Called and left a voicemail for my representative this morning. I'm pretty pleased with what he's been doing so I mentioned that as well as my concern du jour. He had a phone in town hall on Wednesday but I forgot about it until after it happened, alas. I've gotten replies to emails to both my senators, so that is not totally useless. It does seem like they are both rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.

SCREAMS INTO THE VOID. . . . just in general

I refuse to get on an emotional rollercoaster where I'm whipsawed by every stupid thing Trump says.

The whole thing about taking over Gaza was obviously a non-starter, so it's not worth running around yelling at Jill Stein protest voters. (I mean, I fucking hate them, but I'm not going to get het up about it.)

The real bad thing is just that Trump is cuddly with Netanyahu and that alone is terrible for Palestinians.

People gave ninety billion lectures about how Tariffs Really Work, but it's clear that Trump just wants to use the threat of them as another bully stick.

Also obvious that Trump can't just executive order away rights specifically guaranteed by the Constitution, like citizenship for people born here.

Of course, I'm concerned about Musk gutting Federal Agencies and gaining access to data in the U.S. Treasury. I'm not ignoring any of it.

I just don't have the emotional wherewithal to be in a constant state of outrage. I'm still digging out of my own grief and depression, while simultaneously trying to keep Matilda afloat.

Right now my biggest concern is what's going to happen when some of these cases hit the Supreme Court. If they go all in on the Unitary Executive Theory, it's going to get much fuckier.

I do wish the Dems were a lot more Jasmine Crockett and a lot less Chuck Shumer's who's been slow to act and ineffectual. The whole Democratic party needs to roll off its gerontocracy and get down to knife fighting.

My NY sister is visiting and she watches the news for hours. I just can't live in that outrage zone. I put on my headphones and listen to my book.

I'll do what I can, but I still regret the person I became the last time around. I don't want to hate my fellow man. This time is so much worse, and I just can't live in that place all the time.

Cheesy eggs:

All of the government held data is gone. He took it away in cardboard boxes last time. This time it is copying it all on disks that will be used by the oligarchy for whatever purposes they desire. It's done already. It was at the top of the list, just not noticed immediately.

People in genealogy groups have been complaining for the past week or so that the National Archives website (with a huge database of records) has been glitching weirdly or just not working at all.

Marco Rubio is currently the acting National Archivist (soon he will be running half the government.)

Mr.flea is in a meeting at EPA and the vibes are terrible. People are crying. (The Union is going hard though.)

CDC data got uploaded elsewhere by someone who moved swiftly.

My brother is at the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank. They’ve been told to downplay any climate and gender work, which were leading indicators three weeks ago. (They’re also concerned that if the US pulls out of the WB, they’ll have to immediately move their headquarters, which is currently in DC, to Beijing.)

Honestly they should move it anyway.

Probably, and the writing’s on the wall I think, but he’ll be fucked.