As happens to a 42 year old, Laura hurt her shoulder doing absolutely nothing, and the Unisom she took 30+ hours ago to help her sleep off the pain is still lingering at the time of recording. :)

Kori and Laura discuss the fatigue and weight of the every day amidst the chaos of the present historical moment. Thus we encourage you to check in on your people - even the hormone gremlins going through IVF. Change your mood by talking to your friends, have a getaway weekend, and binge a dumb show like Love is Blind.

We learn a new word, “cloffice” and a new pronunciation for licorice (lick-ur-iss - I mean what?). And Kori admits to hating the taste of anise. Gift accordingly. ;)

Keith discusses the federal workforce purges and the trio reflects on what a piece of trash you have to be to use your 2 year old son as a human shield, like Elon does. The U.S. Department of Education’s LinkedIn profile is now full of propaganda. Join Laura there any given weekday to antagonize injustice on their posts. Seek out information and community to support you at this time. Curate your feeds with folks who understand law, history, civil rights, immigration rules, epidemiology, education policy, vaccinations, etc.

Amazon is selling ICE costumes, and people are impersonating federal officers to terrorize immigrant communities. Highly illegal by the way. And speaking of terror, how about that town hall meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho? A woman was stripped of her free speech rights in a public forum inviting speech, and then she was assaulted and potentially kidnapped by unidentified private security at the direction of a political rival. The silence in that room was shocking - and this is how the Nazis took power in 30 days. We cannot comply ahead of time, but instead need to prepare ourselves for what we will do in circumstances like this. As Kori says, “If you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready.”

How will YOU interrupt fascism when you have the chance? Practice and prepare now so you don’t live with regret for what you could have said and done. Lean in to your strengths and areas of expertise.

Get prepared - and share this episode with people in your life that would benefit. Talk about it together! Give us a review on your podcast app, engage with our posts on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube so other folks can find us.

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