One of the best commentaries about the election was by David Remnick in the New Yorker. He says simply, “The most consequential result of the midterms has been to break the fever of Trumpism and to diminish its threat to democratic institutions, to personal and civil liberties, and to decency itself. … The election was also a vindication for those who had refused to submit. We are all too familiar by now with the many politicians, law partners, billionaires, C.E.O.s, university presidents, and others who cowered before Trump. Part of the reason we will survive the Trump era is that many more did their work honorably. Judges, civil-rights lawyers, academics, election officials, curators, artists, and countless ordinary citizens stood up. Their resistance to Trump’s bullying, corruption, and heartlessness has gained new political force.”

That’s us, Lexington Alarm!, who refused to accept a slide towards authoritarianism that our leaders, our major institutions, and our businesses all decided they could live with when Trump took office and looked all-powerful in January 2025.