Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities (www.pressdemocrat.com)

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[-] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not ragging on this particular post - this one's obviously important - but I'll be honest, I really wish I could spend less time hearing about what Trump is doing and more time hearing about what's being done about it.

Getting constant doom-o-grams about the current administration's latest horror-show is particularly exhausting when you almost never hear about people working to fix it, and frankly I doubt I'm alone in that. It's pretty counterproductive for us to be spending so much time fixating on what the fascists are doing. Helps them a lot more than us.

I just wish this site had a healthier evil-to-good-news mix, you know? Prevents doomerism.

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah I totally feel this. I'm constantly really exhausted and often feeling really hopeless. Fwiw I only posted this particular one as I'm in Seattle and it being this close to home is very alarming to me. I try not to post much to these communities.

It's a weird thing where I agree and want to see a better ratio but the situation does often feel that dire

[-] its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

The Ralph Nader Radio Hour Podcast. They talk about a ton of people and orgs doing things.

My problem is I WANT to fight back. But I don't know where to go as many of the orgs are lawyers, consumer rights, or environmental. I'm an academic who fled and desperately want to do something - form a research institute or think tank that helps inform. Where to start, though...

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No shade, I would mute or unsub from the Politics community in that case; there really hasn't been much good news on the Politics front domestically in the US. That's not Doomerism, it's just the honest situation we're in.

We had a good number of articles recently about countries recognizing Palestine, at least, which is where I've been getting my hope from.

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

We have a no kings protest coming up. I wonder if we'll be under martial law by then.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

What a strange coincidence! /s

[-] LassCalibur@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

There was an internal DHS investigation into intelligence abuses and unlawful arrests committed during Trump's last tangle with his imaginary terrorist organization in Portland: Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump. Portland police say that the feds have been attempting to instigate confrontations for a while now already.

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