Would it be OK to post a rather long narrative on some ideas for Trump resistance?
I apologize for being so unaware of what you folks were doing every day to support Democratic candidates in the 2024 election (just never really looked at the forums). But it is clear with just a little review you folks are doers while so many others spend all their time talking. I should have been here all along since I much prefer people who act to those who spend their time trying to dissuade you from doing something they view as insurmountable or ill-advised.
My professional career focused on trying to protect the watershed of one of the world's true natural wonders, Lake Superior. I once organized one of the largest environmental conferences on the Great Lakes in our hometown (Duluth, MN) for the International Joint Commission's (IJC) Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality. This conference brought together activists from around the country and world to focus on the sun-setting of a series of forever chemicals showing up in fish and water throughout the Great Lakes. We were advised by any number of well-wishers this conference would never be held in Duluth due to our remote location and size (furthest point west on the Great Lakes). We doggedly pursued this conference, and it ended up attracting scientists from throughout the Great Lakes and world, as well as large numbers of activists and the public. It was great fun, and we had Greenpeace scaling buildings with signs and floating around in the harbor with their Great Lakes ship (not the Rainbow Warrior). The conference was a remarkable success and IJC was able to again force a larger public conversation around forever chemicals.
The only reason to mention this story is to remind everyone that what is possible is limited only by the minds of the doers (those in the fight). I understand no one really wanted to make it their full-time job to fight these MAGA nuts. But here we are with these people moving into the White House in mid-January. So, why not do our part to make their stay as non-productive and frustrating as possible. I started to jot down a few ideas about how to frustrate these people that I refer to as "Operation Creative Mischief." I am wondering if I can post these ideas and see if you can add to them, suggest changes, and/or help develop a mischief plan?
Happy Thanksgiving!
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