My pep talk for when everything sucks
Why didn't dems codify Roe? Can anything fix the Supreme Court? How can I find hope again?
I just got a DM that read “It’s all so depressing and overwhelming and it feels so hard to battle.” Girl, snaps.
It was one of hundreds that said similar things - some less appropriate for the Substack.
I’m going to give you the pep talk I give myself: the path to finding hope in politics again is by getting involved in fixing it.
Coming off the awful presidential debate last week there has been a negativity firestorm online. One report I saw said 95% of social media coverage of the event was negative.
The Supreme Court has issued a series of bangers:
The Chevron Doctrine decision which, combined with today’s Corner Post decision, has polished the glidepath to becoming the United States of Amazon.com
The immunity decision which gives a president the right to act as a king
And the recent lifesaving care decision where the Supreme Court punted to another day the question of if ERs have to treat pregnant women who might die.
Ughhh.
My social media is an unhinged swarm of negativity, and …