In the quest to press against rising authoritarianism (for this is indeed what we are seeing and it is reminiscent of the similar rise that took place post WWI in the US as well) in the United States the hardest part is differentiating the signal from the noise.
A key strategy for the authoritarian is to flood the zone with noise so that their political enemies and the public are distracted from the things that matter.
When everything is a crisis, nothing is a crisis.
When the real crisis comes it is ignored because it gets lumped into all the other noise.
Be wise. Be discerning. Be vigilant.