The primary goal is power, not integrity.
California ballots are already in mailboxes, and the most powerful thing you can do this week is fill yours out and send it back. When the federal government is pushing the limits of its power over how Americans vote, casting a ballot is the one form of power that belongs equally to every one of us.
We pass on this observation from Diana Butler Bass with a plea for you all, as you are able, to join a “No Kings” action in your area this weekend. The more clergy and laity who show up for justice, the better. We are spiraling into a vicious autocracy, and our presence does help modify the extremism.