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mahatmakanejeeves

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68. "I've got a link to put in here.... I will edit this tomorrow a.m."

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:59 AM

Dec 2016

I said in post #24 that I had a link about this. Here it is:

We can't sit back and wait for someone else to show up.

From now on we're going to have to provide our own leadership.

Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda

Hat tip, @fakedansavage: Libs, progressive, Dems, patriots: Read this right away.

Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda

Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen

Donald Trump is the biggest popular vote loser in history to ever to call himself President-Elect. In spite of the fact that he has no mandate, he will attempt to use his congressional majority to reshape America in his own racist, authoritarian, and corrupt image. If progressives are going to stop this, we must stand indivisibly opposed to Trump and the members of Congress who would do his bidding. Together, we have the power to resist - and we have the power to win.

We know this because we’ve seen it before. The authors of this guide are former congressional staffers who witnessed the rise of the Tea Party. We saw these activists take on a popular president with a mandate for change and a supermajority in Congress. We saw them organize locally and convince their own members of Congress to reject President Obama’s agenda. Their ideas were wrong, cruel, and tinged with racism - and they won.

We believe that protecting our values and neighbors will require mounting a similar resistance to the Trump agenda -- but a resistance built on the values of inclusion, tolerance, and fairness. Trump is not popular. He does not have a mandate. He does not have large congressional margins. If a small minority in the Tea Party can stop President Barack Obama, then we the majority can stop a petty tyrant named Trump.

Who is this document by and for?
We: Are former progressive congressional staffers who saw the Tea Party beat back President Obama’s agenda.
We: See the enthusiasm to fight the Trump agenda and want to share insider info on how best to influence Congress to do that.
You: Want to do your part to beat back the Trump agenda and understand that will require more than calls & petitions.
You: Should use this guide, share it, amend it, make it your own, and get to work.

To this end, the following chapters offer a step-by-step guide for individuals, groups, and organizations looking to replicate the Tea Party’s success in getting Congress to listen to a small, vocal, dedicated group of constituents. The guide is intended to be equally useful for stiffening Democratic spines and weakening pro-Trump Republican resolve.

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I have spent almost 2 months now avoiding the news and DU. [View all] redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 OP

I never ever thought I would feel this way in the US! It's like another country is emerging. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #1

Yes, it does feel like another country... a dictatorship or a fascist regime. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #32

Sadly, looking at the president to be ass and the regime he has lined up, I have no doubt that is RKP5637 Dec 2016 #40

I hear you, my dear redstatebluegirl! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #2

Thank you so much. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #3

I too live in a crazy red state. Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #47

Did your friends vote for DFT, or didn't they say? 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #26

I heard this indirectly, from a family member who knows: they did not vote for him. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #30

I also think his health is very poor, he does not look like a healthy individual. I doubt he will RKP5637 Dec 2016 #41

that would leave us with Pence, a hard core Rep irisblue Dec 2016 #63

It's an absolutely horrible cast of characters. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #66

Peace to you lunasun Dec 2016 #4

I have no idea either how to prepare and for what. The guy is so deranged it's hard to predict what RKP5637 Dec 2016 #42

My sentiments exactly! coco22 Dec 2016 #5

We're going the way of the Roman Empire Warpy Dec 2016 #6

I went to a lecture at the University last week and they said something redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #7

We might have to be our own Vandals and Visigoths Warpy Dec 2016 #17

I keep having this horrible feeling Trump is going to try to become emperor of earth, and all of the RKP5637 Dec 2016 #44

I can see Putin bdamomma Dec 2016 #49

Under different circumstances you might be right, but your sound analysis doesn't take into account StevieM Dec 2016 #31

That's longer term Warpy Dec 2016 #34

I am interested in your theory but I am unclear on what you are saying about climate change. StevieM Dec 2016 #45

There are some that think we will be extinct in ten year (or clearly heading that way) airplaneman Dec 2016 #59

