I know we’re all feeling doom and gloom but can we get a thread of some wins/good news from last night?
Out of 10 pro abortion state measures 7 passed (one still undecided i think), and only 1 anti abortion measure passed.
Colorado enshrined the right to abortion and removed anti-gay marriage language from their constitution.
Washington got a really awesome governor.
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
Jeff Jackson for NC’s AG
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.
I am still so glad that when I lived in KY for a few years, that I helped vote him in during mid-terms.
Massachusetts passed an unprecedented measure allowing ride share drivers to unionize.
Last Week Tonight will have more material than they know what to do with it
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!”
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.
Maybe we’ll finally wake up and realize this country was not built on good intentions and is operating as intended.
Almost like it’s on sacred Indian burial grounds.
What was it before that, though?
Sacred Indian living grounds with a few burial grounds here and there.
I needed that chuckle. Thanks.
Nono, Americans made peace with the natives!
Trail of Tears of Joy
Best I’ve been able to explain it is that it’s a country build on hope and dreams, which are not compatible with reality and truth.
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’d tell you to GFY, but you already have & just don’t realize it yet.
I’m curious, what part of that do you think will be good for anyone who isn’t a rich which male?
Good news is we don’t have much time left
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.
