The Resistance: A Checklist

Can you believe this clean slice of white bread is our poster boy for the Resistance?

Evan McMullin, the conserv from Utah, is one of the few Republicans who seems to grasp the magnitude of the threat Trump poses to our democracy.  Or at least, he's one of the few with the balls to speak out.

He provides a useful checklist of 10 Things We Can Must Do to Resist the "Authoritarian moves that are about to commence."  (These originally appeared as ten separate tweets.)    

If Trump governs as an authoritarian like he has promised, it will be critical that Americans do the following 10 things:

1. Read and learn the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Know that our basic rights are inalienable.

2. Identify and follow many credible sources of news. Be very well informed and learn to discern truth from untruth.

3. Watch every word, decision and action of Trump and his administration extremely closely, like we have never done before in America.

4. Be very vocal in every forum available to us when we observe Trump's violations of our rights and our democracy. Write, speak, act.

5. Support journalists, artists, academics, clergy and others who speak truth and who inform, inspire and unite us.

6. Build bridges with Americans from the other side of the traditional political spectrum and with members of diverse American communities.

7. Defend others who may be threatened by Trump even if they don't look, think or believe like us. An attack on one is an attack on all.

8. Organize online and in person with other Americans who understand the danger Trump poses and who are also willing to speak up.

9. Hold members of Congress accountable for protecting our rights and democracy through elections and by making public demands of them now.

10. And finally, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, have "malice toward none, with charity for all" and never ever lose hope!

The list above, de-Twitterfied, comes from DailyKos