A lot of people following politics — not just Democrats and progressives — are looking for guidance on how to deal with the current environment.

The Trump administration is so dramatically different from the Obama administration in its approach to policy and media that it’s caused proverbial whiplash.

The progressive publication The Nation is doing its best to offer advice to troubled liberals in the column called Asking for a Friend.

Liza Featherstone, contributing editor at The Nation, is the person who answers those reader questions.

We spoke with her.