsky.social•12 days ago

Me too

shrnbny.bsky.social•12 days ago

Y’all hang in there. I’m in a red state and I feel sick to my stomach most days. Still speaking my piece, but it’s exhausting. Sending y’all love!

ohblahcee7.bsky.social•12 days ago

Red state here, too. It feels so unwelcoming, I often feel like I am of only a few that are bothered so deeply by this craziness. Thank you, hanging by a thread, but I won't give up.

shrnbny.bsky.social•12 days ago

Same!!! I keep thinking they are (finally!) going to see the evil inherent, and they are so blind. Just know we aren’t the crazy ones. ❤️

nosnollygosters.bsky.social•12 days ago

STAY HUMAN!!
🩷🧡💛💚🩵✨🫶✨💙💜🖤🤍🤎

wethepeople24.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes! We do have that right to grieve for our country. But the grieving will be temporary because we have work to do!!

1treehill.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you for your comforting words. 🙏

jlk74.bsky.social•12 days ago

Living in a maga community, I needed this. Thank you John.

want-quiet.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm so terrified about what's coming.

ladyofpeace88.bsky.social•12 days ago

@sassysince1979.bsky.social

sassysince1979.bsky.social•12 days ago

I haven’t felt right, slept right, thought right since November 5, & definitely not since January 20!

hkitty64.bsky.social•12 days ago

Today I sobbed as I was watching Brad Pitt’s Super Bowl intro. I just fell apart. My reaction shocked me. I still believe so hard in this country.

marniherreid.bsky.social•11 days ago

I did the same.
Time to huddle up!

howruimdrworm.bsky.social•12 days ago

I asked my therapist if my response was appropriate or I was having like a psychotic problem 😭

allymae.bsky.social•13 days ago

Good to know, I'm so sad.

chudonew.bsky.social•13 days ago

ATTENTION!

PROTEST MONDAY, FEB 17 NOON

EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP ON FEB 5, WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN

BRING AT LEAST ONE NEW PERSON WITH YOU

raincatcherrecords.com•13 days ago

#AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees) and Congress members are also leading a Capitol Hill protest this Tuesday, 2/11, Noon ET. Really important to add on to this in person and nationwide - the best organized I've seen, with a core of union employees and electeds. And very soon. #3E

rkhaz.bsky.social•12 days ago

As President Musk is working full time as a politician- shareholders of Tesla, SpaceX and all other Musk companies should sue to stop all his compensation, replace him while he’s serving as President and have his shares placed in a trust

scampbelledegg.bsky.social•12 days ago

I love this. It’s completely unrealistic, since all the shareholders are A-OK with fascism. But you could make a novel out of this.🙏 We need a boost.

eeiibb.bsky.social•12 days ago

I dunno, there are rumblings because it’s tanking.

Protest at every Tesla dealership, shame owners of nazi mobiles.

That’s all shareholders care about, losing their money because Tesla is a radioactive nazi brand.

lizonline011.bsky.social•12 days ago

It is just so hard to understand how something this ugly could happen here.😢😢😢

mondaysoup.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this. 💙

yanaarlee.bsky.social•12 days ago

evicted in 2018 and still suffering for it. tears tears and then there's still more.

tfarrar.bsky.social•12 days ago

I had a small gathering of 7 friends. 4 of us were very vocal about our disgust and anger at what is happening in our country. The other three were only so-so. I find myself wondering if maybe I am overreacting. Am I sounding like the fox watchers that I despise? Should I tone it down? Am I wrong?

bettenonblue.bsky.social•12 days ago

No. Keep it up. Whether they know it or not your voice is going to help save us all ❤️🇺🇸

gingerale21.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you, I needed this! A family member criticized me a few days ago for being so upset about what she called “politics”, and it made me question myself. I have finally concluded that anyone who’s not angry at this very moment, has not been been paying attention!

wclamp.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. I have cried for my country and still do.
People like Musk and Trump look at the world through filters of power and greed and will never understand the powerful call of true patriotism and the love of people for a homeland. What hurts our country hurts us and we will fight back.

ramark.bsky.social•12 days ago

♥️👍♥️👍♥️👍

infortheride.bsky.social•12 days ago

Actually I am glad that this has all come to the surface to expose it all for what it has always been.

eoawild.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’m not grieving

I’m waiting for the opening

Stay frosty my dudes

always4bangtan.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm doing both.

commonsenseperson.bsky.social•13 days ago

I really needed this today. Thank you!

txgirly.bsky.social•12 days ago

I needed this. I feel like I’m floating in a sea of insanity and I don’t recognize anything anymore.

adl25.bsky.social•12 days ago

It’s truly a daily struggle mentally to remind myself it’s not me that is insane, it’s the situation.

maryhilt.bsky.social•12 days ago

it's always so good to read that I'm not the crazy one, I'm not in the wrong, I'm not the asshole who's trying to destroy this country.
Being gaslit by a bunch of morons is definitely depressing and soul sucking at its' worst.
thanks for the reminder that not all of us are fools.

sheltieclan.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't want to just grieve. I want enough fucking people to do something! At this point there should be thousands every single day shutting down highways at the very least.

frosty1000.bsky.social•12 days ago

I have been following you for more than two years and I cannot tell you how much I admire you.

liisalee.bsky.social•12 days ago

It’s a lot. 💔

jeepk.bsky.social•12 days ago

I feel like I'm crazy sometimes.

unmitigatedgall.bsky.social•12 days ago

generalcommentator.bsky.social•12 days ago

There is an alternate surreal reality out there. Fact.l

peggymh.bsky.social•12 days ago

It’s absolutely heartbreaking. And personally, I have some friends and family who are Trump supporters who haven’t spoken to me in over 2 weeks because of some posts I’ve made on instagram (support of Bishop Budde, showing a definition of “oligarchy”, sharing Jim Acosta’s farewell message)..

