Anonymous Antifa

You’re doing fine. It’s okay.

Do what you can when you can and that’s fine.

But also, if there’s someone in your life that can help, please don’t let shame or embarrassment prevent you from seeking that help. If you genuinely can’t keep up with certain tasks, please consider asking a trusted person for assistance.

And don’t listen to anyone disparaging you. They don’t know your life. They aren’t in your shoes. They can’t understand the difficulties you face. And ultimately, your actions don’t effect them.

...utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, including necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions against those who fund such operations.

In other words, this order is the Trump administration's way of announcing their intention to expand the federal government's repression of left-wing activists.

If you are involved in activism that is in opposed to the Trumpist ideology, particularly on the issues that they most love to fearmonger about, you should be thinking about ways to make yourself and your friends harder to target. Move sensitive conversations over to end-to-end encrypted messaging services and set conversations to disappear automatically, get a VPN, be thoughtful about what you're saying and what information you're giving away online, consider what types of transactions are best conducted in cash rather than through cards/websites, and avoid communication with federal law enforcement whenever it can be avoided.