Thread by @SethAbramson

People have been asking me for a long time how we can best educate the American public about the Mueller Report. I've now seen a product called "Trump Cards" (note: I have no affiliation with the makers), and honestly it's the best thing I've found so far. amazon.com/dp/B07T823Z9V

1/ The Mueller Report, Proof of Collusion, and Proof of Conspiracy—three works I truly believe, taken together, tell the full story of collusion as we know it so far—have *hundreds* of characters in them. To have 54 cards that give you key facts about the top 54 players is huge.

2/ I tend not to give people nicknames, so the "nickname" element is less useful to me—*but* I know that many people need a pedagogical aid to remember that Michael Cohen is the "fixer," Aras Agalarov is the "Trump of Russia," and so on. So I'd say this deck does some great work.

3/ But here's the bigger picture: so many Americans are wondering what they can do to help America in a time of crisis. I always say: use the skills you already have to do something imaginative, generative, and educational. Trump Cards' makers did that—and we need *more* of this.

4/ Today I heard the impeachment episode of @sorrynotsorry with @Alyssa_Milano, and it was fantastic—another example of a thing folks can do (particularly charismatic performers who can be amazing educators), i.e. a podcast. The Trump "play" of a few weeks ago is another example.

@sorrynotsorry @Alyssa_Milano 5/ Others are designing tee shirts or installation pieces because they work in the material arts, or designing graphics and meme-worthy images because they work in graphic design. Avid readers are starting impeachment book clubs that read books about Trump-Russia and impeachment.

@sorrynotsorry @Alyssa_Milano 6/ Everyone doing something is in the same boat: a) trying to see how to match their skills to this historical moment, b) trying to position themselves vis-a-vis the national emergency we're in in such a way that they'll *never* have to look back and say "Could I have done more?"

@sorrynotsorry @Alyssa_Milano 7/ Among other things, if you're wealthy you can donate money where you think it needs to go, and if you're not you can donate *time* where you think it needs to go; if you're not wealthy and have no time due to work, even talking with friends/neighbors about this is a huge help.

@sorrynotsorry @Alyssa_Milano 8/ Anyway, I figured one of the things I can do is speak up if I see something that seems helpful at this time of crisis—thus this thread about "Trump Cards" and the other means by which we can educate America on the Mueller Report and the Trump-Russia scandal more broadly. /end