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[@iotaeta-pi2770]

Remember sitting in history class, reading about pivotal moments and wondering "How could they let that happen"? Now you know.

[@IrisNelson]

Exactly.

[@dws0828]

There’s literally been nothing like this before in our country. We all knew the threats of Trump this time around, and many still voted for him because they hate the system and they wanted to look people like us in the face and say “Fu*% You!!” It’s so cruel and thoughtless it’s hard to believe it’s even real

[@zenmaster9195]

I say this all the time.

[@FindTheFun]

To be fair, I still don't know

[@renerpho]

Whenever you learn about any era of history and think "how could they do this?", or "how stupid were those people?", you're missing something important. It's not like those questions have obvious answers, but you cannot understand history without empathizing with those who experienced it.

[@ThousanWhite]

"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders." (George Carlin)

[@ClosedCasketVideo]

Sadly, a George Carlin bit of him talking about why he doesn't vote (30 years ago) went viral this past year. And you had thousands upon thousands of braindead morons in the comments saying "Yeah! I'm definitely not voting this year!"

[@jkeelsnc]

I wish he were still here with us now.

[@RedKing12000]

I’d say he’s rolling in his grave, but he’s just as if not even more likely to be howling with laughter at how fucked we are, cheeky bastard… God, I miss that man.

[@keithwinget6521]

Sure, but that doesn't represent all of us. The trouble is we who are not that way, have NO representation most of the time.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

​@@RedKing12000He's lucky he didn't have to see this.

[@erikkennedy8725]

The popular vote is what really hurts me. How severely we underestimated the hatred of more than half the country's voters.

[@thebaldfox711]

The vote came down to two things: The state of the economy and the Isreal genocide in Gaza. The Dems are fully complicit in the genocide and gave no direct plan of action on the economy so they lost. It's the same story as 2016... Trump is awful but the Dems would rather lose to him that give working class Americans a Godamned thing.

[@Ironcorgi2]

People are more willing to believe that the poor and defenseless and different are the cause of their problems not the rich and powerful that they are fooled into believing they can become

[@ghijkmnop]

He got essentially the same amount as last time. What pisses me off is that 15 million dems chose not to vote for whatever lame-ass reason.

[@dhoffnun]

It's like a forest fire, being whipped-up by the winds of a multi billion-dollar industry that uses it for fuel.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

It's really curious, How much hatred did you experience at a Trump rally?

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

As a Brit, I feel this way about the Brexit vote and then the vote for "Boris" Johnson. It showed us up as a narrow-minded, ignorant, prejudiced and selfish people. The anger has never left me.

[@SilverMe2004]

but "boris" was elected because they couldn't find anyone else that wanted to go forward with Brexit (and you had to go forward with it) Yes Brexit was a mistake, most people that voted for it can tell you that,

[@Echo81Rumple83]

At least he had enough braincells to step down as prime minister when he knew he was cooked. Mango Mussolini won't do similar.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

@@SilverMe2004 Well it was a mistake that screwed our economy, so what a good thing that they are wise after the event, eh?

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

@@Echo81Rumple83 He stepped down because he was caught partying while the little people died.

[@connie1wilson]

I was let down twice: Brexit and 2024 US election! I would not imagine either would’ve happened!

[@Bans94]

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis, 1935.

[@Metrikon9000]

Or a bible, upside down.

[@lordnorj]

Or in Trump's case, "Humping the flag and selling a knock off Bible".

[@otakon17]

Bastard called it 90 damn years before the fact.

[@daniellekazemzadeh7886]

"And democracy dies to thunderous applause" George Lucas

[@ThatGuillermo]

let's just face it: bigots breed faster and homeschool their kids. they're like orcs.

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

Had a "friend" tell me "hey, we survived 8 years of Obama, you'll survive this", but couldn't tell me one single thing of how his life was worse under Obama.

[@blackmannum1]

😢

[@ButUrWrongTho]

"you guys had your black president we have our white supremacist one. 50/50!"

