This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “transmission,” is brought to us by Dar. Check out her blog here!
I’m stuck. In a loop of worry for my friends south of the border, particularly those in blue states.
And the only thing I can think of that has to do with the prompt word is communication.
Unlike different periods in history when governments made excuses for the killing of their own citizens, you have something different: the ability to transmit true accounts of what actually happened within seconds of it happening.
Of course that requires the people brave enough to stick around to film the brutality. For them I am truly grateful.
Because it could happen in any country. The United States has proven that.
I hope with all my heart that what you’re enduring now can be overcome, that your country is once again free from having to worry about government overreach.
This hopeful post is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link in the comments. It’s fun!
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January 26, 2026 at 11:05 am
The combination of anger, terror, disbelief, constant muttering wtf, periodic rage screaming, and frequently checking for the announcement of the big beautiful obituary has created a heavy weight of anxiety on my chest that I can’t shake even in sleep (what little I actually sleep). Where I live is small, rural and far removed from probable ice attack. That in itself creates a feeling of guilt in me that so many others are not safe in their own homes and I am (at least for now).
I can’t physically attend protests, but I’m doing what I can behind the scenes to support those who are there.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:51 am
It’s really all you can do, as well as amplification of the issues and blocking the bots that stir the pot.
But most of all, allow yourself to escape once in a while into something you enjoy. Don’t forget to take care of yourself. Allow yourself the grace of knowing you’re doing all you can and be at peace with it. Your strength relies on your self-care.
🫂
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January 26, 2026 at 6:41 pm
In the early days of the Siege of Minneapolis, I read an Instagram post (don’t recall who) telling what it was like in the trenches. It was the first I’d read of the truth side of the terror. She said something like ‘We’re being attacked and I see people still posting about selling their books and what they had for supper and going to their kids’ sporting events like nothing that’s happening to us matters’.
I think about that a lot, and my guilt for being on the safe fringes kicks in.
But you are exactly right that self-care and attempts at normalcy have to happen to keep everyone from going stark raving mad with helplessness. It doesn’t mean we don’t care. Helpers are front-line and behind the lines.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:31 pm
When I commented that I was having a hard time concentrating amid the horror happening in Minneapolis, a woman in the writers’ chat I was in reminded me that what we do, as writers, is provide a much needed temporary escape for those living in the midst of it all.
What we do is worthwhile, if only to remind people through our stories that they’re not alone. ❤️
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January 26, 2026 at 9:46 am
I keep my hope alive and will keep fighting
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January 26, 2026 at 9:59 am
That’s great to hear, Beth. 🫂
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January 26, 2026 at 3:48 am
The world is scary.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:58 am
It is. 😦
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January 25, 2026 at 11:13 pm
I hope for this too for the US Linda, your right, it could happen anywhere, xo
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January 25, 2026 at 11:14 pm
It’s so scary right now.
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