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DemocracyDocket: We Are on Our Own
DemocracyDocket - We Are on Our Own
By Marc Elias
December 22, 2024
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
I realize this raises as many questions as it answers. Who are the “we?” Where, exactly, are the “we?” And what do I mean by “on our own?” Let me unpack them in order.
The “we” is the easy part. It includes all of us who care about democracy, rule of law and free and fair elections. It is not a small group.
It includes tens of millions who voted for Kamala Harris and millions more who did not. That includes millions who did not vote as well as many who voted for Trump because they feel like the government is failing them, and Trump seemed like change from the broken status quo.
The hardest part to define and know for certain is where we are. I know for certain where we are heading.
/snip
By Marc Elias
December 22, 2024
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
I realize this raises as many questions as it answers. Who are the “we?” Where, exactly, are the “we?” And what do I mean by “on our own?” Let me unpack them in order.
The “we” is the easy part. It includes all of us who care about democracy, rule of law and free and fair elections. It is not a small group.
It includes tens of millions who voted for Kamala Harris and millions more who did not. That includes millions who did not vote as well as many who voted for Trump because they feel like the government is failing them, and Trump seemed like change from the broken status quo.
The hardest part to define and know for certain is where we are. I know for certain where we are heading.
/snip
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and it's difficult to read it.
If you've followed his work or read his essays, you know that when everyone else has run out of ideas, or run out of hope, he's been the guy who held out hope, who had a plan nobody else had thought of, who had another lawsuit ready to go, or a team ready to take on the latest effort to purge or suppress votes in some red state.
So here we are. I hope he knows how much we appreciate all he's done. Democracy Docket became one of the most crucial blogs to come out of the last 8 years. Marc Elias has been a true American hero and a patriot.
