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U.S. Politics: The Biggest Trade in WNBA History
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AuraChannelerChris
"What the hell...?"
People like to fear things that aren't true.
On the plus side, I don't think Trump has enough to live.
RileyXY1
Young Battle Trainer
This would mean JD Vance gets in the White House, and if Trump dies in his last two years of office then Vance could potentially be elected to two more terms in office, meaning that we would have a Republican President until 2037!
PrinceOfFacade
Ghost-Type Master
Why are y'all so surprised? That's the thing that gets me.
This country was founded on slavery, colonization and white supremacy. Are you really shocked the people voted for someone who wants all three?
RileyXY1
Young Battle Trainer
And it's fed by a massive league of right-wing media companies (like Fox News) that have demonized Democrats for decades, and because of this the Democrats' reputation is in the gutter and it will never recover.
JourneymanN00b
Well-Known Member
Agree that the Democrats are going that way after showing yet again that they are The Party Who Cannot Win at the worst of times.
Only in America can an insurrectionist become president and have his crimes overlooked. Only in America does sexism and racism reign supreme. Only in America can fascism rise and put an end to free elections in the future. This is a sad, SAD indictment of this nation that will last for decades to come.
In the inauguration, there is a good chance that the orange convict will either rip up the Constitution or wipe his ass with it. I guess the moral of the story is that billionaires are above the law and the Ten Commandments (which apparently pertain to everyone else) and can commit any crime they want without consequences. RFK can do whatever he wants with healthcare, and Project 2025 will be here in full force, and anyone who is not rich or white will be screwed for eternity because the state chose to embrace the worst of America.
I would also like term "blue wave" to be removed from our vocabularies, as people get their hopes up every time because they hear this. The laziness, incompetence, complacency, and inability to learn from mistakes will **** us every damn time.
Ladies and gentlemen, this country is no longer the leader of the free world and is now a dictatorship in the making that is here to stay for decades. I have serious doubts about surviving this fascist dictatorship that will obliterate free and fair elections in the future. I would be willing to sacrifice myself if the nation could somehow be wiped from this planet as it becomes Earth's biggest laughingstock.
Life hack to learn from this election: Don't check the "Felon" box ever again when applying for a job. If convicted felons can be president, then they can work any job in America.
JourneymanN00b
Well-Known Member
Wisconsin’s Senate race was called Tammy Baldwin, making the only senator (so far) besides Susan Collins (who will be out the door after 2026 if there is any decency in this world) since 2020 who won while the state went the other way presidentally.
That is honestly impressive from her, and I hope to hell she’s around for the entire 6 years.
That is honestly impressive from her, and I hope to hell she’s around for the entire 6 years.
PrinceOfFacade
Ghost-Type Master
No, no, stop. Democrats have played the same game for over 100 years. They promise everything and deliver nothing.
We will never get out of this system until/unless we admit BOTH parties are bad for us.
AuraChannelerChris
"What the hell...?"
I don't know any of you, but I don't feel like being gloomy. All of this is bad, but like hell I'll let it depress me. That's just not how I am.
JourneymanN00b
Well-Known Member
And Elissa Slotkin in Michigan’s Senate race now joins Tammy Baldwin in that honor. Nice to know that at least some of my volunteer efforts there were of use.
Divine Retribution
Every 10 years, a great man. Who pays the bill?
This should ultimately be the takeaway. This isn't just a Trump win, this is a Democratic failure. Would Harris have won if she hadn't decided to pivot rightward over the past few weeks? Would she have won if she had made concrete promises to end the genocide in Gaza? If she had adopted the economic populism that so clearly appeals to working class Americans instead of allowing it to (unjustifiably) be used against her? I don't know. I believe so, but the fact is she didn't. She went the other way. She fought for the status quo, and she lost. It's long past time we tried something else. It shouldn't even be a close race in the first place when the other guy is a bigoted bankrupt felon with a savior complex.
