It doesn't even have to be this fringe. It could literally be a undocumented Texas high school graduate who just had to cancel their enrollment for this fall semester because the Feds pulled the "State's Rights!!!" to govern themselves and classify students who graduated from Texas high schools (and lived here for a specified amount of time) as Texas residents for tuition purposes. Now I have to deal with students asking me how they can attend UT in the fall if their tuition just rose from $5,500/semester to $21,000/semester. Oh, and that $6k/year Texas grant you qualified for and were awarded? Sorry, you no longer qualify. No, you can't apply for a loan either, because you no longer qualify for the state-funded CAL loan. It would be better to spend your time in hiding since ICE is knocking on people's doors to fill their quotas. Stephen Miller said you were born to be a 2nd class citizen and shouldn't be getting government money. Oh, and also that fucking incel is making sure the rest of Project 2025 is being carried out in the meantime. So, yeah, don't look up.
Unfortunately there's nothing I can tell them. If I want to give them the slightest sliver of hope, I can suggest paying in-district at a CC for a couple years and hope to have the opportunity to get a university education later IF the regime changes. But that would require me to believe that Trump isn't going to declare himself eligible for 3rd term with the fucking SC he paid for. And my head isn't far enough up my ass to not see where this is going. (2032? You really thing he's capable of saying "ok, enough is enough, Im rich enough, that's enough power, I've had my fill"? Fuck outta here).
But anyway, that's my rant. I'm still at the stage where I can use sports as a way to stuff the reality of how fucked up these people are ALLLLLLLLLL the way to the back corner of my brain. I'll wash off the echoes of that fucking cunt Miller spout off insane racist propaganda on TV to further their nazi agenda by reading up on the latest practice report this evening. It doesn't mean I don't give a shit, it's just one of the few ways I can cope. My gf and the occasional drinking/smoking session will have to make do for the other times that I can't fit my head up my ass enough to forget.