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My name is Daniel McDonald. I hold a PhD in Computer Science and
study the microbiome as a scientist in the Department of Pediatrics at
UCSD. My work is not at all connected to this campaign, but Fundrazr
advises an introduction.
The Trump administration is scary. Within the first few days of his
presidency, his administration has blatantly altered the truth, mused
about the creation of secret police, undermined the immigrant bedrock
of the country, made an afront to states rights, placed gags on
numerous vital public agencies, and threatened the free press. Our
primary defense of these agregious acts is through Checks and
Balances. It is of the utmost importance that we ensure the remainder
of our government does not fall in line. One critical mechanism is
through constituents calling their elected officials -- the value of
this cannot be underscored enough. This Fundrazr project is focused on
an alternative means: reminding the Legislative and Judicial branches
about the rise of facism in the US during the 1930s.
Funds raised by this project will go toward the purchase and
delivery of paperback copies of Sinclair Lewis's "It Can't Happen
Here" to every US Senator (100), US Representative (435), and
Supreme Court Justice (presently 8). It is a small total expense and
serves as a reminder of the reality we are rapidly approaching. The
goal is set at $8,000 based off prices on Amazon, shipping costs,
sales tax, and price variability over suppliers. Any additional funds
raised will be used to purchase copies for US Governors, 9th circuit
judges, etc. If on the off chance that more funds are raised than
needed, any excess will be donated to the ACLU.
The goal is to ship all of the books at once so they arrive at
approximately the same time. The motivation is that it is more likely
to spread "buzz" if many offices receive the books in
parallel. To do this, I'm going to work on identifying a suitable
fullfillment service as manually entering address information into
Amazon would be prohibitive w.r.t. the goal of a common delivery target.
In the event that an insufficient amount of funds are received,
books will first be sent to the sitting Justices, followed by high
rankning congressional members.
I need your help to make this possible. Thank you for your time
and consideration.
* note, the image used is for a poster for a play based off the
book -- I was unable to find an image of the book itself with a
sufficiently permissive license.
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