This is a long letter, so here’s the short version: It’s time for civic groups to step forward to defend civil society during this election.Here at Civic Hall, we are devoted to the idea of civic tech — the use of tech for the public good. Implicit in that notion of public good is the idea that we are all in this together, that when freedom is threatened for one of us, it’s a threat to all of us; that when we debate questions of public policy we use facts and reason; and that the public record means something solid, that we are accountable for our past words and actions.It’s time we recognize that Donald Trump is not just bad news for...