The Election
A Letter from DCDC Chair, Kathleen Hayek
Dear Fellow Supporters of Democracy,
Yes, these are dark days and interesting times, and I surely feel your pain.
I have been speechless. Simply without words to express the depth and breadth of horror, sorrow, anger and pain of that still unshattered glass ceiling. Mystified that our fellow voters chose to invite a crooked con man back into our White House. Terrified of what the next four years may bring our way. Fortified knowing that we will face it with strength and valor.
Robert Reich
What will YOU do?
Friends,
Many of you are still in shock about what happened a week ago today. Some of you don’t even want to read a newspaper or hear the news.
I get it.
A few of you are coping with the catastrophe by minimizing or denying it. Several friends assure me that a second Trump term won’t be much different from the first and that the checks and balances in our system will continue to constrain him.
This is wishful and dangerous thinking.
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Not sure how? Let us offer some recommendations that come to us courtesy of Dan Gashler. Thank you, Dan! The first three are direct support groups. The next three are legal aid services. The last three are advocacy organizations. There is such a tremendous need for...
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