Not burning out is key to pushing back This next period of American history is going to be more of slog than the first Trump administration. Pray it isn’t as deadly. We’re all trying to summon an effective response to Trump 2.0, but the angst gets in the way, doesn’t it? Greg Sargent points to recommendations at Civic Texts, the blog website of technology journalist Alexander B. Howard. In the wake of Trump pardoning violent Jan. 6 seditionists and portraying them as victims, Howard offers some suggestions for self-care and safety online. “If you want to hit the trifecta of intolerance, ignorance, and bigotry, however, post online about religion, immigration, and the First Amendment at the same time. (It’s like grabbing a third rail, but less fun.)” Trump and his enablers in the states, in Congress, and in the Supreme Court represent “the worst crisis for the rule of law in my lifetime, paired with a muted response from American society,” Howard writes. “The flood of actions is intentionally designed to overwhelm, intimidate, and flood the zone with cruelty expressly designed to instill hopelessness and fear. The authoritarian playbook is being deployed against Americans at scale.” So far, reaction in Congress is “relatively muted.” I don’t know where and when the line will be crossed that force Republican senators to check the presidency so clearly unbound by the constitution or rule of law. There is nothing practically to be done about President Trump or former President Biden’s pardons, as that…