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Nine Things to Keep You Sane in Insane Times. GNR [1]
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Date: 2025-07-12
There is no denying that these are really tough and difficult times.
We need to be able to maintain our sanity and not be overwhelmed by the moment.
Here are nine things you can do to keep your sanity in this time.
1. Read messages that are meant for YOU
There are so many sources of news and information that sometimes it is hard to know who to read and how often.
I have also found that some of the people who I used to follow are now occasionally hard for me to read because I feel like their messages get me more panicked.
Honestly, I don’t need to be more panicked. I am pretty full tilt on panic. I am guessing you don’t need more panic either either.
And I get why they are writing what they write — there are people out there who are not aware of the risks to democracy and they need to be brought up-to-date. They need to understand things. They need a little panic.
That ain’t me. And I am guessing that isn’t you either.
So find people to read who don’t lie to you or mislead you, but write in a way that you find energizing.
One account I love is Amanda’s Mild Takes. She is really smart and well-informed but not inflammatory.
You can find her at this link
Another is Robert Hubbell. Here are some of his words that helped me this week:
Robert Hubbell
The good news is that there are tens of millions of us. No single person must carry the weight of the nation’s future on their shoulders alone. That is a collective burden shared by millions across many years. True, we must persevere even when we are sick of the “news.” In reality, our resistance is the “news.” Future historians will look back on this period and accurately report the most significant story of 2025 was that “millions of Americans rose up to save democracy.” That is the news from today. The rest is detail.
I also often like Ben Meiselas
from Ben Meiselas (write non Wednesday)
Yesterday was Trump’s worst day of his term so far, in my opinion. He has the lowest approval of any president at this point in his term—including himself in his first term. He looked weaker than ever. Major cracks are forming in MAGA as well. Trump’s fear tactics are not working on you. The resistance grows stronger each day. Trump looked guilty as can be and pathetically weak at his Cabinet Meeting yesterday. He lost it on live TV when a reporter asked him about his DOJ’s claim that the Epstein list never existed. In my opinion, Trump looked so guilty it almost seemed like a parody. The usual MAGA sycophants went mute or described how betrayed they felt by Trump for covering up the Epstein list. Trump’s DOJ then scrambled to announce they were investigating former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan to distract from the Epstein list. We all recognized Trump’s games. Also during the Cabinet Meeting, Trump kept saying the word “skedaddle.” Trump said he didn’t know who ordered weapons be cut off from Ukraine. Trump congratulated his team for a great emergency response in Texas as the death toll rose past 100—and Trump spent the weekend golfing. Trump randomly announced he was tariffing foreign copper at 40 percent and foreign pharmaceuticals at 200 percent. Trump looked and talked like a lunatic. I am not saying this based on some blind hope. I truly feel a vibe shift is underway in this country. I notice how Trump podcasters are now pretending to care about migrants. I notice how some cable news and media outlets are starting to actually do their job. I am seeing MAGA supporters say this is not what they voted for. Most importantly, I am seeing you standing your ground and pushing forward. You are sharing the truth with people you know. You are supporting the protests. You are showing up to protests if you can. You always ask what more you can do to fight back against the dastardly regime. The Trump regime hoped their displays of military power inside the United States would scare us. But it didn’t. The Trump regime thought its lawsuit against news outlets would silence us. It did not. The Trump regime thought the endless propaganda would break us or brainwash us. It didn’t. I am so proud of you for staying in the fight and helping to build this movement stronger. I know there are days that can feel hopeless, or scary, or overwhelming. It’s normal to feel that way. But we’ve been able to regroup, collect ourselves, and grow this movement much stronger. I see a major opportunity right now for our pro-democracy voices to take deeper root. Our data shows we aren’t preaching to the choir—although I think it’s important we fight hardest for our choir and remain loyal to our choir and make sure our choir sings the loudest. We are reaching people all over the country and the world with a simple formula: tell the truth and be relentless and fearless in our reporting. I believe we are seeing the start of a major vibe shift in this country. We can grow it. Or we can lose it. I prefer to grow it. I think it’s an existential proposition that we need to grow it, cultivate it, and appeal to the decency and hearts and minds of the people. Stay in the fight. Stay strong. And always know we have your back.
Those may work for you. They may not. But find the people who work for YOU not for someone else and keep your focus there.
2. Remember that it is a community not a footrace
When talking about our struggle, I have heard people say it is a marathon not a sprint to try to get people to not feel like they have to put their all into fighting this at every moment. It makes a lot of sense. I’ve said it myself.
