Well, let me say three additional things. Because the first things we should do about the election are continue to love our family and friends, work hard and with integrity, live beneath our means, and so forth. If it was a good idea to do something two weeks ago, it’s still a good idea to do it now.
But I’ve been struggling with how to react productively, and I know many of you have too. I thought I’d need the rest of the week after the election to marinate in my rage and misery, and then I’d be ready to march again. Well, turns out I took most of last week too. Sorry about that.
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Here are three things I’m doing now that I wasn’t doing two weeks ago:
Establish a relationship with the American Civil Liberties Union. That means send them some money. I’ve opted to donate a little monthly and I suggest you do too. The ACLU isn’t perfect, but they’re tailor-made to fight the human rights abuses that are all but certain to emerge from a second Trump administration. Let’s help equip them.
Get Heather Cox Richardson in your life. She is a history professor at Boston College and a prolific author, having published seven books so far. The very best thing she does, in the context of this post, is write daily and meaningfully about current events. That’s pretty much all Trump right now and is sure to remain such as long as he’s trying to run roughshod over the Constitution and basic decency. You can get a lot of her stuff for free, but I’d suggest going ahead and sliding her the L-note she’s asking for a year of complete access to her Substack page Letters from an American. Has it ever been more critical to actively encourage the erudite?
Do something new and meaningful. This should be something you enjoy, but that pays societal dividends too. I am picking up two new research/learning threads in my ongoing anti-human trafficking activism, and I’m excited about them. I’ve been actively engaged in this war since 2017, and there is a lot of potential growth in these two things for me. I’m excited to start talking about them publicly but want to be a bit further along first. I promise I’ll keep you updated!