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And Ms. DeVos, faced with the choice of resigning or defying the president, has agreed to go along.

Also a political junkie here. This is what I do:

Instead of just reading the news, get involved in changing things starting at the grass roots level. Find out where the “indivisible” meeting is taking place for your local jurisdiction and show up to the meeting; find out how you can effect actual change.

Someone posted this, last night. It seems superficial at first glance but there are nice little reminders that we need breaks to take care of our physical and mental health. 🌼

The trick is to set aside a portion of your day for the news, and to live your life the rest of the time, refusing to engage in politics. If it helps anyone, I’m running a site where I summarize the important news regarding the administration at the end of each day, so you can just read the highlights from the day,

This is me. I’ve been a news junkie my whole life and made it through 8 years of Bush, but this? Fucking Christ. I want to become a hermit.

Ok you all: I have a problem. I really have not been able to do anything else except surf the news since the election. Some people I know have decided to shut it out (one told me yesterday that the “news isnt gonna get better for four years” so I might as well tune out and save myself the heartache) but I can’t do it.