I know we’re all feeling doom and gloom but can we get a thread of some wins/good news from last night?
Delaware elected Sarah McBride, who is the first open transgender representative in Congress.
Georgia district attorney Fani Willis, who has been trying to prosecute Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, won reelection.
Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse, one of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump (and one of two in that group who survived the subsequent midterm elections), successfully defended his seat again against a Trump-endorsed opponent. That’s at least one Republican in the House who doesn’t always rubber-stamp the party agenda.
It gives the boomers another chance to solidify their legacy as the worst generation in human history. In a way that helps all of us.
Many Zoomers voted for him too, unfortunately
The heat death of the universe will eventually come
Can we accelerate that timeline? Say to like Jan 20, 2025 (let the kids enjoy one last chance at any snow we might be lucky enough to get)?
Kentucky amendment 2, which would have redirected public funds to private schools, failed miserably. Of all the red states, Kentucky seems to be somewhat unique in its’ strong resistance to Republican attacks on public education. It is, after all, why we have a Democratic governor. I only hope that continues to hold true.
We won’t have to vote any more, so all those people who never wanted to vote in the past won’t need to worry their little heads any more.
Massachusetts passed an unprecedented measure allowing ride share drivers to unionize.
Nebraska got weed and another state elected the first openly transgender U.S. Representative. Tlaib retained her seat.
Also, I learned that a grade school classmate won a state rep seat in one of the midwest swing states earlier and that’s good news to me, at least.
Liberals are ripe for radicalization and joining Leftists. Not all, of course, some are shifting rightward, but many are disillusioned and shifting left.
For anyone reading, I can give a basic intro to Marxism reading list if you want. For starters, I recommend Blackshirts and Reds. To know fascism, who it serves, how it rises, and how to stop it is immensely useful.
Just want to say: Thanks for your perennial civility as well as continuing to offer learning resources for people interested in any “sect” of leftist ideology.
Appreciate the kind words! It’s a tender time, liberals are both more open and more closed to radicalization, depending on how they are interacted with. Lenin has a fantastic quote:
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.
In shining light on the causes of evil, illustrating ways out of these darker times, and in teaching how to properly struggle against evil, we can radicalize numerous liberals and strengthen solidarity.
I’d say that despair is also common for those of us who have been painfully aware of the causes.
Simply being aware is not enough, we must identify the way out and struggle for it.
Unfortunately, I think liberals are going to continue taking the easy route, which is not really having much of a platform other than “we’re not Trump supporters”
Depends, many seem more receptive to theory as of late.
Trump won.
I’m curious, what part of that do you think will be good for anyone who isn’t a rich which male?
I’d tell you to GFY, but you already have & just don’t realize it yet.
I doubt they will cover it. That would be a death sentence at this point.
Last Week Forever: “Surprise twist this week: Trump good? Here’s why Trump is God and we should always worship him!”
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I chuckled.
ideally sent to Gitmo
I though that detouring people we disagree with politically was the thing we didn’t like about Trump.
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So people selling guns should be tried for murder of they are used by a murderer?
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The west coast stuck to its guns almost completely. Mark Robinson and Kari Lake lost their races incredibly enough.
Biden got some big stuff done with chips, infrastructure investment, and more. Unless Trump starts tearing down bridges and forcing people to remove heat pumps, some of Biden’s stuff will be very difficult to reverse, physically or politically.
Are you kidding? California voted to keep slavery, and against rent control, and against the AIDS organization who was funding the rent control measure.
Split ticket scenarios seemed common, which can mean party loyalty is at an all time low.
Jeff Jackson for NC’s AG
