Someone please tell me what the Democratic leadership is doing to stop this.

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161. That's certainly one way to interpret what they said

A more charitable interpretation (and given that they used more expansive language, I believe more accurate) is that they suggested that you aren't actually willing to listen to anyone who presents evidence to the contrary of what you are panicking about. In general, panic is rarely a good idea. For example, in the event of a fire, there's a reason the advice is to orderly head to the exit, not stampede towards the exit.

My honest opinion is that you should go find a way to make a difference in your local community that is meaningful to you. The flood of bad news gets exhausting and finding ways to bring peace and hope to your life is necessary. I volunteer with 2 Special Olympics groups and with a group that picks up donated fresh food to be distributed to those in need. It lets me see the results of my efforts on a short term basis. With the next national elections being 2 years away, there's a long period of bad news coming from the federal government. Mainlining bad news is a rough way to live. Besides, even in the ugliest of situations like the fires in California, you see people stepping up, taking in pets, taking in each other, working together. That's what gets us through tough times.

But most of that bad news is going to be executive orders, which are largely easy to overturn. Not to say that Trump won't cause a lot of harm, but the Republican Congress is likely to be relatively unproductive in terms of laws given their tiny House majority, the filibuster in the Senate, and their general dysfunction. But much like Biden could come in and issue a bunch of executive orders overturning Trump's 1st term, Trump could do the same to the executive orders Biden put in. Some of his orders will be overturned, some will be modified, but yes, some will go through because there's a benefit to winning elections.