IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OKAY.

I saw this on FB and nothing else has better encapsulated how I, and millions of others, felt last week.

Look, guys. We screwed up. 

If we voted for Clinton, we didn't work hard enough to get more electoral votes for her. We didn't vote for Clinton....well, that certainly didn't help. If we didn't vote at all...yeah. No matter how we look at it, we let a man who has encouraged violence, war crimes, and more into the White House.

Trump won the electoral vote. He is going to be President of the United States.

Remember, he did not with the popular vote. He is not who the people want.

Yet a racist, xenophobic, violence-encouraging, easily shaken guy with absolutely no experience has control of the White House and the nuclear codes.

This is not okay. We are in serious trouble.

Do not approach this optimism. The "softer" Trump we saw in interview the last two days, is not the "real Trump."

I was planning on launching this blog on January 20th, but it turns out I can't wait that long.

Today, we've learned that Trump wants Stephen Bannon as one of his chief strategists.

Bannon is a known right-wing nationalist with a racist agenda that even conservatives are criticizing him for. 

Not scared, yet? Read through some of the things he's said and the stories his newspaper ran. 

There is absolutely NO way we can let Trump let this person in the White House.

Your Task Today:

1.) Make Three Phone Calls: One to your Representative, and one to each of your Senators.

2.) To find your Representative and their contact information, go to this link.

3.) To find your Senators and their contact information, go to this link.

Tell them to speak out against this appointment--to speak loudly, and speak often. A sample script is below:

My name is ________
I live in city/state/zip code

I oppose the appointment of Stephen Bannon to President-Elect Trump's White House staff. Please use your voice in Congress to speak out and speak loudly. We cannot allow hate to rule our country.

Be polite and firm with the person on the phone. Rest assured, they will log every call that comes in, including yours.

It takes ten minutes--if that. If no one picks up, leave a message. Let's jam the phones.

We have a lot of work to do, friends....good luck.