

Media and Messaging Strategist. Former IL Dept. of Healthcare & Family Services Communications Director. Hooked on phonics, finance and farce. All views my own.
One of the most brutally effective techniques of the Trump administration is to keep the resistance in shock: if you keep lashing people with urgent concerns, they’ll never get to the important work of building counter-hegemonic alternatives.
The place is so fucking terrifying! We met folks in Arizona who are working against border militias, people who are openly hunting for humans the way other folks hunt for deer. The day after we left Portland two people were murdered on a train in broad daylight after confronting a racist loudmouth. In California (a state with a multi trillion dollar economy), we saw thousands of people living in tents and makeshift shelter. The situation is fucking drastic, with many indicators that things are going to get worse.
te House staffers to call. There are a few key reasons for this… and wait for White House staffers to call. There are a few key reasons for this. The first is that people in the administration are rightly concerned for the security of the country. The second is that Trump habitually throws his staff under the bus and undermines their credibility…