Writing letters, going to protests, donating to causes, obsessively checking the news every thirty seconds to see if some sort of miracle has happened, doubling-down on the belief that the world is some sort of experiment run by highly advanced aliens in order to see what happens when you put a bunch of…

The Onion is just going to quit tomorrow, right? "Well, we've suceeded in our secret goal of turning reality into a satire of itself. Our work here is done."

"When he asked about Dylan Roof, she claimed that he wasn't really RACIST, as such, he just wanted an excuse to be a hateful dickhead."

As a side note, I'm sure you've probably seen the #CharlottesvilleCurriculum thing that's sprung up, but I thought I'd mention it in case you hadn't. Because I don't understand Twitters (that's what hashtags are right? twitters?), here is a link to a website about it (and some other similar stuff): http://www.npr.org/2…

I sometimes imagine them getting kidnapped by the Sidhe and taken to the Otherworld, where they dance for a thousand years before being dropped into a confusing future world, rendered mad (but harmless) from the endless procession of years filled with faerie wine and dizzying minor-key waltzes.

Mostly I would have been happy if all those people who voted for Trump hadn't voted for Trump. The fact that over 60 million people voted for such a clearly terrible candidate is more distressing to me than any other voting decision by far.

Well, a policeman from Massachusetts really did write that she deserved to get run over:

This makes fantastic sense.

People have been passing around the old "Don't Be A Sucker" anti-fascist propaganda real from the '40s on the Facebooks etc. It is the height of sadness that it's difficult to believe that it was actually produced by the US government at one point, because it is so far from the country we are in right now.

Yeah, the Republicans I know (all in my parents' generation or older) are all small business types, who are Republicans because that's supposed to be the business party. As far as I can tell, they are still there because of inertia. And some of them, despite never having been strict party-line voters, are still…

I know some never-Trumper registered Republicans who are embarrassed by Trump. There were also those, like, three Republican electors who refused to cast their vote for Trump. So that makes… ::does some math:: at least half a dozen.

Speaking of Indivisible, here is their list of Charlottesville vigils, etc. going on today. There are a lot. You can search by zip code.

"They are heroic public servants.”

"In related news: The Trump HHS is cutting off funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs- http://www.cbsnews.com/news…"

I really liked that Vox artcle. It was a good pick-me-up in this terrible world. Not that all the news was good, but focusing on the resistance conveys a little bit of comfort. Like when you're facing a horrible problem but take comfort in the fact that at least you're doing something about it, whether it succeeds or…

Yeah, I wouldn't vote for a conservative fiscal policy myself, but I recognize that fiscal policy is a field in which a difference of political opinion makes sense and could theoretically be productive. "Whether or not fellow human beings should be treated with respect and kindness" should not be a political debate.

Exactly. Let's stop being cute about the word "conservative" here. This dude would not have gotten in trouble (or gotten nearly as much attention) for his opinions on unchecked deficit spending or funding of the military vs. social welfare programs or Wall Street deregulation.

Really? I never noticed much difference in coverage. Also, more Koreans died in Hiroshima than Nagasaki. (Korean survivors in both had to fight for a long time for recognition though).

During the rainstorm a few days ago I took a picture of it raining on the subway platform in Times Square. You know, good, ol'-fashioned, indoor, underground rain. Nothing to see here kids.

"I really hope that Trump gives McMaster, Haley, and Mattis the power to craft our policy"