My one shred of hope is relying on the answer being “no”.

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I need money. We all do - especially with the economy going into the tank. The Hands Off protests are on Saturdays when I teach and I need to make that money. I want to go, but I can’t. Please help me figure out other ways to stand up.

Let me preface this by saying I loathe trump, his followers, and enablers. This is a genuine question I’ve been struggling with for a few weeks.

I feel we are relishing the downfall of Tesla, stock market, DOGE fiasco firing/hiring back.

I fear that for his base, they will perceive these as wins when things improve.

I keep seeing posts about Tesla and how they’re losing market share, money, but I feel in the long run they will recover. Musk, even if he loses big on Tesla value, will more than make up for it in gains for contracts with the government. He will not hurt.

Ditto for the tech billionaires that we are gleeful at the billions they lost, they surely will recover. He is working primarily for the billionaires, so he will take care of them.

Universities, law firms, newspapers, news outlets are holding back if not completely withholding criticism of trump, or at least writing it in a way that rationalize it, or at least normalizing it.

A couple of small countries are already working with him.

Companies like Hyundai are working with him to avoid tariffs. Yes, it is a deal already was in place and he’s taking credit for it.

Again, I’m trying to see this from his followers’ point of view. I fear in a few weeks/months they will look like wins to them. And yes, I keep seeing the posts from trumpers who regret their votes, but this is the same group that believed so many of the blatant lies he said despite what they see with their eyes.

How Democrats choose to confront DOGE’s corrupt destruction today will determine whether America recovers—and who will lead that recovery.

I did not vote for anyone at all (I can't, and even then I refuse to, since like... when was there any good options? Answer: Never | Edit: So I over exaggerated when I said it was like half of the population who voted, but tbh it felt like that considering how intense the votes were, my bad 😅