I’ve also heard people say that this is a relay race not a sprint. They say this to try to get people to not feel like they can’t take mental health and JOY breaks. It makes a lot of sense. I’ve said it myself.
But what both of these miss is that we aren’t all doing the same thing in this important fight. We aren’t all runners or joggers. Some of you may march. Some may talk to friends. Some may post. Some may postcard. Some may donate. Some may do a combo. There isn’t a right way to do this. We just need to all do something. If you haven’t found something that works for you, don’t worry. There are ideas at the end of this post!
3. Don’t Forget That We are Going to Have Mid-Term Elections
Look, I don’t have a crystal ball but I do know that, despite many people mocking me for saying it, we did have midterms in 2018. In addition, I do see that one group who seems sure that we are having midterms -- the WH and the GOP.
For example:
Texas Plans Mid-Decade Redistricting After Pressure from White House
The White House has been pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm election to protect the party’s slim majority in the House, the New York Times first reported last month.
This shows that (a) they are planning for elections and (b) they are worried they may lose.
And yes, them redistricting to win is very bad, BUT it may very well not work. First, we showed in 2018 that Gerrymandering only works when it is done assuming certain parameters of voter turnout. If we destroy those, we destroy its efficacy. Second, some of their tactics for suppression are no longer working as well as voting lines have shifted.
Also, California is giving some hints that if Texas does this, they will do it right back.
Also:
None of that is to say that Gerrymandering and voter suppression are not real and real problems and real things we have to fight. They are. They are. They are. But things are never a simple as they seem.
And again, back to my main point, they are panicking because they DO expect elections and they also fear losing the House BECAUSE they know that, in many ways, that would end this reign of terror.
They are panicking with good reasons. We are fired up and crushing special and local elections:
And Democrats are already fighting for seats:
and this as more evidence that elections aren’t “over”:
And I just saw that they are BEGGING congressional reps to not retire and run for a different office. LOL. Losers.
And if none of that convinced you, here is Robert Hubbell:
I continue to receive daily emails from readers about the 2026 elections being canceled by Trump. If that happens (it won’t), there will be no House of Representatives (the terms of all representatives expire on January 3, 2027) and Democrats would assume control of the Senate with 34 Democrats and 31 Republicans. (The terms of 22 Republicans and 13 Democratic terms expiring on January 3, 2027.)
4. Get Some Historical Perspective
It is easy to get lost in the awful of this moment and not realize that we have always struggled for good to win over bad and America has faced lots of tough moments before.
Realizing that this is a normal part of the human condition can help it from feeling overwhelming and it can remind us of all the times that good has won in the past.
It can remind us of our place in history.
It can keep us from catastrophizing.
From Mike Madrid
I want to offer some perspective. Every generation of Americans has been summoned to defend the promise of democracy. Some have stood in snow-covered camps with no shoes and no certainty of survival. Others have crossed oceans into fire, fighting for freedom not only for themselves but for the world. Some marched in the Deep South against the racist laws that have scarred us since our founding. And some have stood their ground at home, marching, organizing, speaking up, so that our institutions might endure and our ideals might live. Now, it is our turn. Our moment may not look like Valley Forge, Gettysburg, or Omaha Beach. We are not dodging bullets or charging trenches. But make no mistake, we too are in a war for democracy. It is a different kind of battle, fought not with muskets and bayonets, but with ballots and truth, with civic engagement and institutional defense. The stakes, while less visible than physical combat, are no less meaningful. If we fail to engage, if we lose faith in truth or drift into apathy, the American project, the promise that people can govern themselves, will erode from within. This bloodless war may be quieter than its predecessors, but defeat for our freedoms and our Constitution would be no less final. Let us be clear-eyed: we are not asked to cross icy rivers or charge into enemy fire. We are asked to vote, to speak, to organize, to protest, to resist authoritarianism not with muskets or tanks, but with conviction and clarity. It is not glory we are called to, but responsibility. To believe that our time is uniquely cursed is a form of arrogance. We are heirs to people who endured far worse and prevailed. But to believe that democracy will survive without our effort is a form of delusion. This nation has survived civil war, global war, economic collapse, racial injustice, and constitutional crisis. It has done so not by accident, but because enough people, sometimes just barely enough, rose to the challenge. We must do the same. This is a moment of choosing. Between fact and fiction. Between hope and fear. Between democracy and something much colder. Let us be worthy of the moment. Let us honor Washington's quiet plea for courage, Lincoln's call to finish the work, and Eisenhower's faith in ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Today, fear has gripped millions of Americans, but the moment must be met with catalyzing action, not paralysis. Turn fear into righteous anger. Do not let it leave you frozen. The cause of liberty has always depended on imperfect citizens rising to perfect occasions. Now it depends on us.
