The good news is that the nation’s top liberal groups and civil rights defenders are, in the face of a Donald Trump (I can't believe we have to type that) presidency, “preparing for war.”
Top Democratic operatives are huddling this week in a series of meetings to strategize about which groups will run point on everything from safeguarding women’s access to health care to fighting any increase in deportations to preventing attacks on Muslim Americans.
Fundraisers have also been pitching top liberal donors who are gathering in Washington this week for a meeting of the Democracy Alliance, a secretive club of wealthy progressives, to commit tens of millions of dollars for a 2018 field campaign to stave off potentially massive losses in the midterm elections.
The better news is that outside groups like NARAL, the Sierra Club, CAIR, and other groups are getting a flood of new and very necessary support.
The American Civil Liberties Union in particular has benefitted from an outpouring of support — with 120,000 contributions totaling $7.2 million in the five days since the election.
The half of America that considers Trump a short-fingered disaster in an ill-fitting suit aren't going away. Even as Republicans like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell affirm their support for Trump's appointment of a white nationalist as their party's new top strategist, there are millions of people out there who aren't going to let them gloss over their party's willing descent into madness.