Good News from the Resistance : It’s graduation season, and with that comes feel-good stories that uphold the myth of the American Dream. This year’s winners: The 2019 graduating class of Morehouse College won the lottery when investor Robert Smith decided to pay off everyone’s student loans; a homeless high school valedictorian in Memphis got scholarships to 50 colleges. We’re happy for them. (And because we report only Good News, we won’t ask, what about all of the other students with crippling college debt, and the 2.5 million other homeless kids in the U.S.? ).
A resistance feel-good story that wasn’t covered? Anti-Education Secretary Cruella DeVos stayed off the graduation circuit this year. Kudos to all of the graduates who booed and turned their backs to DeVos in previous years. You did it!
Here’s the Best News we learned last week: Despite a primary field that looks like Jones Beach on the 4th of July, Democrats are singing a song of unity to beat the Divider-in-Chief. With so much at stake, Dems are already at work — a year ahead of the typical timeline for presidential elections. Remarkably, grassroots many of the resistance organizations formed after the 2016 election and the DNC are moving in the same direction to support our candidate. No matter who she or he is . If Cocaine Mitch can build a unified wall of resistance, so can we. Here are our favorite Good News Efforts:
This summer, Organizing Corps 2020 , a DNC project, is hiring rising college seniors, focusing on students of color, in Battleground States. First, the students will be trained in campaign organizing. Then, with the support of local Democratic parties, they’ll organize and register new voters in their neighborhoods and on campus. When they graduate next spring, their first job out of college will be working to elect the 2020 Democratic nominee to the presidency. No matter who she or he is .
Swing Left and Flippable just merged . Now, their Super State strategy is focused on registering new voters and raising early money to provide a Big Blue Check to the future Democratic Presidential and Senate nominees. No matter who they are .
Indivisible has over 6,000 chapters across the U.S., in every Congressional District. The grassroots organization has energized and organized over 1 million voters since the 2016 election. Now, they’re asking these voters and every primary candidate to take the Indivisible Unity Pledge: Make the primary constructive, rally behind the winner ( no matter who she or he is ), and do the work to beat Trump. So far, every candidate has signed the Unity Pledge. Except Biden. We’re betting he will.
Yes, there’s even more Good News from the Resistance :
- Smirk when you learn that our Cheater-in-Chief’s golf scores were hacked
- Say “good boy!” when you see this page in the Parkland High School yearbook
- Applaud for the soccer super-star who calls herself “a walking protest”
- Hope that someone does this to Trump when he’s in England
- Learn how to turn a dying coal town into a thriving arts community
- Be grateful that our Grifter-in-Chief lost big legal battles last week
- Wonder if this giant Dumping Trump Chinese robot will be subject to tariffs
- Know the state that elected a dead brothel owner now has a female-majority legislature
- Ask “ can they say that? ” about Pod Save America’s F*ck Gerry(mandering) Fund
- Be inspired by this Georgia town and their beloved mailman
- Take Action: Learn the Super States where we can win
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THAT OUR CHEATER-IN-CHIEF FEELS THE PAIN OF BEING HACKED
Hackers hit him where it matters: his golf scores. Read the Golf News
WE THESE DOGS
And you will, too. Read the Therapy Dog News
WE AN ATHLETE WHO USES HER PLATFORM FOR GOOD
She’s strong, she’s a star, and she’s unapologetic for her views. Now that’s what we call a role model. Read the Soccer Star News
WE A GOOD MILKSHAKE
Which flavor do you think is Trump’s favorite? See What it Means to be Milkshaked
WE WHEN ARTISTS MOVE IN
Say yes, in my backyard. Read the Arts News
WE WHEN COURTS MAKE EXCELLENT DECISIONS
After last week, we are one step closer to seeing our Cheater-in-Chief’s tax returns and bank records. Read the Good Legal News
WE THE DUMPING TRUMP GOLDEN THRONE
A Dumping Trump robot is en route from China to London, and will arrive in time for the Royal Visit. Read the Golden Throne News
WE WHEN WOMEN WIN
But talk about mixed messages. Read the Nevada News
WE POD SAVE AMERICA’S NEW ENDEAVOR
This must be how to appeal to a younger demographic? If it works, we’re all in. Read the Anti-Gerrymandering News
WE THAT THIS TOWN LOVES THEIR MAILMAN SO MUCH
What a send-off! Read the Mail Carrier News
WE TAKING ACTION: Learn the Super States.
Sign Up. Show Up. Never Give Up.
Originally published on May 27, 2019 at marlafelcher.com by Marla Felcher. Republished with permission.