I am quite nervous about the various posts on social media about “the next four years,” implying once we get to the traditional election season that we’ll have any part of our democracy left intact, let alone enough to actually elect a new president. Trump has seized dictatorial power in all but name within his first month in office. He has taken several powers the Constitution bestows on Congress for himself with no repercussions.

If people bide their time for four years instead of openly resisting now, we’re going to get to “election season,” and what will they do when they find out there’s no election because Trump has suspended it due to his declaration of a national emergency over something? Are they going to go “oh crap, uh, uh, RESIST” all of a sudden after four years of nothing but “voting with their wallet”?