From Ken Burns:
I don’t know about you, but I find some comfort in the knowledge that this is a not a completely new battle and that we have won it again and again and again,
5. Remember that they aren’t evil geniuses, they are evil idiots
Please ignore all the “3 dimensional chess” arguments about this administration. Please. When Marco Rubio is your smartest member, you are struggling...
from Simon Rosenberg
I think Trump and the Republicans have gone too far, and are making consequential mistakes. They have overplayed a weak hand. The public is not buying what they are selling; their agenda is already doing real harm to the country and the American people; things will get worse; we have 16 months now to relentlessly, loudly, tell this story to the American people; and we need to go offense, operate from strength, and go win the big argument with MAGA, mitigate the damage they are doing and regain as much as power as we possibly can. The passage of the big ugly gives us an opportunity to go tell this bigger story about this rancid agenda of sabotage, plunder and betrayal. We are no longer limited in our comms and story telling to the elements of the big ugly. We must now in fact integrate the elements of the big ugly into their broader agenda and attack it on all fronts. They have betrayed us and we can and must find a better way, together. The tragedy in Texas has started a national debate about their “more for me, less for all of you” agenda. The return of measles has given us an opportunity to talk about their assault on our health care. Trump’s ongoing tariff fiasco allows us to talk about his core betrayal of working people by raising prices not lowering them. His attempt to create a secret police gives us an opportunity to talk about his authoritarian fantasies and abandonment of the Constitutional order here in American. all of his attempts to get his flagging poll numbers up have failed - the immigration escalation, the sad birthday parade, the bombing of Iran, the passage of the big ugly - nothing has moved the needle. He remains remarkably unpopular, and the groups who swung to him late and gave him the election have wandered from him. I think Trump and the Rs have overplayed a weak hand; they’ve gone too far; the country is rejecting where they are taking us; they keep losing in court and the circle of defiance continues to grow; he is old, impulsive, crazy and making mistakes; his acolytes are bumbling and unserious people; even their big “victory lap” week this has turned into an ongoing shitshow. I am more confident today, despite it all, than I’ve been in some time that we can triumph. I am not scared of them. Nor should you be. While it is summer we need to stay in the game, peeps
And:
Poll after poll shows that the American people hate the big ugly bill and that the furor around it has penetrated public opinion. For example, the Pew Research Center found that, “far more Americans oppose the legislation than favor it. Nearly half (49%) oppose it, while 29% favor it.” Another poll found that the majority of adults (64%) have an unfavorable opinion of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The negative polls go on and on. Come elections in November 2025 and November 2026, we will look back on the big ugly bill as part of the springboard that gave rise to a new American consensus. That is when millions of Americans will next sit in judgment of Trump and his MAGA enablers in Congress and at the Roberts Court and the death and destruction that they wrought over the past days. Scholars such as Eric Foner, Garry Wills, and Noah Feldman have written about a second founding of America in, around, or after the Civil War. The Trump administration is like a forest fire burning through American governance, but one that will also allow a new growth.
they don’t even know how to keep their base happy
Immigration, Epstein, Ukraine: Trump’s moves roil MAGA base
Even as President Donald Trump celebrates the passage of his sweeping legislative package, frustration and anger have roiled some of his most loyal supporters, who fear he is going back on promises crucial to his MAGA movement. Trump is advocating a new policy that would spare swaths of migrant workers from deportations. Top administration officials, who long promised to expose hidden truths about Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy child sex offender who died in 2019, suddenly conceded this week that they had nothing more to share about the case. And Trump said he would send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after leading MAGA figures cheered the Pentagon’s decision to halt the shipments. “I will tell you right now, MAGA has never been in more turmoil than the last 72 hours,” said a person close to Trump, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive situation.
6. Keep in mind that Bad Stories Make the News, Good Endings Do Not
This is REALLY important. Before you freak out about something, make sure it is real. Give it a few days. Like this huge story which was covered all over:
Trump Pauses Some Weapons Transfers to Ukraine
The White House cited Pentagon concerns that some American arms stockpiles were dwindling too low. Among the affected weapons were air defense systems, bombs, missiles and artillery rounds.