[@williamcalvert4106]

That's the MAGA mentality. They hate facts. They just want to own the Democrats. No thinking is necessary in their hatred towards minorities or people who disagree with them.

[@creed8712]

To be fair the only people who’s life were really worse under Obama were those in the Middle East

[@brodrickbaker]

@@ButUrWrongTho split the post-birth aborted baby?

[@alnak2100]

Didn't sleep at all last night. The fact that I had hope and didn't expect this outcome tells me how out of touch I am with the rest of the country. Fucking crazy. He gets away with everything. He's held accountable for nothing. He's rewarded with more power than he had the first time. I'm speechless.

[@JL-kf8mw]

I’m with you. 💙

[@Poemi10304]

The way I see it, it's not us who are out of touch with the country, but **they** who are out of touch with reality.

[@hmnhntr]

God, the fact that this time he's coming in with an allied Senate AND Supreme Court.... The only limit to how bad things get is his imagination and the will of those in the system to oppose him. Then again, with the "fire everyone but his supporters" plan, even that may not be a limitation

[@normandyf4234]

Me too

[@Libertas4Ever]

I don't think many people who voted for Kamala Harris has slept. I haven't. I was actually physically ill. No work for me today. There's a lot of people that's not going to be at the job today. This is devastating. And we know it. There is an existential thing that is making us feel this way, because it is threatening us all now, all of us. And it is quite terrifying to realize that a dictator, a felon has been approved to run the greatest country in the world.

[@user-ho1yn6ms7y]

The sickening thing is fewer people voted than in 2020. Our population has increased and fewer people voted. Fewer people voted. 😢

[@nealcomstock1958]

Or maybe those votes that disappeared weren't legitimate to begin with

[@DragonDude321]

They were thrown out

[@yestohappiness2721]

@@DragonDude321I think so too. This was cheating from the supreme cheater…

[@susanhauke8164]

Yeah, just watched Kimmel. Asked people on the street on Wednesday if they were voting that day. Many said they were. Let's cut education and dumb down the population even more. Trump loves the uneducated. Kimmel says a lot of voters were looking for Biden's name on the ballot. People suck.

[@musakamara4157]

I didn't vote but not like my one vote for Harris would have helped her. 😔

[@botz77]

Never had a passport, never traveled outside of the USA. Time to change that.

[@lulairenoroub3869]

Where would you even go?

[@halicritters9478]

Dude. As someone who immigrated from the United States a long time ago, it is not that easy and that is not a real solution. Immigration is hard. It gets harder to do every year.

[@elizabethschreiter1127]

Get your passport ASAP. Go to a CVS or similar pharmacy to get your photo, and if you pay the State Department the express fee, it will be back quickly.

[@madskillz808]

Honest question. Have you ever seen the ocean?

[@maitele]

​@@halicritters9478all the more reason to start now before it gets any harder

[@w-james9277]

Im from the UK and this is exactly how I felt when my country voted to leave the EU. My country looked at our closest neighbour, are closest allies and biggest trading parter and showed them our ass! That was the day I stopped being a patriot. Although there were many like myself who were appalled, we were outvoted by those who let their bigotry and ignorance govern my country’s future. That day we showed the world who we are and today, your country did the same thing.

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

To be fair, we wouldn’t repeat that vote. If offered a second referendum, polls (far more accurate here than in America) suggest we might even rejoin. Brexit was terrible economically, but in a way it had a bright side it caused the far right here to burn out a bit earlier. Reform have nothing close to the momentum other far right parties do (and aren’t quite as bad- while still awful they are far better than the AFD for instance), and polls suggest they seem to have peaked

[@orange_is_the_worst_color]

Thank you for sharing.

[@serenityjoy1872]

Thank you for this. My heart did and still goes out to the UK. While I am scared for many other international neighbors that are in horrible situations, I fear for myself and my US neighbors. I hoped that as a nation, we would have come together and protected our democracy but not enough of us did. Today is so painful, I can't tell you how much I've cried.

