Poli-ticking Time Bomb
I work for an environmental nonprofit, and we have stop work orders. On the day of the federal funding freeze, construction crews were in the water removing a dam. We still don't know if we will get reimbursed for that project. Other projects are just indefinitely on hold. These are projects that we were granted funding for.
Our leadership team has been telling us to use different wording. We can't use wording that could be seen as "exclusionary." Which just means we can't highlight women, BIPOC, or LGBT people in any way. They changed Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" online with the caveat that the parts of our organization that work outside of the US will continue using the correct name.
My neighbor is worried about potentially losing her job, as the GOP has proposed cutting all medicaid funding for telehealth services.
My dude works in industrial food. 80% of our garlic comes from China. So many of our ingredients, fruits, vegetables are not grown on US soil. His customers are freaking out about tariffs and trying to find ways to buy what they need now and buy cold storage somewhere just to have it.
I'm struggling to see how even the most loyal Trump supporters are seeing positives in the flurry of shit he is shoveling onto us.
Every day I am so mad. I send emails to reps, but I'm loosing track of what I've even sent emails about. When I work myself up to it, I make calls. There are too many things to try to fight. I know it's a numbers game, so I don't plan on stopping, but goddamn.
Fuck them. Fuck them for making our jobs harder and firing so many people. Fuck them for making trans lives harder. Fuck them for making living in America worse and for I don't even know what will happen in Gaza. I wish only bad things on our current regime and the billionaire fuckwads.
I don't know how to end this other than to say, I hope you are doing okay. I hope your community makes you feel welcome and safe. And if you are a Trump/Elon supporter absolutely fuck right off.