gojavelina.bsky.social•12 days ago

This really resonates with me. Beautifully expressed.

ksemik.bsky.social•12 days ago

I lost my country on the 20th of January and lost my husband 7 days later. 2025 is the worst year of my life.

yodaisright.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am so sorry to hear that. You're right this is a horrible start for this year for you. Hopefully we can have a community on this site and support each other while we all grieve the loss of our country.

janshalom.bsky.social•12 days ago

Me too, feeling sorrow at this news. And joining others in hoping the community here can help... and other community too! Helen Keller: "We live by each other and for each other. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

rbgandjohnny.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m so very sorry.

lisas01.bsky.social•12 days ago

So sorry.

justhanginon.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm so sorry😞.

rayoucray.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm so sorry.

creddingvye.bsky.social•12 days ago

💔💔❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

whiskeychase.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm send my support and a big virtual hug. If you need to talk to someone. Remember there is a crisisline for just such matters 24/7 by dialing 988.

ruspugs.bsky.social•12 days ago

@puggymama21.bsky.social 👆🏼👆🏼💔🙏🏼😭

puggymama21.bsky.social•12 days ago

OMG! 😭😭😭😭

politics-jmw.bsky.social•13 days ago

"We handed Trump the White House by believing that fetishist men in frocks had a right to invade women's spaces, but don't worry, it's OK to feel self-pity about it". Bleddy hell you're pathetic, thank fuck the UK left isn't so infected with such moronic nonsense.

bmmtc.bsky.social•12 days ago

The world is grieving for you and the world

handitup.bsky.social•12 days ago

sarcasmandcaffeine.bsky.social•12 days ago

I love whatever algorithm it was that put this post in my newsfeed.

jiraniheart.bsky.social•12 days ago

Not just to grieve, but to have thoughts that you normally would never have- evil thoughts, but you correct yourself because you know you are not that type of person. There is nothing wrong with you- your mind is trying to help you cope with all this insanity as best it can. You are being human.

chazzo.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank u John. 💙

karip.bsky.social•13 days ago

Is that why I can't get out of bed until 11:30 am?

skcuspm-rt.bsky.social•12 days ago

I cried yesterday because Trump was cheered at the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift was booed.

dancingtides.bsky.social•12 days ago

On Nov 5th I got drunk and went out into the night to howl to the 4 winds. I cried a lot. I told everyone in circle to give me time. I was in shock. I needed to grieve. Now I'm angry.

alithor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for this. 💙

shellshockedl.bsky.social•12 days ago

ruthannsatchfield.bsky.social•12 days ago

True

alleghenian.bsky.social•9 days ago

How I feel. https://youtu.be/L1xpTljAiqw?si=sMXrJQc2McJ2s3jk

munchkinpr.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thank you 💕

nitablodgett.bsky.social•12 days ago

I have been depressed since he was elected...

misst369.bsky.social•12 days ago

Exactly! This shit is no joke, so it’s perfectly acceptable to grieve if you feel like you need to! ♥️

ethiccalbeef.bsky.social•12 days ago

It helps that I haven't poisoned myself with so much of the crap that's mainstream in today's America. There is not a single societal benefit to allowing companies to market high fructose corn syrup as liquid happiness. Same goes for alcohol, cigarettes, trans fats...

lost-in-usa.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thanks for this. I was really depressed yesterday feeling like I’m living in the Twilight Zone and everyone is gas lighting me. Very few people I know are as alarmed as me. It’s devastating

matt-man69.bsky.social•12 days ago

All the calamity is disturbing 😳.. but we’ll get through it…
💙🇺🇸🌊💯💁🏻🏳️‍🌈🦋💙

kylieswift.bsky.social•13 days ago

I genuinely needed to read this. Thank you.

mequa.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. I feel awful - so unsettled way down deep.

sky-not-the-limit.bsky.social•13 days ago

We need more male role models to advocate for and support this effort. This includes, but is not limited to, the young GenZ and Millennial white men that the 47th and Musk are attempting to recruit into their circle of hate. Maybe we need to launch an ongoing campaign before it is too late?

escapepodready.bsky.social•12 days ago

I was told I am doing it to myself.

bluecarcharodon.bsky.social•12 days ago

I swear… sometimes I feel like i am an island.

Thank you.

thebestcapt.bsky.social•12 days ago

Dang. Didn't know I needed this. But I did.

Cheers.

hanagirl.bsky.social•12 days ago

bisonmetaphor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Needed wisdom

miriamrosen.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you! My mother commented that she feels I’m too upset. I said, « If you’re not upset, you haven’t been paying attention. »

jsquares.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well said. All of it. I wonder now how we can turn our collective grief into action. Action that will purge the oligarchy and help the 99.9% of us.

trishly.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm sure many many people are very stressed.

notebene.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you so much for your wisdom, love, & writing.

refocused-24.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank You, I needed that.

generallyannoyed.bsky.social•12 days ago

I spent 12 years in Catholic School and it seems like I am the only one who paid attention. So many classmates are still my friends and are loving this which makes it so much harder.

jval64.bsky.social•12 days ago

Nicely put! 😊

pisstified.bsky.social•12 days ago

Absolutely. Then get up and battle on. I'm 70 and I will fight like hell.

montealto.bsky.social•13 days ago

Nicely put, John.

mattymcgraw.bsky.social•12 days ago

I needed to hear this now

deepbluesea2016.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is reassuring because I'm extremely disturbed by it all. It's dystopian.

cccatlady.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am too!

bestdogmom.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you. Saturday was hard. I was crying much of the day in spite of how beautiful it was and how much I have for which to be grateful. Thankfully, I didn’t beat myself up about it, but it is wonderful to know I am not alone.