This strikes me as an exceptional summary of all that's afoot in the US right now:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/trump-us-constitution

And summaries are useful in our world today, because if we try to follow everything, we'll do nothing.

Far better to choose your passion and get to work, and support others in theirs. To remember that we are not alone.

Do you know how choirs hold notes longer than any human could? They take breaths when they need to, and trust that their fellows will do their part.

Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it

What we are currently living through is nothing less than an erasure of the building blocks of our republic – a distortion of what it means to be American

The Guardian
@DarkOptimism Thank you for this.

@tmstreet

My pleasure ✊

This excellent piece by #AndrewBoyd expands on the theme, if you could use a little help with overwhelm:
https://thetragicoptimist.substack.com/p/we-shall-not-be-overwhelmed

We shall not be overwhelmed

How “selective denial” can help us survive Trump 2.0.

The Tragic Optimist