[@boredbootneck81]

Sorry Steve, I dont think there is an arc of the universe...its more like a piece of spaghetti. We get to call it an arc when we live in countries that have not yet been annihilated through injustice. BUT. Hopelessness is not a reason to stop fighting. Or to keep highlighting the oppressors bullshit and denying them a clean victory. We can hold on out of spite to show them we are still here and to refuse to give in to them. The possibility of victory should not be the reason we fight for what is right. The fact that its right should be the reason. We are still here and we will not stop.

[@Iwannaps5]

And look what happened to the right wing in the UK, completely voted out. I can only hope that the US sees how much of a disaster the next Trump admin will be and vote these idiots out in 2026 and 2028.

[@mabelodinson9328]

Trump winning is the final kick in the ass I needed. I was getting into politics, and researching and breaking down my own biases and preconceptions and recovering from being raised in a conservative household. But I'm done. I'm going to start organizing locally and participating in our democracy more directly. Thank you for helping me through this Steve, and we can take this country back.

[@celiashen5490]

Where are you located? Maybe I can move to your jurisdiction when my obligations here are done.

[@commandershepard9920]

Wow your story is exactly like mine to a tee. I grew up in a conservative household. This election was the first one I volunteered in (made phone calls to PA). I'm not stopping or slowing down now.

[@mabelodinson9328]

@@celiashen5490 Wichita Falls tx

[@bfdgreen]

Organizing locally and getting involved in community is the best and most powerful action you can take. It makes the pain of this lighter hearing people like you say that you're gonna get involved. We need that now more than ever.

[@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu]

This was the drop. The world can`t take another term of this madman.

[@metalmaniac-mu9kt]

Unfortunately it seems that a lot of people can't put themselves in other people's shoes. They won't change their mind until it affects them personally. Like a woman they love in their life dying from not getting the care they needed because the laws wouldn't allow the doctor to save them. Which is horrible but that will be the world we live in next year. We'll get through this but at what cost.

[@AliceErishech]

Some of these people are too stupid/stubborn to change their mind even when it does personally affect them. My ex-stepfather lost his wife to Covid during the pandemic due to them being against masks and vaccines and such and despite that, he was still spewing the same crap after her death that he was beforehand.

[@kathleengreer4639]

Isn't it amazing how these people are so emphatically anti-LGBTQ....until someone in their immediate family comes out? Or how they are anti-abortion...until it's their daughter, wife, sister or girlfriend that needs the procedure? F-ing hypocrites.

[@AmandaPatmore-w1y]

Women and girls will be dying, in droves. The only way to stop this, is to be celibate. But that results in rape. They want women to step down. But, women will step away, from the misogyny. I hope.

[@DrthVictor]

My dad was a Depression-era orphan and Vietnam veteran. My mom grew up in Nazi Germany, sledding through the snow while her village was bombed around her. Balls of steel are in my genes, and I’m not crumbling before the influence of an orange game show host.

[@jenniferstone2975]

I don’t fear for myself. I grieve for the loss of hope. For the loss of goodness. For the lifetime of trust I had for my fellow humans. I was wrong and man. I am devastated for humanity today.

[@darkstorm0433]

Exactly. We are stronger than they are, we always have been. We lost today, yes, but we only lost the most recent battle. The war is still raging and we have something on our side they do not, time. Time always moves forward, it is inherently progressive. We will outlast them, we have in the past and we will now. I'm DONE giving them my emotions, they deserve only my contempt.

[@jessejayphotography]

@@jenniferstone2975 Hope in humanity is like pissing into the wind and not expecting to get splashed. Don't piss into the wind anymore.

[@callhimtim3188]

I'm glad we have you on our team. We're about to lose centuries of progress, but as long as we remember what we stand for, we won't be starting _completely_ from scratch.

