Sara Robinson

No one is coming to help.

This woman was assaulted and illegally detained by unnamed, unbadged goons. Yes, we've got their faces on video. No, no one will dare to prosecute them. Not in Idaho, not at the FBI or DOJ.

We're on our own. This is Trump's world now, and this is how we'll live in it.

Got one. And a very tiny apartment, because Vancouver's crazy expensive. Good view, though.

That's when our checks and balances can begin to kick in. This is how we bring them back down to earth. This is how we win.

Also: the longer it takes, the more time we have to wake Americans up to the danger, and organize them to resist. There are signs everywhere that this is already working. /4

The minute they've lost that big initial burst of thrust, they begin to lose altitude and speed, and we can see clearly that their whole onslaught is a whole lot less shocking and awe-inspiring (though no less awful) than they told us it was. Everyone can see how small and flawed they are. /3
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(Elon's a rocket guy, so of course the physics of a rocket launch would inform his political tactics as well.)

Every single thing we do to slow them down, even for a moment or two, rapidly bleeds out their momentum. /2

Shock and awe tactics rely entirely on momentum. But momentum is very easy to lose. Because they don't have any mass behind them -- law/ facts/people are NOT with them -- Trump + Elon depend on stunning velocity and the dull inertia of Americans to launch their agenda. This is their entire plan. /1

FAFO.

Unfortunately, it's the kids who are at the mercy of their parents' stupidity.

I do. How can I help?

I paid for college with Pell Grants, Stafford loans, and California state scholarships -- and became a semi-expert on the rights guaranteed by IDEA while raising a neurodivergent kid.

The Dept of Education touches every household in this country, even the ones without kids.

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

MEGAZOOMIES!!!!!

Not sure how you "take the drug too often." You take it once every seven days. No more. No less. And it does its job.

It's not like an addictive substance you're driven take more and more often.

At the rate they're torching the Constitution (about one article or amendment per month so far), it seems plausible that I will not be voting in the 2028 election. And no other women will be, either. They'll get to the 19A sooner rather than later.

USAID was a key player in dismantling apartheid in South Africa. Musk apparently is still holding the grudge. This is personal for him.

Really grateful to 2004 me for having the foresight to get Canadian permanent residency back when it was still possible.

Why is YouTube serving me video of the "City and County Mayors Joint Statement on Solid Waste" from Murfreesboro TN?

Town dump vids from the other side of the US may be fascinating to a certain kind of wonk -- but I'm not that wonk.

It's proof that my plan to confuse the algo is def working, tho.

Give him Rachel's chair when her 100 days are up.

Our guides in China got like that, too.

So much for "don't be evil."

I've lived an almost entirely Google-free life for years now. It's doable -- almost everything they offer can be found somewhere else,

Also the biggest river in the northwest part of the continent. Roll on....

Oh FFS

Bless you. Cancled WaPo last week, and will be out by mid-February. You were the thing I was going to miss the most. And now I won't.

Lovely. But my 60-something knees absolutely refuse to comply.

Everything in California goes to Texas to die.

My former Group News Blog co-blogger Lower Manhattanite is the son of the Dominoes' Joe Lamont, and has fond memories of watching his dad play the Apollo.

Sold our Model S last week. No more overhyped Nazimobiles for us. For the record: FSD is a lie, Tesla "service" is total fiction, and I'd much rather have a car that runs CarPlay than Tesla's OS.

It was a blast to drive. But I won't miss it.

Replacement will be a Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid.

The Chandler family. I'm from the Owens Valley, where they stole the water from; my mom was the county water commissioner and later a water policy advisor to Jerry Brown. It's a rough story. Watch Chinatown. It's still about 2/3 of LA's water supply.

Five days out, and it's looking like I'll be packing up to go once the week is up, too. I'm getting a lot of rest and reading done. Good trial run.

Lululemon's local here in Vancouver, but I don't like their politics. Founder was Randian-Libertarian who was fond of fat-shaming women. Not sure if that's changed, but I've stayed away for years because I didn't want to give him money.

I've logged out. Gonna live without FB for a week and see how it goes.

And I invite everyone to join me here instead.