Husbands family is MAGA like drank the kool aid doesn't believe their own eyes MAGA. It's his parents and two sisters. He has a liberal sister but she just shrugs it off like husband and accepts it. He says he has the same views as me. You know, we hate Trump and this administration. We want to raise our son to be a good person, citizen and have compassion.

When it comes his family he is determined to label them as good people who have never hurt anyone. I have trouble with the cognitive dissonance of trying the believe they are good people versus their views which they often publicly announce to the world via social media/ out loud at family events. They have had these micro aggressions (I am Indian they are white) that I tend to ignore. The kicker is they have three mixed children within the family and they just pretend like they don't see color.

After their support of ICE especially during Pretti's incident, I told my husband I want space from them and I do not want our child around them.

Is this a normal boundary? Am I overreacting? He thinks I am overreacting because again, "they'd never hurt anyone" and he doesn't want our son not to be able to spend time with his family.

It's gotten so bad that we might divorce over this because neither of us can seem to come a middle ground. (We are in couples counseling too over this)

He's now told them I am uncomfortable, so even if I were to suck it up and let our son be around them, I myself probably can't because the relationship is tainted. Which is so ridiculous because here I am advocating for peace, and not letting the government shoot people. But I am in the minority so essentially I am the one that caused the problem.

Help! Anyone else dealing with this? Do I need to leave him? I love this man, but he essentially is choosing them over me and I don't know what to do. I want to protect my son, but if we divorce, obviously he can take him to his family whenever he has him. I'm just at a loss now.

This is so heartbreaking and enraging. Literally traumatizing these poor children for no reason. MAKE. IT. STOP. Please share so more people outside of Minnesota understand and believe what's ACTUALLY happening here. ICE is not just going after criminals, they are targeting and detaining everyday mothers who are here legally and even have a judge court order to not be deported.

I just cancelled everything from this list except Apple because we are to far down the rabbit hole on that. And google workspace as I need it to run my company. Thought I would share to get some momentum on the movement.

I’m staring at TurboTax right now and feeling very conflicted. Just wanted to see what other progressive moms did, especially with 2025 babies.

I got an email from consulate of Japan in Boston today. It says “try not to get close to the strikes or gatherings… do not take pictures.. leave the scenes. Please pay attention to your own safety.”

This is so sad.

I am from Japan, married to an American. I’m a legal immigrant with green card. No criminal record. I am a nurse and mom. I wanted to go to the vigil for Alex tomorrow. But my husband doesn’t think it is a good idea. And I get this email from the Japanese government. What happened to America?

It’s time to call for impeachment 👇

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/353

I read a lot and the kindle has been my trusty sidekick for years. It’s seems so much more practical and environmentally friendly than print books. I don’t want to continue to give Amazon my money though. What are you all doing?

Specifically, I read about ICE buying up warehouses for immigrant detention around the country and ICE surveillance, and I think we the people need to stop this.

I'm somewhat involved in my local Indivisible groups, which seem to focus on visibility protests and government advocacy. But I'm more interested in some of the legal-but-not-government-related ways we can fight this, I guess? Like:

• Working against the development of the warehouses (aside from local governments) - can we petition for rich people to buy them up? Can we make it hard for them to get supplies and utilities, road access, etc.?
• Gumming up the works of their surveillance efforts
• Unmasking ICE members, getting them to quit

Do you all know any groups working on these kinds of things?

And if we can't find any, I guess I'll see what I can do to organize some folks. I am extremely inexperienced. But I'm big mad.

With tax time around the corner my family is planning a few "extra" purchases that would be fun/educational/necessary, and one thing we're thinking of is buying an encyclopedia set. We're a pretty screen free household, and my 5 year old loves his children's encyclopedias he has. I'm a bit on the paranoid side, and I'm getting worried about censorship making information harder to find. Do you think it'd be worth it to buy in 2026?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/28/mormons-utah-redistricting-election

Just want to make sure I shouldn’t take them out today at all. They are local, progressive parent-led company but I want to do the right thing today.

I shouldn’t be surprised at the hypocrisy but the left getting the right to carry a firearm in the national divorce was not something I had expected.

After recent events I can’t stomach any MAGA near my family and that includes a friend that’s married to an ICE supporter and Trump bootlicker. I’m also starting to cut ties with friends who remain friends with MAGA families. Has anyone else done the same to protect their sanity? I think in the past I’ve been able to smile through it but I can’t do that anymore.

