Well, I'm back. Yesterday went peacefully since the TV wasn't turned on until 6pm PST for Rachel. She calmed my fears and raised my anxiety levels at the same time. But at least I feel informed without the, shall we say, 'hysteria' surrounding other reportage. 'If it bleeds it leads' applies to Scrotus' verbal garbage, too.
I guess my overall feeling is 'What else did we expect?'. Some of what Scrotus signed will end up in court and certainly the first court it hits will order a 'stay' so those EOs won't be in effect. Biggest example is the 'cancelling' of birthright citizenship. That's enshrined in the Constitution and Scrotus can't change that with a swipe of his big fat Sharpie (Good God, even his pen choice shows his 'penile inferiority complex'). The same for some of his gender-based EOs since Joe signed the ERA into law. There will be a court battle on whether or not the statute had run out on the ERA and then there will be battles on what, if any rights can be taken away from women, either natal or 'otherwise'. What so many don't realize is that so much of what he's doing will erode the rights of natal women, too.
The best we can do is stay informed and participate in local politics. Much will be decided in the midterms, and the GOP is famous for working on 'down ballot' offices since they're often stepping stones to higher offices. The Democratic Party has too often brushed that off and they shouldn't. So I will be watching carefully to see what my party has learnt and what steps they are taking to encourage others to take up their platform. Time will tell.
We live in a vinicultural area and are surrounded by acres of vineyards on 2 sides. Almost all of the workers are Latino, 'status unknown'. DH and I have already decided that should the need arise, they will be given a 'hiding place' if there are raids. We aren't really expecting it though, the vineyards aren't large scale producers.
At this point, as my gran used to say "What cannot be cured, must be endured". I can't influence the 'big things', all I can do is the 'little things'.