Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

The tea party had a lot of nasty tactics that were needlessly aggressive and petty and scary. But they proved it is indeed possible for a committed, relatively small number of folks across the country to make Congress listen to them and to slow and stop an agenda.

To the extent that we can shine a light on the bad things being done, that's going to have a positive impact.

A lot of people are worried that many of our rights and privileges we've come to expect as part of the American democratic process will be abandoned or restricted in some way. That is a valid fear and it makes it all the more important that people get together now to prevent any possible damage.

Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.

Obama had a mandate for change and Trump clearly does not.