No actual scientist says what you are saying. former9thward Dec 2016 #73

Sorry RSBG....I empathsize. I still haven't listened to his voice or Conway's since wiggs Dec 2016 #8

Music has helped me. I have turned to the folk music of my youth :-). redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #10

I haven't changed my tv from the classical music channel since 11/8 catbyte Dec 2016 #76

I can relate. lpbk2713 Dec 2016 #9

One can only hope! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #35

Red to blue notdarkyet Dec 2016 #11

We went where the work was. My husband has tenure here, we are pretty stuck. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #12

welcome to DU gopiscrap Dec 2016 #83

I've thought about this for a bit, but my answer remains pretty consistent. Shandris Dec 2016 #13

Good advice! I will do my best...thanks. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #36

Here here! Great points! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #39

wonderful post bdamomma Dec 2016 #50

Ohio is a red/purple state, my cong district is navy blue & irisblue Dec 2016 #67

IMO, any sane person should feel terrified. Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #14

So sad, they are draining all happiness out of the US. Now, it's a question of how to survive. RKP5637 Dec 2016 #46

I can't believe it, either. Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #51

May you turn your despair into action. Equinox Moon Dec 2016 #16

There is no real news so I find it easy never to tune in elmac Dec 2016 #18

Me Too!!! pamdb Dec 2016 #19

I dvr'd them as well. Stopped cold on November 9. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #20

yea my TV source of news bdamomma Dec 2016 #56

My red state is TN, the very eastern part. TNNurse Dec 2016 #21

I remember hiding under my desk as well. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #23

I understand how you feel. Paladin Dec 2016 #22

"I am just trying to figure out how to fight them...." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #24

Thanks, i know that running isn't an option. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #25

"I've got a link to put in here.... I will edit this tomorrow a.m." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #68

It is a nightmare beyond belief and one I never thought I would be watching happen. libtodeath Dec 2016 #27

I have taken a leave from work... SylviaD Dec 2016 #28

I know of some faculty who are looking to leave the University and find a blue state. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #29

I too oldtime dfl_er Dec 2016 #33

Struggle can bring out the best in all of us bhikkhu Dec 2016 #37

shared mehrrh Dec 2016 #38

Silver lining. joshcryer Dec 2016 #43

*If you don't have a passport, I urge you to get one. MADem Dec 2016 #48

yes, a passport is a bdamomma Dec 2016 #58

Absolutely. No one wants to leave, but if it becomes a situation where one has to leave, MADem Dec 2016 #81

Off subject question if you have time -but if you have a passport book how does the lunasun Dec 2016 #60

The card is easy to carry with you all the time and can be used for crossing borders by land. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #64

Thanks I understand now and hope to renew all of ours this week. I will see if we can get cards too lunasun Dec 2016 #65

If you find yourself near a border and need to leave in a hurry, you always have that MADem Dec 2016 #80

"dislike"bush? he started a fake war and Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2016 #52

RBG only has to hang on for 3 years. Republicans have created a new rule. Vinca Dec 2016 #53

many others feel the same way barbtries Dec 2016 #54

The fallout has been painful and confusing... Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #55

Cautionary but hopeful... Dave in VA Dec 2016 #57

fighting for recount last two months recount now Dec 2016 #61

I can relate to what you say here. AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #62

I avoid broadcast news BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #69

Thanks it is good to be back every day like I was before. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #74

The first election in my lifetime They_Live Dec 2016 #70

I wake up each morning and get scared all over again. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #71

I think what is frightening is that his supporters are such bullies. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #75

same southmost Dec 2016 #72

I too am completely excluding the media from my life. No CNN, no MSNBC, no news. They are Upthevibe Dec 2016 #77

or the media bdamomma Dec 2016 #82

Welcome back lunatica Dec 2016 #78

I avoided cable and other news for several weeks after Nov. 8 Gothmog Dec 2016 #79