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Sick of conservative policy? Run for office!

“Conventional wisdom held that an expected Hillary Clinton victory in the 2016 presidential election would have spurred a colossal wave of women to run for office, inspired by Clinton’s example. Instead, the Electoral College gave the presidency to an unrepentant misogynist who—by many accounts, including his own—makes a habit of grabbing women’s genitals. But fear and anger, it turns out, can be as powerful a motivator as joy.” –  Christina Cauterucci, Slate One of the

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Defeating Trump with local action, part 2

Earlier this week, we introduced ways for people to immerse themselves in politics and feel empowered to make changes and resist the Trump agenda, in the blog post Defeating Trump with local action, part 1. Inspired by Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Resisting the Trump Agenda — a piece written by progressive former Congressional staffers — we’ve covered a few actions that result in real, anti-Trump change, including finding a local organization of like-minded people, figuring out