Be A Fanatical Optimist February 12, 2020February 11, 2020 This terrific piece argues “we must organize rather than agonize” . . . that “Nihilism remains the GOP’s ultimate Trump card.” . . . They are counting on citizens of good faith to give up, to quit the field, to say “who cares?” . . . Don’t let them sucker you. Be a fanatical optimist. Make a plan. Take action. Listen to your conscience. Vote. Ironically, the friend who sent me this — only some of whose German ancestors made it onto Schindler’s list — has made a plan. Is taking action. He’s scraping together the final $116,000 in fees needed for Canadian citizenship.* Needless to say, I think he’s over-reacting. But then I watched Bill Maher’s lastest New Rules. (“When a country slides into authoritarian rule, you don’t get a text alert.”) I still think my friend is over-reacting. I ain’t leavin’. But watch Bill Maher and share widely. Or if you don’t have five minutes, watch just the last two. *This leaves him little or nothing, he explains, to help fund the early organizing snowball that — if we all lean in — will wrest power from Trump and McConnell.