Bruce, I think this is wonderful and I think you are right. The resistance to Trump and MAGA is growing. I forget what the exact number is but it takes 3.something percent of the population to make a movement work. If we can find a way to bring together the multitude of grassroots organizations, voices, entertainers, artists, teachers, s…
Bruce, I think this is wonderful and I think you are right. The resistance to Trump and MAGA is growing. I forget what the exact number is but it takes 3.something percent of the population to make a movement work. If we can find a way to bring together the multitude of grassroots organizations, voices, entertainers, artists, teachers, scholars, you name it that detest the minority rule offered by MAGA and the handful of billionaires who fund this crowd, that would be wonderful. We need this to be an intergenerational movement. There must be some way to make this happen.
One of the most serious problems we have now is the failure of most of the mainstream media to take the threats of Trump and the MAGA crowd seriously and writing news articles about the stakes in this race. The commercialization of our news (dependent on advertising and clicks) has corrupted many of the news outlets so that "real" news is shoved aside or downplayed to cover trivial things (see the blanket coverage of Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest today.....). It's all bread and circuses - may have worked for Rome but not for us.....
Intergenerational political action is happening! From established programs like old League of Women Voter members registering young highschoolers to vote and teaching them about the ballot, to students across the nation pressuring us grown ups to vote against NRA Republicans. Over my 50 plus years of protesting and lobbying, I have never seen this much fervor and power and savvy devoted to political action (not even with Vietnam). That said, we cannot take any of it for granted, and we must each do our part to support these efforts.
It is exciting. Getting out the vote, teaching young people about the ballot, learning from young people. All of it is good and getting better. It is not just preserving democracy but putting democracy into action. That is exactly what is expected of citizens in a democracy. So glad to be a part of th.
Bruce, I think this is wonderful and I think you are right. The resistance to Trump and MAGA is growing. I forget what the exact number is but it takes 3.something percent of the population to make a movement work. If we can find a way to bring together the multitude of grassroots organizations, voices, entertainers, artists, teachers, scholars, you name it that detest the minority rule offered by MAGA and the handful of billionaires who fund this crowd, that would be wonderful. We need this to be an intergenerational movement. There must be some way to make this happen.
One of the most serious problems we have now is the failure of most of the mainstream media to take the threats of Trump and the MAGA crowd seriously and writing news articles about the stakes in this race. The commercialization of our news (dependent on advertising and clicks) has corrupted many of the news outlets so that "real" news is shoved aside or downplayed to cover trivial things (see the blanket coverage of Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest today.....). It's all bread and circuses - may have worked for Rome but not for us.....
Intergenerational political action is happening! From established programs like old League of Women Voter members registering young highschoolers to vote and teaching them about the ballot, to students across the nation pressuring us grown ups to vote against NRA Republicans. Over my 50 plus years of protesting and lobbying, I have never seen this much fervor and power and savvy devoted to political action (not even with Vietnam). That said, we cannot take any of it for granted, and we must each do our part to support these efforts.
It is exciting. Getting out the vote, teaching young people about the ballot, learning from young people. All of it is good and getting better. It is not just preserving democracy but putting democracy into action. That is exactly what is expected of citizens in a democracy. So glad to be a part of th.