“Until the fevered pitch of Trumpism is broken I just don't see the country going anywhere but down”

There are a few signs the people here are waking up. My staunch Republican neighbor just admitted to me the tariffs are stupid and he regrets voting for Donald. 12 House Repubs said they would not back the huge Medicare/Medicaid cuts and that has thrown a wrench into their funding bill. Protests are happening all over the country. Some law firms and universities are growing spines and fighting back. Courts are trying to stop Donald’s deportation without due process scheme.

We are definitely not out of the woods by any means, but at least we are showing some signs of fighting back. My wife is the Democratic county chair in our very red small city, and she is working like crazy to organize and wake people up here, and it’s slowly working, I think?