People freaked out. And then this was much less covered:
Trump administration resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after Pentagon pause
The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The weapons heading into Ukraine include 155 mm munitions and precision-guided rockets known as GMLRS, two officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not been announced publicly. It’s unclear exactly when the weapons started moving.
This happens all the time. I wrote a whole thing on it.
Oh another one from yesterday! Remember the new awful rules on asbestos? We freaked out and…. they are gone.
7. Keep in mind that it is FALSE that all the effects of the Big Awful Bill won’t be felt until after the midterms
I’ve seen some panicking that people won’t feel the bad effects of the bill until it is too late to do anything about it. Not true.
Some of the things in the big awful bill were kept until after the election (more evidence that they know there will be midterms). But not all of them were.
For example, the awful work requirements for Medicaid go into effect January 2026. Plenty of time before November for people to feel those.
Also Medicaid expansion options under ADA will be gone in January 2026.
Southwest Nebraska medical center announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding
The uncertainty over federal Medicaid funding appears to have claimed its first victim in Nebraska. Community Hospital in McCook announced Wednesday that it will close Curtis Medical Center in Curtis, winding down its services over the next several months. "Unfortunately, the current financial environment, driven by anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid, has made it impossible for us to continue operating all of our services, many of which have faced significant financial challenges for years," Troy Bruntz, President and CEO of Community Hospital, said in a news release. The budget reconciliation bill that the House of Representatives voted to approve on Thursday contains several provisions that experts say will slash Medicaid, which rural hospitals are more dependent on than their urban counterparts.
Trump's Megabill Screws Over His Own Voters—And Democrats Are Already Making Republicans Pay
Republicans passed a bill so unpopular and toxic that it created a permission structure: Every single Democrat, from democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders to Rep. Jared Golden, whose ME-02 is the Trumpiest district held by a Democrat in Congress, could aggressively message against it. Golden’s statement is difficult to distinguish from that of a progressive Democrat: “As a result, we have a law that will take health care away from tens of thousands of Mainers, close rural hospitals across the country, and blow up the national debt — all to pay for tax cuts that mostly benefit those at the top.” Or, as he told Politico a bit more colorfully: “There’s almost nothing about this bill that I’m going [to] have a hard time explaining to the district. This is a giant tax giveaway to wealthy people. Everyone fucking knows it.”
the party is on it:
According to the DCCC:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced its first national digital ad buy of the 2026 cycle. The four-figure digital ad buy, which begins this week on Meta, slams vulnerable House Republicans for their ‘YES’ vote on the Big, Ugly Bill and the havoc it will wreak on America’s rural hospitals, threatening lifesaving care. The individualized ads are slated to run in all 35 of the DCCC’s Districts in Play. Research from the DCCC on the Big, Ugly Bill shows that the threat of rural hospitals closing due to Medicaid cuts, leaving many Americans without access to lifesaving care, is one of the most unpopular elements of their bill.
8. Try to think of this ICE fiasco as a tool we can use against them
This has been the toughest one for me. The supercharged ICE is so fucking awful and has me worried.
