Effective activism in the Trump era is largely about deciding where to funnel your energy. You can’t have a march or rally or an internet campaign about every crazy tweet Trump fires off. You need to pick your battles and focus on the stuff that really makes a difference to people’s lives.
This is harder than it sounds.
The Terrible Budget that Doesn’t Matter
On March 18th President Trump
released his budget proposal and liberals on the internet went bananas. They had a good reason to be concerned. The budget proposed slashing funding for a number of critical departments and programs, like the National Institute of Health:
…and even the program that funds “Meals on Wheels”
These memes make it sound that we need to ensure that Trump’s budget isn’t passed, in order to protect our health, and our seniors.
But what these memes don’t tell you (and what their authors might not even know) is that even in the unlikely event that Trump's budget passes, it wouldn’t have any impact on the funding of any of these programs.
That sounds too bizarre to be true, but to understand why it is you have to spend a few minutes wading through…
The American Federal Budget Process!