Our only hope for ever fixing the problems with the electoral system are to operate outside of it. For me, this means building class solidarity. Educate, agitate, organize. It means organizing unions and mutual aid groups and combating both fascist and neoliberal propaganda. You can't change a broken system by working within it, and the only path to a relatively peaceful revolution is through revolutionary unity. It's that, violent revolution, or a slow spiral into totalitarianism. Those are the three paths ahead of us. I know which one I want to take.
Check in on your friends, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community. Look for local mutual aid groups and political organizations who operate outside of the two-party system. Talk to your co-workers about unionizing. Read and research the writings and perspectives of radical activists. Make connections with antifascist groups in your area. Above all else, never shut up. Solidarity forever.
Oh, and just in case things really do get as bad as they very well could, make sure your passports are up to date and, if at all possible, save up a little money (preferably in cash) to use in an emergency. If you're a member of a marginalized community or at all a visible leftist figure, have a plan to leave the country if **** hits the fan. Mass arrests and LGBTQ+/leftist organizations being designated 'terrorists' or 'groomers' and facing police crackdowns are completely on the table.
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AuraChannelerChris
"What the hell...?"
so is no one going to ask why 15 or so million votes went missing between election and why russia specifically targeted the swing states
More specifically the democratic areas of those swing states. We now have a president who is indebted to Putin. Trumps going to repay that debt by withholding aid to Ukraine and forcing them to surrender on Russian terms.
I'm not too worried about Vance. He doesn't have the charisma that Trump has. Thats not to say they won't find someone else to be the new figurehead. There is also a real good possibility that they Republicans are going to crash the economy again. Thats one thing they are really good at.
AuraChannelerChris
"What the hell...?"
Zelensky is going to feel like a real clown for thinking Trump was going to help HIM.
It’s going to be great when Putin attacks the Baltics and Trump doesn’t honor our NATO commitments and war breaks out between Russia and Europe
Divine Retribution
Every 10 years, a great man. Who pays the bill?
Very unlikely that many Dems will outright defect to the GOP, outside of possibly some people in the broader media sphere, but they were just grifters to begin with. The mainstream Democratic party as a whole, on the other hand, very well might learn all the wrong lessons from Harris's defeat and pivot rightwards, especially on immigration and the economy. Already progressivism, the left, and pro-Palestine activists are being scapegoated by many Dem talking heads, as if Harris's entire strategy over the past couple months hasn't already been a hard pivot rightward (and that obviously didn't work).
I don't think an 'establishment Democrat' will win another election in the foreseeable future. I don't think a rightward shift in the party rhetoric can possibly change that. You can't 'out-right' the right. If Democrats want to win, they need to go the other direction, and they need to start crafting their own populist narratives. Populism is a tool that Trump clearly wields very well, and if the Dems want to compete, they need to learn how to use it too. Luckily, this should be easy for them. Right-wing populist narratives are based entirely on lies and misrepresentations of statistics, while left-wing populism has no reason to be. We have the truth on our side.
I don't think an 'establishment Democrat' will win another election in the foreseeable future. I don't think a rightward shift in the party rhetoric can possibly change that. You can't 'out-right' the right. If Democrats want to win, they need to go the other direction, and they need to start crafting their own populist narratives. Populism is a tool that Trump clearly wields very well, and if the Dems want to compete, they need to learn how to use it too. Luckily, this should be easy for them. Right-wing populist narratives are based entirely on lies and misrepresentations of statistics, while left-wing populism has no reason to be. We have the truth on our side.
PrinceOfFacade
Ghost-Type Master
Trump has a nasty habit of showing his hand (a.k.a. not knowing when to shut the f*** up), and thus he'll likely alienate even his closest foreign allies.
While I brace myself for some messed up stuff coming our way here in America, I don't expect Trump lasting very long in the foreign policy department, and considering how close we are to midnight, I don't gather it'll go well for him.
Or us, really.