But in reading about how awful they are and how much trump is putting into them, I found some things that made me hopeful that they may have overplayed this. From the amazing Jay Kuo:
The documentation of ICE’s racial profiling, brutal tactics and lack of compassion, paired with its nefarious hiding of its own agents’ identities, has already soured a majority of the American public against its deportations. As Democratic strategist Max Burns noted, Prior to May, most Americans viewed ICE positively. Now the agency evokes images of masked men huddled around blacked-out vans and Alligator Alcatraz. Agents’ refusal to identify themselves, and MAGA’s celebration of their unaccountability, has led millions of Americans to see the agency as little more than Trump’s personal skullcrushers. Now, 54 percent of adults say ICE’s actions have gone too far. It turns out letting ICE go hog-wild on non-criminal immigrants who are just trying to work or care for their families is extremely unpopular. Burns notes that six recent polls show a collapse of public support for Trump’s immigration policies, with him three points underwater on what used to be one of his best issues. That level of unpopularity toward the GOP on immigration hasn’t happened in 20 years. The Catholic Church itself has recently taken an unprecedented stand, with two dioceses recently informing parishioners that they can skip mass over fears of ICE raids. "In issuing this decree, I'm guided by the Church's mission to care for the spiritual welfare of all entrusted under my care, particularly those who face fear or hardship," San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas and Vicar General Gerard M. Lopez wrote. ICE was not exactly a popular or respected agency among law enforcement before this chaos began. As Josh Marshall observed, ICE was generally known as a place made up of people who couldn’t get jobs at the more established and reputable federal policing agencies…. Because of this, it has a high proportion of people who are there because they want to wear a uniform, knock people around and act tough. That’s an aspect of every policing organization. But more professional organizations do their best to weed those people out on the front end and instill discipline that keeps those impulses in check. There’s much less of that at ICE. So it’s never had a good reputation within federal law enforcement. This could make recruiting new and capable ICE agents a challenge, and we should press this point. After all, the more shame the public can bring upon accepting such a position, the more ridicule heaped upon the idea that ICE agents must hide their identities just to function, the less appealing that job will be. And if only the truly extreme in our society sign up to be ICE agents, that will quickly push ICE toward very public mistakes and public relations nightmares. And as Nick Miroff of The Atlantic reported today, morale within ICE, in fact, is already ebbing. The White House has demanded ever higher numbers of raids to meet quotas that leaders within the agency and the rank and file view as highly unrealistic. ICE has been forced to shelve major criminal investigations in order to prioritize civil immigration arrests, all of which come with strong public disapproval. ”It’s miserable,” one career ICE official told Miroff. The job was “mission impossible.” The new budget hopes to ameliorate some of the pressure, but training up new ICE agents takes time, as much as 18 months in many cases. To get around this, ICE will have to rely on the military’s help (which could get legally challenged as a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act) or simply go with more untrained recruits. In his analysis, Marshall also points out that the population ICE is used to going after—undocumented immigrants or those with precarious legal status—have relatively few rights and protections, setting up a situation ripe for abuse. But ICE isn’t used to dealing with the U.S. citizenry at large. We’ve seen ICE agents back off quickly when confronted by a (whiter) angry public, whose rights are more established and who aren’t as afraid of being labeled non-citizens and hauled off to a detention center. It’s increasingly clear that the best response to ICE presence in an area is an overwhelming, yet peaceful, community response, including most crucially from U.S. citizens. To get ahead of ICE, citizens are already organizing, including using a popular app called ICEBlock, which alerts users to nearby ICE sightings. According to CNN, ICEBlock currently has more than 20,000 users, many of whom are in Los Angeles. And its inventor had a very specific reason for creating the app. “When I saw what was happening in this country, I wanted to do something to fight back,” Joshua Aaron told CNN, adding that the deportations were reminiscent of Nazi Germany. “We’re literally watching history repeat itself.” While the Trump-Miller White House threatens to deploy ICE en masse to the streets of other Democratic-controlled cities such as New York or Chicago, that may not go down as hoped. Strong public backlash is likely, especially to the presence of federal troops. While some argue that Trump may be counting on protests to make his case that even greater force is warranted, he also risks overplaying his hand and losing what public support he still has for draconian detention and deportation measures. What good, after all, are these harsh detention and deportation measures serving if his true goal is ethnic cleansing rather than public safety? And how is the public possibly safer with pitched battles with ICE in the streets? Blue state attorneys general should also take note: The physical abuses by ICE agents, which are now well-documented, are not immune from state-level prosecution. As Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) recently urged, if an illegal assault occurs at the hands of an ICE agent, it should be charged by state authorities as a crime. Orders to detain undocumented migrants do not give carte blanche for all manner of illegal behavior. x Swalwell: Democratic attorneys general in these states have their own law enforcement abilities. And I would recommend, and I have recommended to them use those capabilities. If these agents are committing assault or battery, you can charge them with assault and battery. — Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-07-09T00:47:04.034Z Beyond urging state law enforcement to get involved and meeting the threat of ICE through peaceful resistance in the streets, our overall task ahead is clear: to ensure that ICE becomes synonymous with fascism. These are the lawless goons, the gestapo of our times. Anyone who accepts an ICE job needs to understand that they will live with the ignominy of that decision for all time, that they could face current prosecution for any abuses, and that they will not be shielded from future prosecution by claiming they were “just following orders.” We must ensure that politicians who supported the ICE budget pay a political price for their vote, especially in vulnerable swing districts or where entire minority communities are now under threat. And a whole generation of young people, many who did not fully understand the consequences of their votes, must be activated against the fascist threat, the face of which ICE has already become. ... by supercharging one of the most despised, unprofessional and unaccountable law enforcement agencies, it is creating the very lightning rod the resistance to Trumpism needs—one that readily and inherently symbolizes the fascist, authoritarian nature of this government.
