For those of us foreseeing that "things are going to get very bad," Sherrilynn Ifill offers some valuable pragmatic tips about surviving

William Lindsey :toad:

@mxhdroom I agree.

dyanam0

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My grandchildren are getting donations to #aclu for their Christmas gift this year.

William Lindsey :toad:

@dyanam0 That's wonderful — great idea.

mivox is exhausted :ri:

@wdlindsy @jinglepostman Wondering where the vast majority of people are going to get that kind of extra cash.

Stop me before I start posting graphs of the cost of living vs average wages…

William Lindsey :toad:

@mivox @jinglepostman I suspect that as an African American, Sherrilyn Ifill has to be very aware that many people have long lived hand to mouth and don't have exorbitant amounts of cash on hand. Even so, a lot of people in straitened circumstances do manage do scrape together some money to put aside — often right at home — for emergency reasons.

Lesley Carhart :unverified:

@wdlindsy @Nonya_Bidniss something I’m worried about failing is CJIS background checks required for any emigrating

Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:

@wdlindsy I'm worried about some sudden banking crash and the Trump gov rescinding FDIC coverage so that some oligarchs can profit in some inscrutable way

evacide

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Letters and phone calls are trivially easy for law enforcement to intercept and listen in on. This is terrible advice and I wish that Ifill had consulted with an expert on digital privacy and security before writing this.

If you need to make sure that contents of your phone calls or messages are private, I recommend Signal with disappearing messages turned on.

Just Bob 🇺🇲♒🐧🪖

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"Homeless services": cut out them, often Christan Cults and help your neighbors directly. (Just a worthless homeless bums advice)

M.S. Bellows, Jr.

@wdlindsy I love this part:
"If you litigate, do it with the expectation that you will win. And act like it. Show out. Be excellent and remain confident. Those who can still feel shame - whether those at your opponents table or those on the bench - will feel it when you hold the standard high. And your clients will never forget it....

"If you hold office. Hold it. Do not give up your power. Use your voice. Master every rule. Make a record. I repeat. Make a record - so that the truth might be known."

🎻s is the solution.

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Would be great it Blue State leaders threw down the gauntlet and just straight up ignored or refused to enforce batshit and unjust laws from Chump

Ianto Jones

@wdlindsy thank you for sharing. I plan to completely avoid watching the train wreck and focus on self-preservation and keeping my loved ones safe. It's all that matters, and I will not succumb to the psyops. At all. This is my goal.

I have enough friends who pay attention and fill me in, tbh. At least for now.

William Lindsey :toad:

@ianto_jones Keeping safe definitely should be one of our top priorities now, and trying to help others be safe.

William Lindsey :toad:

@nceladean Yes.

William Lindsey :toad:

@msbellows Yes, excellent commentary.

William Lindsey :toad:

@bob I didn't create the list to which you're responding. Sherrilyn Ifill did, as the initial posting in the thread says. Perhaps some or many homelessness services are run by church organizations. I think it's a good idea always, as one makes donations, to see how effectively a group is serving its target population.

William Lindsey :toad:

@evacide "Think about tightening security on your electronic devices" is her opening statement in this section of her advice points.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Nonya_Bidniss Yes, I think of that, too, and of the sudden yanking of Social Security and Medicare. I think much more is possible than many folks have begun to imagine.

William Lindsey :toad:

@hacks4pancakes @Nonya_Bidniss Yes, a definite concern.

Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:

@wdlindsy Yep all of it. And my Federal pension which I live on.