Americans taking action after Trump's big league win
It's been just over two months since Donald Trump was voted into the White House. But in that short time, his victory is already having a significant impact on the choices and decisions many Americans are making in their daily lives, whether they're on the right, the left, or somewhere in between.
Producer Daniel Guillemette spoke to five of them to find out how they're taking action following Trump's presidential victory.
I couldn't even make up things more ridiculous... and they just ran with it.- Paul Horner on his dissemination of fake news
Self-described satirist Paul Horner made a lot of money off fake news during the election. While he thought his work would hurt Trump more than it would help him, he now finds himself reevaluating and taking time off because he can't control who picks up his stories and runs with them.
Luis Fernandez works with the Repeal Coalition, which aims to repeal "all anti-immigrant legislation". He's started taking measures to warn people who could be deported if apprehended by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. By using more private ways of alerting people and setting up more fortified hideouts, Fernandez hopes to protect people from the sort of mass deportation that Trump outlined during the campaign.
Turning Point USA is an organization that created the "Professor Watch List", an online registry that publishes the names of college and university professors who "advance leftist propaganda in the classroom." Matt Lamb, who works for the group, says the purpose of this list is to call out teachers they believe are shutting down debate and free speech in their classrooms.
Julianna Evans, a Democrat from D.C., has felt distressed and devastated ever since the results of the election came in. While it may not change anything for other Americans, Evans decided to dye her hair from brown to black to better suit her mood.
Sophia Witt, a student at Kent State University, used to have more liberal political values but has grown more conservative over time and voted for Trump. Her mom, a Sanders supporter and lifelong Democrat, made her feel bad about supporting her candidate at first. But after the election, Witt received an e-mail from her mom that made her have more sympathy for everyone feeling bad about the results.