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Friend -
I’ll be honest. I’ve been sitting with this one for a minute. Because everything feels like a lot right now. The government shutdown, Senate Democrats giving Republicans exactly the narrative they wanted, and somehow we (the people trying to protect healthcare access) are being painted as the problem.
Insurance premiums are rising—mine included. Food costs are up—ours included. Electricity? Don’t even get me started. (Virginia data centers, I am looking directly at you with tired mom eyes.)
Life just costs more. And for so many families, the math stopped mathing a long time ago.
And I get it. It’s exhausting to fight when we’re already stretched thin. When it feels like the people who are supposed to be on our side are choosing “donor-friendly pragmatism” over real human need. When we start to wonder if change is possible at all.
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But here’s what I keep coming back to:
They are counting on our exhaustion.
They want us tired. They want us discouraged. They want us to say, “What’s the point?” and check out.
Because the fewer of us who show up, the easier it is for them to win.
And we? We don’t quit.
Not when our kids' futures are on the line.
Not when families are hanging by threads.
Not when people we love could lose access to life-saving healthcare.
We do what mothers (or any caretakers) do.
We rest when we need to.
We feel all the feelings.
And then we get back up.
Not out of blind hope— but because the alternative is unacceptable.
So this week, I’m asking us to stay tender. Stay connected. Stay aware.
Cry if you need to. Rage if you need to. Step back for a breath if you need to.
But don’t check out.
We need you. Your voice. Your presence. Your pressure.
Because they may have the money.
But we have the numbers. And we have each other.
Here are three small but meaningful things we can do this week:
1. Call your Senators and tell them to hold the line on healthcare subsidies and insurance protections.
(Yes, the staffer may be 23. Yes, it still matters.)
Call: 202-224-3121
2. Check on a friend who’s struggling.
Community care is protest. Connection is resistance.
We keep each other afloat.
3. Commit to one local action in the next month: a school board meeting, a mutual aid delivery run, a community forum.
Democracy is not—and has never been—a spectator sport.
We don’t have to save the world alone. We just have to refuse to look away. Together is how we win.
In solidarity—
Edil
Your neighborhood friendly progressive mom, who is tired but still here
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