UPDATE: After 24 hours and 1540 Votes in the Poll, this diary is still getting a fair amount of traffic. Enough that I think it’s fair to conclude that Climate Change is the leading concern — and a fair amount of folks (17%) are willing to work HARD to address it. Next is Economic Instability and Inequity (14%) and Media Bias and Social Media Bias against Truth (13%). Replacing and advising the broken Democratic Party is coming in 4th at 12%. None of these are a mandate, though most of the relatively few commenters agree nothing really matters if Climate Change is not dealt with.
I hope to follow up with specific diaries asking for ideas, suggestions, links etc. of how people who do care passionately and are willing to work for at least one area of concern can get connected.
We’ve got to do more than complain about the darkness. Let’s get ready for it. (Please Kosmail me if you’d like to help with one of the areas from the Poll.)
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January 20, 2025 will be here in less than a week.
It’s time to recover from our grief, our shock, our outrage and start making some plans for survival.
I look forward to hearing from some of you about what works for you personally in your efforts to survive the oncoming storm, personally, politically and professionally. I think we all predict it will be a dark time.
One thing I do know, there have been very dark times before. I am a student of dark history. I am a survivor of a dark childhood. I know dark times do not last forever. And even in dark times, we can find light. We can find and build on sparks of hope and anger. We can never give up. No matter how dark it gets.
PLEASE CHOOSE AN AREA OF CONCERN THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK ON TO HELP SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH THE COMING STORM: