Let’s look back at 2017 before heading into the New Year. Here it is, #TheResistance’s YEAR IN REVIEW, a collection of our greatest hits. #BestPartof2017ForMe
These are the wins that we got by calling, showing up, or creating massive public pressure. We could create another whole list of wins that the courts and national orgs racked up.
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Christina on the need for an organization like Spread the Vote: “Never before in the history of America have we had to organize to get people IDs.”
On the importance of their #TeenTheVote effort: “Every year 1 million teenagers become eligible to vote in Texas. We’re working to get every high school in the state involved.”
#BlueWaveInterview
Check out our interview with @gdlittledorf and Bob Wilson of Illinois, who spoke to me about doing the essential work on #ElectionDay: working the polls.
This @nymag article theorizes why Trump is focused on Russia. Frightening in its implications.
I’ve pulled out some salient quotes in the replies, but encourage you to read it. nymag.com/daily/intellig…
“He wants a world he intuitively understands: of individual nations, in which the most powerful are free to bully the others.”
“He believes in diplomacy as the meeting of strongmen in secret, doing deals, in alpha displays of strength — not endless bullshit sessions at multilateral summits.”