The business of government, managing vast organizations, developing legislation without legal risk , is hard. One of the things noticeable about the most dangerous of Trump's appointees is they have none of the experience needed to do this. Their experience is pontificating on TV. They have shone in a world of studio sets not reality. There is a real chance they have absolutely no idea of how to make happen what they want to make happen. Reasonable resistance from within may expose this sooner rather than later.
We are faced with a literal Crime family that is a Gang of Thugs (Trump, his family, and those he is appointing) who are bound and determined to fill their pockets with their looting of America. They do NOT give a damn about "governing"! They only care about money, power, and control - and destroying the very institutions they are supposed to lead. As they roll out their destruction across America - NO ONE will be spared (even and especially their smug supporters) - except their billionaire buddies and corporations. And as it becomes clear to ALL Americans that they have NO intention of helping others they are supposed to serve - but only care about themselves - more and more Americans will turn on them. Right now half of America does NOT support them, some that voted for them are having second thoughts as reality sinks in, and of those that did NOT vote (sadly a substantial number of Americans) they are becoming more and more horrified by what they see and hear. In no place and in no way should ANY evil thing that is done by these THUGS get a pass. Keep the receipts of the damage that they do AND pound the impact home to anyone and everyone you know. Make them own it and make it stick to them......... And then work with those that will work to fix the mess these thugs have made or tried to make............
Thank you for this. I’m a high school math teacher and I often warm my students that social media is designed to make them angry for engagement - to monitor how they feel after they put the phone down - to understand that the anger is a smokescreen to enact policies meant to benefit the corporations.
It sounds like all the rest of us (the vast majority who do not work for the government) can do is contribute to the legal defense funds for those who do.
Thank you, Maggie. I was going to ask Rachel what those of us who are *not* government employees can do to throw sand in the gears of the tyrants. This is one option, to be sure. I'd like to hear from Rachel or her readers about other ways common citizens can be obstructive.
The business of government, managing vast organizations, developing legislation without legal risk , is hard. One of the things noticeable about the most dangerous of Trump's appointees is they have none of the experience needed to do this. Their experience is pontificating on TV. They have shone in a world of studio sets not reality. There is a real chance they have absolutely no idea of how to make happen what they want to make happen. Reasonable resistance from within may expose this sooner rather than later.
We are faced with a literal Crime family that is a Gang of Thugs (Trump, his family, and those he is appointing) who are bound and determined to fill their pockets with their looting of America. They do NOT give a damn about "governing"! They only care about money, power, and control - and destroying the very institutions they are supposed to lead. As they roll out their destruction across America - NO ONE will be spared (even and especially their smug supporters) - except their billionaire buddies and corporations. And as it becomes clear to ALL Americans that they have NO intention of helping others they are supposed to serve - but only care about themselves - more and more Americans will turn on them. Right now half of America does NOT support them, some that voted for them are having second thoughts as reality sinks in, and of those that did NOT vote (sadly a substantial number of Americans) they are becoming more and more horrified by what they see and hear. In no place and in no way should ANY evil thing that is done by these THUGS get a pass. Keep the receipts of the damage that they do AND pound the impact home to anyone and everyone you know. Make them own it and make it stick to them......... And then work with those that will work to fix the mess these thugs have made or tried to make............
Thank you for this. I’m a high school math teacher and I often warm my students that social media is designed to make them angry for engagement - to monitor how they feel after they put the phone down - to understand that the anger is a smokescreen to enact policies meant to benefit the corporations.
It sounds like all the rest of us (the vast majority who do not work for the government) can do is contribute to the legal defense funds for those who do.
Thank you, Maggie. I was going to ask Rachel what those of us who are *not* government employees can do to throw sand in the gears of the tyrants. This is one option, to be sure. I'd like to hear from Rachel or her readers about other ways common citizens can be obstructive.
12-10-24
I’ve done enough analysis.
It’s time for ACTION.
The only rights we have left to resist President-elect Trump are freedoms of assembly and speech:
SPEECH - Call your 2 senators 202-224-3121. Tell them you support Advise & Consent Hearings on all the president-elect's nominees.
ASSEMBLY - Make a plan to support & participate personally or virtually in Jan 18th People's March.
peoplesmarch.com
This was terrific!
Thank you Rachel.