Yes, for this administration it's a manual. Did you read the list? Mobsters, corrupted politicians, etc..
The ACLU and EFF should also find a way to give Trump money / favors under the table to get pardons too in the name of the ends justify the means?
A proactive organization that we spend energy on and think supports ideas we care about should have been able to adapt, correct.
The world thinks our ideas are just memes with quizzical effect on the real world, and they're right.
Like I said, EFF and ACLU are a waste of our energy because they failed to do that. The White House has published a list of the kinds of people and organizations that get results. Its an instruction manual.