Mutual aid groups are growing and networking, which will be hard for the administration to stop. Also never forget things like librarians who gummed up their patriot act requirements with so much bureaucratic red tape that it was rendered useless.

Also, I’ve heard of churches who are legally collecting monies and dispersing them to those in need. This protects those who donate from bringing directly tied to those who receive aid, but is also tax deductible so the money goes further.

Medical and mental health providers can write ethical, but vague notes that protect people if they are subpoenaed. People in private practice may offer options like note keeping outside of an electronic medical system that might be breached.

Medical and mental health providers can also provide brief informed consent and psychoeducation to patients helping them understand that they can always ask how information will be documented by providers before they provide their answer in order to decide what they will disclose.

Learn Spanish

Or any other language that your most vulnerable neighbors speak. Drop off copies of books like On Tyranny in your neighborhood little free libraries. Volunteer to tutor children who cannot go to school online. Use cash with local businesses. Barter. Cut subscriptions.

Find out what services your library has and use them. Free copying? Yes. Community rooms for book clubs, talking about things like Book and Dagger? Yes. Their tool library? Yes.

When possible, help shape, work policies, and challenge narratives that are problematic. Provide some sort of of reward (positive feedback, etc) for employers, politicians, etc., who are doing the right thing so they don’t feel isolated and unsupported.

No single one of us or no single action is going to change the tide. History shows it is a cumulative effect with lots of failed attempts we forget in hindsight. Things like general strikes take time to build, with smaller strikes building to larger ones. Combat hopeless narratives about failures.