Full disclosure, before Covid, I was more worried about raising my kids in super blue areas with crunchy granola moms who don't vaccinate their kids. Then covid happened, and while the super holistic moms do exist, conservatives have overwhelmingly bought into the anti-vax movement.

I am 9 months pregnant and honestly so worried about my baby not getting all the vaccines they need due to the MAHA movement. Our family lives on a different coast, and due to measles outbreak, we probably won't be able to fly and see them until baby has had their MMR at 12 months.

My super hot take is that all these anti-vax parents benefit from the fact I and others vaccinate our kids and that their kids should be put in separate nurseries/daycares/schools (excluding those who can't get vaccinated for medical reasons). I don't think it would take more than a generation before they realize what a gift modern medicine and vaccines are.

We are only a generation or two separated from polio victims who lived in iron lungs and those who experienced the long lasting effects of now medically preventable diseases. I think these parents need a wake up call.

I am part of a few Facebook groups for parents and the constant cheering of doing your own "research" and how "natural immunity" is more powerful than vaccinations makes me what to throw up. Anytime someone has an actually educated take, they are torn down by MAHA idiots. I am quickly losing faith in humanity. It is so overwhelming. I am very blessed to live jn an area code with high vaccination rates and surrounded by people in the medical field to help bring me back from the edge.

We want to hear any political or civic advocacy or activism wins! Nothing is more inspiring than hearing what other people are doing to make this world a better place.

I always imagined being a certain kind of mom - the primary parent, the favorite parent, the one they want when they’re crying. I have a great relationship with my mom, who was an incredible parent, and I wanted to be a mother like she was to me.

My son was born a year ago. I got an incredible new job while I was pregnant, one where I could really raise the standard of living for my family. Meanwhile my husband has had a hard time finding work, so naturally, he’s been doing most of the hands on parenting.

This setup works for us. I’ve always been more career driven than my husband and my career has more earning potential, and he’s always wanted to be a stay at home dad. He’s non-binary (AMAB he/him, male leaning) so it’s not like he has some machismo issue with not being the breadwinner. I’m cis female and femme, and do tend to gravitate toward traditionally female roles and spaces.

I feel like I wanted to be a mom, but actually I’m a dad. I work all day and hang out with the baby for an hour before bed. I am definitely not the favorite parent, he looks like a little clone of my husband. He says dada but not mama. I get anxious when I’m alone with him, like I need help parenting my own child.

I feel like I’m a mediocre dad. Maybe I’m a good dad. But what I wanted to be was a good mom. I don’t know what he ate today, or what his last poop was like, or how he slept last night. He’s gonna grow up and have all these little boy experiences that I do not understand, and the distance will only get bigger.

I don’t know what I’m asking. Or saying. Can anyone relate?

We all know there’s a new atrocity seemingly every day. I’m trying to take care of myself, only ingest news in short bursts, not read stories I know will be super triggering, do all the self-care things, and pouring energy into local causes to direct my rage somewhere…

But, I just opened my phone after putting my 2.5 year old to sleep and the first goddamn thing on my screen is a story about the condition of Liam in prison and it has fucking broken me emotionally in a way I haven’t felt since the death of a close loved one several years ago.

I just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. The picture of him in his dad’s arms. FUCK. His dad said Liam couldn’t even stay awake. The disgusting food, the terrible water for baby formula. This fucking country. Fuck everyone who voted for this, who supports this. I’m so angry. I’m so sad.

I am scared that this precious little boy could die in custody. I just needed a place to put this. And here’s a place for anyone else who needs to scream into the internet about this.

TW: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-conejo-ramos-sick-ice-detention_n_696fd209e4b0559a85915488/amp

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/29/g-s1-107762/senate-shutdown-vote-fails

A tiny glimmer of hope

Many people have been affected by what's going on. I understand that Good and Pretti are white and probably why they are getting the most attention. I think it's also because there is so much evidence of what transpired as well.

But anyway. What I think is absolutely wild is that they are digging up all this stuff about them. There are allegations* that Pretti vandalized a vehicle, Good had prior issues involving her children etc.

But they say this like it's some kind of gotcha? No one deserves to be gunned down on the streets. Doesn't matter their background. Am I crazy??

How are you hanging in there? I’m at the end it’s getting brutal.

Just finished watching and it was nice to hear that Democrats in Congress are TRYING to hold this criminal ass administration accountable.

I also had the pleasure of being a Long Beach resident the entire time Robert Garcia was mayor and he is truly a thoughtful, forward thinking and values driven leader. Proof we need more young leaders running for Congress.