You arrive at a meeting packed with a wide range of different groups, including poll workers and others at the election’s front lines. Leaders from the mainstream Constitutional Convention come with an updated Defector’s Pledge after results from the 900+ cities that participated in their local conventions. Whistleblowers hidden through the Underground Railroad arrive. Fundraising committees come with possibilities of money if a meaningful plan is found.
Members of the Paperclip Movement explain their intention to continue their current strategy — maintaining a broad base with government employees slowing implementation of Trump’s orders from the inside. Poll workers ask what they should be doing with the latest news. “Follow your conscience,” is the vague reply. You sense that the groups in attendance each have their local focus, but there’s no broad, national strategy to avert an impending disaster.
The meeting ends with groups heading in different directions. You can tell this won’t work — without a focus, too many people are going to take the path of least resistance.