Look at this bravery:
x at the end of the video you can hear the woman in black say to the men in the retreating truck, “help the people of Texas, you’re not helping by snatching people,” and then “fuck you.” — Anjali Dayal (@anjalikdayal.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T19:17:46.475Z
and this
x I’ve seen a lot of questions about why Americans are just taking this, but I’ve also seen a lot of videos of women in flip flops and leggings confronting lethally armed guys who look kitted out to raid osama bin laden’s compound — Anjali Dayal (@anjalikdayal.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T19:17:46.476Z
this made me laugh
x There’s not enough armor and weaponry to save you once you’ve unleashed the LA mommy: messy bun don’t care is coming for you. We’re lean, mean, over caffeinated, Pilates machines. I’ll take my athleasure wear over your Kevlar any day. Fuck ICE. Stay out of ours schools. Stay out of our parks. — Annaliisa Vilppu (@annaliisavilppu.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T19:38:41.652Z
and we ARE already seeing this happen! Look at this brand new data:
The number of REPUBLICANS wanting to decrease immigration has plummeted
the number thinking immigration is good has skyrocketed since he started this.
And people wanting immigration to decrease is the lowest it has been in a decade.
check this out:
A new Gallup poll released YESTERDAY has pretty remarkable new data (h/t Prem Thakker):
Trump approval on immigration 35%-62% (-27!!!!)
Record high approval of immigration itself (79%-17% overall)
78% of people support a pathway to citizenship (+8 from 2024)
Only 38% support mass deportation (-9 from 2024)
30% want a decrease in immigration (-25 from 2024)
As much as this sucks, we are winning on this issue longterm and they are helping us with their awful terrible terrible bullshit.
and just last night:
Judge Maame Frimpong blocks ICE raid tactics under Trump
President Donald Trump's administration suffered a blow on Friday when a federal judge concluded that federal agents had been "unlawfully" arresting suspected illegal migrants in Los Angeles and six surrounding counties. Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, imposed two temporary restraining orders banning law enforcement from detaining suspected illegal migrants in the area without reasonable suspicion and insisting those arrested must have access to legal counsel. On Friday Judge Frimpong concluded there was "a mountain of evidence" that federal agents had been arresting people solely based on characteristics such as race, employment and accent, which she termed a violation of the Fourth Amendment that prohibits unreasonable seizures by the government.
9. Don’t Listen to the Doomers — Democrats are great
When people trash the Democrats what they are usually doing is trashing the 1 or 2 people who they have decided are “the democrats.” For example, if you don’t like Schumer, it doesn’t mean you don’t like Democrats. Are you really telling me you don’t like Jasmine Crockett? Or Hakeem Jeffries? Maybe you like AOC and Bernie. ALL OF THOSE ARE DEMOCRATS. Maybe you love how Newsom has been taking on Trump. Democrats. All of them.
You know who else is a democrat? Me. And you. Your friends. The people you protest with. Maybe you like ALL OF US and all the work we do to make America better. Because, my friends, we are the Democrats! We are the party. And we are awesome.
Democrats. We get the job done.
From Jennifer Rubin:
It is time to stop berating House and Senate Democrats for not “doing enough.” They did everything humanly possible to oppose the bill, pressure and shame Republicans, educate the public, and unify their ranks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and their colleagues (not to mention their indefatigable staffers) challenged and knocked out one measure after another in the so-called Byrd Bath process. They delayed and debated so the full horror of the bill could be covered for days and debated in the light of day, for all Americans to behold. In the House, discipline in the ranks and truly eloquent rhetoric from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a record-setting 8+ hours of debate on Thursday underscored Democrats’ devotion to ordinary Americans. Democrats lost this bill because they lost too many seats in 2024. Math is math. At the end of his inspiring, record-setting “magic minute” speech on the House floor on Jeffries (D-N.Y.) declared, “As I take my seat, I just want to say to the American people that no matter what the outcome is on this singular day, we’re going to press on.” He pledged that Democrats would “[p]ress on for the left behind. Press on for the rule of law. Press on for the American way of life. Press on for democracy. We’re going to press on until victory is won.” And so must all patriotic Americans.
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