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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Madeleine Aggeler

‘Don’t burn out’: nine activists and therapists on coping with post-election overwhelm

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People embrace each other during Kamala Harris’s concessions speech at Howard University in Washington DC on 6 November 2024. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Last week, Donald Trump was elected president for a second time. The convicted felon, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women, has been open about his plans to take “revenge” against his political opponents, pursue mass deportations of immigrants, rescind federal LGBTQ+ non-discrimination policies and roll back climate protections.

Many Americans have been worrying about what a second Trump term would mean for their lives, communities and futures. We spoke to activists and therapists across the country about how they were dealing with the news and how they planned to take action going forward.

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