Surviving the Blitzkrieg of Bullshit
Don’t jump on every stupid thing you see
The Blitzkrieg of Bullshit continues. Non-stop lies and propaganda. I could cover each one in detail, but I’d be insane in an hour and wouldn’t have scratched the surface. So let’s keep this simple.
RULES:
If it is in support of the GOP, Trump, or DOGE, it is a lie.
If the GOP, Trump, or DOGE did it, it was immoral, unethical, stupid, and probably illegal.
That’s it. We could go through all the ridiculous distractions like renaming the Gulf of Mexico. We could address the long list of lies from Musk about how much fraud and corruption he’s finding. We could go line by line through every idiotic thing these fascists do. Hell, we’ll do it for some of them, but the key to remember is the barrage of idiocy is part of the plan. Overwhelm the people to the point they burn out and they will give up. When you feel overwhelmed, step back and remember the rules above.
But I want to address all the things!
Some of us are gluttons for punishment that can’t let people just be wrong. Alright, it’s me. I’m some of us. So I’ve developed some shorthand that lets me keep my sanity.
If DOGE were actually seeking fraud and waste, Elon would have hired forensic accountants, not a bunch of kids whose prefrontal cortexes haven’t fully developed. (Human brains don’t finish developing until at least 25)
Trump is a functionally illiterate convicted felon who managed to bankrupt a casino, a business whose model is people just give you their money.
Elon never invented anything and has built a career buying the work of others and taking credit for it.
Those three bullets cover 90% of the bullshit coming out of the White House and DOGE.
How do we fight the blitzkrieg?
Don’t worry, I’m not leaving you with the advice to just ignore it. Quite the opposite. We fight them through the following.
Non-compliance - Do not comply with anything out of MAGA world. List your pronouns. Call the Gulf of Mexico what it is. Stand up in local government meetings. Don’t comply.
Fund organizations fighting MAGA in court
Human Rights Campaign - https://www.hrc.org/
Southern Poverty Law Center - https://www.splcenter.org/
American Civil Liberties Union - https://www.aclu.org/
Center for American Progress - https://www.americanprogressaction.org/
Lambda Legal - https://lambdalegal.org/
Support independent journalists - Subscribe to journalists putting in the work to shed light on what is happening. Fund them through Patreon, Substack, Medium, or their own subscription service.
Show up to protests. The 50501 organization has been spearheading protests nationwide. There are also local orgs doing their own. Show up.
Make 5 Calls - 5 minutes, 5 calls - Download the 5 Calls app and select a topic important to you. Give it your zip code and it will tell you who to call and give you a script if you aren’t comfortable winging it.
Conclusion
We can make it through this together. Remember, we outnumber them. They will try to distract us, anger us, separate us. Pull together and fight. Take time for you. Keep your eye on each other. Stay true to you.