The women marching today probably aren’t the same women who told you they were not bothering to vote. We are half the world, not a monolith.

Leaving shortly for my local event, and wishing I’d knit one the those spiffy hats now...

Was going to make essentially the same point about the theory that there are no women and children refugees; this unfathomable, impenetrable stupidity will be the end of us.

He’s one of the “alarmists” (practical people) I follow on twitter

This may sound like special pleading coming from an atheist, but as a secularist first, I think it’s unfair to equate christianity with scientology, because of the depth and breadth of the moral and philosophical contribution to civic secular society and civilization in general of the former. Maybe they both started…

Fucking Facebook. Making too much money off these propaganda sites to care about the end of the world as they know it...

Ugh. Too true. It’s so ugly, it makes me feel queasy.

And in the case of Trump’s cabinet, they’ve cut out the middleman, as the corrupt legislators and the corporate masters are the same people. The lunatics are officially running the asylum.

Absolutely. I specified parks because that’s something people immediately recognize as our collective property, but you’re absolutely right- the vast majority of federal lands are not designated as such.

Does that fascist propaganda site really strike you as something that a democratic socialist would disseminate? That makes no sense. Pretty sure your friend is contacting you from a Russian troll farm. Actually, how much you wanna bet a good portion of pretend bros on Facebook and twitter were precisely that? Pretty…

I’m saying that regardless of people’s inclination to choose a much different government in 2 to 4 years, they may not have the means to do so. You wouldn’t tell Russians in 2012 to think positively about all the ways Putin would unite the Russian left... this seems like exactly the same thing. Don’t assume that…

I wish I was so optimistic, but at this point I can’t envision a scenario where the United States comes through this without irreparable damage to its democracy, or where the world gets through this without millions of people dying from one or several geopolitical disasters this man will cause.

I’m afraid the mechanism by which we “bounce back” from upheaval will be the first things Trump will dismantle. This is why the GOP went after their own congressional ethics committee right away. This is also why he’s going to gut federal agencies which are capable of collecting evidence of their kleptocracy, and…

The only bright spots at this moment are the unlikely alliances being formed among disparate groups opposing of Trump. Too bad we never seem to be able to do except under direct threat of a common enemy.

Seems to be the plan. Why else would you seek out the stupidest possible person to safeguard nukes? His incompetency is his greatest asset to Trump, same with many noms.

Oh shit is right- they’re not just forfeiting the profit from those lands, they’re jeopardizing their existence for future generations, American citizens who have the same right to those resources as we do. This will pretty much complete the Boomers’ depraved campaign of intergenerational resource theft.

I think it’s *possible* that the United States’ deep history of creative, subversive speech and civil disobedience makes *some* sort of difference in how the dismantling of democracy plays out. On the other hand, working against that is the tendency for us to take these rights and institutions for granted (see: not…

Only WE can save us. The idea that a one savior could swoop in and single-handedly fix what are really complex and collective problems is the type of thinking that allowed Trump to thrive. A massive surge of grassroots participation in democratic institutions might mitigate or slow down the destruction of those…

I’ve never wanted someone to be wrong so badly.

She and Sarah Kendzior  are two clear-eyed writers I read with increasing fear and loathing.