I say this with every fiber of my being: Put your oxygen mask on first.
Fascists are about to throw all sorts of f*ckery at you, and if you want to help others, you need to take care of yourself first. Please 🙏🏾.
Over the next two months, put together a self-care plan that will sustain you for the next four years (and beyond—that’s the beauty of this—it’s a win-win for you no matter what happens).
Take a beat to journal out what you need to do to be ok (community, therapy, exercise, screaming, journaling, prayer, meditation, cupcakes, etc…). There are so many tools to help us get through this. We will get through this.
And if you need grounding in what’s real - remember that these folks who elevated a rapist to the highest office while claiming to be Christians are f*cking hypocrites. They will try to gaslight you into thinking that they’re right and you’re wrong. They will try to make you doubt reality. They will try to pretend that your empathy is a weakness. It’s not. Our empathy and our moral code will be what get us through this.
Hugs to all of you.
Hey Trump voter dads, you didn’t need to protect your daughters from drag queens, boys in sports, and furry groomers, you needed to protect them from rapists like Donald Trump and Matt Gaetz.
And guess what — you fucking failed.
It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8
“This is what we're on this Earth to do as American citizens in this generation.”
I’m taking a break from the news, so when this #Maddow clip popped up, I skipped it.
But curiosity lured me back, and I’m glad it did.
It’s worth watching and sharing.
New Acronyms when engaging MAGA disinformation trolls.
#iTYS - I Told You So
#DTLEYF - Did The Leopard Eat Your Face?
#DILLIGAF - you know that one
#TFB - Too Fucking Bad
#TBSS - Too Bad, So Sad
#IVFH - I Voted For Harris
#NOYF - Now Off You Fuck!
#TIAC - Trump is a …
Please apply them literally liberally with lol emoticons.
"Oh, in 2028-" "We just have to get through four years of this-"
Y'all real confident we're going to have another election, huh? We're either going to be in complete fascism, or another civil war.
They don't care about what's legal. They've stacked the decks.
Swalwell: If a young woman in Florida, where a six-week ban is now law, can get up today and find her way through, we can too. And if a soldier in a trench in eastern Ukraine, who just saw their best ally walk away, can keep fighting, we can too. And if a high school student, who’s going to school today in a country that arms mass shooters to the teeth, can get through it, we can too. It doesn’t feel good to lose—it sucks. I hate it, and I hate what this winner says about our country and the people who make it great, but we have work to do. We’ve dealt with this guy before; he’s a one-term president coming in and in serious cognitive decline. We’re not helpless—we’re privileged to be among those who can do something.
🚨NEW: Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on Senate Democrats to confirm a flurry of federal judges and regulators prior to Republicans retaking the majority.
RETWEET if you agree with @SenWarren!
Good to know that “God’s choice” is mass deportation, concentration camps, normalization of rapists, misogyny, and racism. It just further confirms that he was created by men seeking power and justification for their horrendous behavior.
OK, let me solve American "economic anxiety" very quickly. I'm gonna sort it out for you in less than ten tweets and then you won't have that excuse anymore. You ready? Here goes.
The cause is capitalism and greed. That's it. Nothing else. Just that.
I’m with Whoopi! If folks are okay with the vulgarity, disgusting and hateful B.S. that come outta Trump aka the Bum’s mouth, but are horrified by Black, Brown and marginalized people in this country, then I don’t hear a goddamn thing from them. Period. #TheView
So when Trump fires all non-partisan career professionals in government, replaces them with radical loyalists within every nook and cranny of the US government, and adds radical judges everywhere.
And every one of you that voted for him finally wake up from your fucked up fantasy just like the folks that woke up after 4 years of the last shit show, only to realize it’s much much worse, and much more permanent, this time.
When the cancer you caused has infected every bit of the American system and it can’t be unwound for a lifetime.
What then?
Do you beg this country for forgiveness for choosing fascism because you were conned into believing your eggs are too expensive because of Joe Biden?
You just put Steve Bannon in charge of American policy.
You just put Michael Flynn in charge of our military.
You just put Alex Jones in charge of media and propaganda.
You just put Stephen Miller in charge of immigration policy.
You just put batshit crazy RFK Jr. in charge of health policy.
You just killed free public education and privatized schools, which you will have to pay for.
You just sealed the deal on a national abortion ban, because you’re demented if you think it’s not coming.
You just radicalized the Supreme Court for a generation.
You just made women less safe and less free.
You just made this country an oligarchy with the billionaires quite literally in charge now.
You just put in office the one person that believes a president is a king, with the fucking Supreme Court ruling to prove it in his back pocket!
You just ushered in Fascism.
Because your cereal costs more.
Congratulations.