· by ellem111.bsky.social ·6h ago · view on bsky.app ↗

Tuning out Trump is the most destructive thing you can do now (alternet.org)

As Washington spirals into chaos, a calculated strategy is using your exhaustion to force a surrender—but action is the only way out.

"...hope emerges from action. It’s what activism pays back...hopelessness is a trap. “We’re all f---- may feel like clear-headed realism, but it’s just surrender — draped in the costume of being realistic." Someone tell Ty Cobb. #discover #Epstein #activism www.alternet.org/tuning-out-t...

#activism #discover #epstein

2 comments — live from bluesky

falalala50.bsky.social · 1 · 5h ago

Love Robert Reich, and follow him on Substack, also following Jack Hopkins who has practical insight on what’s happening and how we need to fight it! Believe me…NOT tuning out…too much at stake! I will not surrender the country my ancestors fought for & built to this orange conman & his grifters!

ElleM · 1 · 5h ago

Robert Reich is an excellent leader behind the scenes, he is making lists of what the real possibilities are. We need plans and leaders to help implement those publicly. We each need a plan and need to put our heads together even to create those. Nothing like this has ever happened to Americans.

ElleM · 0 · 6h ago

@falalala50.bsky.social

falalala50.bsky.social · 0 · 5h ago

I won’t listen to that voice, but I am definitely paying attention to everything that is happening…not so much for me, but for our kids and granddaughters! I see this going very, very badly if this monster is stopped, the regime removed forthwith!

ElleM · 1 · 5h ago

Not listen to what voice Cobbs? or the article? Cobbs was with trump not long ago. The possible scenarios of what could happen, and quickly, are very very bad and it looks like we have no national leader with us.

falalala50.bsky.social · 0 · 5h ago

I won’t listen to Trump’s voice…I cannot! Cobb is a voice I will listen to…and you’re right, we don’t have leadership, or if we do, they are keeping themselves pretty damn anonymous and that isn’t what we need! I find more leadership, at this point in time, in people like Jon Ossoff then in Schumer!

ElleM · 1 · 5h ago

Can't listen to trump, I keep up with what's reported, I won't tune out. Not a fan of Ty Cobb's negativity, not helpful. People want to survive, this is dire, even dire circumstances need a level headed response, an action plan for worst case scenario. We're not screwed, we are being screwed.

falalala50.bsky.social · 1 · 5h ago

Right there with you…and history proves that even the darkest moments can lead to better outcomes…we were losing the Revolution for years, until we weren’t, circumstances changed quickly and the British surrendered!

ElleM · 1 · 5h ago

Yes! There is opportunity in every crisis. Enough of us already refuse to let these ba*tards win, kill 100 million of us, impoverish the rest, kick us into dystopia to satisfy their personal greed. Screw that. Revolution succeeded because refused to give up, worked together. I refuse to give up!