[@wephilips6651]

I thought we were against eugenics 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@stevechance150]

Trump, and FOX News have taught us a lesson, focus on unhappy Americans. Tell people what they want to hear, and it doesn't matter if it's a lie. Tell them that (vague) things are causing their unhappiness, and that you will fix those things, even if that's completely unrealistic. Just flat out lie, that's the way to win.

[@VINIDAGWOODS]

The same people that pretend to believer everything republicans tell them magically have hyperactive skepticism and critical thinking when it comes to anything said by a democrat. Most of this country is purely selfish and does not care about anyone else. Masks, "entitlements", climate change, healthcare, abortion, guns, etc. It's checkmate. The bad guys win.

[@malinkahlberg3921]

🎯

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

If only what their doing can be defeated easily

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

@@VINIDAGWOODS Well, then it's time for the democrats to stop being the "Good guys".

[@Dr.Yalex.]

exactly. Lie to the uneducated. It has been done for thousands of years. 😂😢 The overly religious, naïve, ignorant, and uneducated are still in control. Such as Trump and Elon are the smart ones - the reasonable educated people are the stupid ones in this election

[@TheRealZarp]

Its an embarrassment to the country to have reelected that man.

[@bytmee69]

I feel like it's an embarrassment to humanity

[@aznstifler]

@@bytmee69not really, humanity didn’t elect him, the majority of voting Americans did. America is 4% of global population. The embarrassment is localized

[@admiralfrancis8424]

It was already an embarrassment to elect him the first time.

[@CollectedWorx]

The country is an embarrassment

[@bytmee69]

​@@aznstifler ok yes, but it is still a big chunk of our species electing a leader with the IQ, knowledge, wisdom, emotional intelligence and temperament of a 12 yo boy Plenty of other large chunks of peeps around the globe thinking and doing idiotic things This could just be the beginning of Idiocracy..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWnWXouubMZ9qck kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2qcY2aqbJ12hLs

[@ChidleyCoote]

I just love the tears of whining democrats 😂😂😂

[@Jooniebug]

Hate won. Money won. Misogyny won. Ignorance won.

[@Tech-zy3fj]

Money ALWAYS wins.

[@bignspicy984]

Pedophiles won.

[@dfgt-su9ki]

and the stupid.... the morons...

[@timothyranck]

Democrats blew it by staying home. Look at the count. He did not gain anyone. His numbers are the same as 2020. Her count was millions less than Biden.

[@obiwanpez]

@Tech-zy3fj - That’s the funny thing, he doesn’t even have any, and they don’t care. It’s appearing as if he’s wealthy that’s enough.

[@ckcox]

I'm a therapist, mostly for the LGBTQ+ community, and my phone is blowing up. Messages, added sessions. My clients are terrifed. As am I for my wife and I. I wanted to check out today and curl up in the fetal position. But, I need to be there for them. It absolutely helps me to help others. It's all I can do.

[@stargazer-elite]

🫡

[@evanpatterson7098]

Thank you for your service. ❤❤😢😢❤❤

[@craigbirks7075]

Give them strength and receive what you can in return. Isn't that what a mental health support group does?

[@rickbrookes9491]

Thank you for staying strong for them…

[@salthin]

We are not cartoon heroes. We can't change the world on our own. Thank you for being where you are needed.

[@Stinky97000]

The Trump in 2016 was not the same Trump as today. I can forgive the people that voted for him in 2016, but not today. We know EXACTLY who he is.

[@SalinaBabba8343]

and they (voters) resoundingly chose him. I had dim views on my countrymen before today, but you may as well call it void black now. We live in selfish and vain times.

[@TrevorEden]

You have to forgive, most was about economic and they do not understand or want to some are dumb some are greedy a are few are bigots or mad or hater , but trump will make a mess and a lot will turn against him,,,, trump is right the whole system is corruption but he is part of it,

[@JackPinter]

Fr. Not shocked. Only furious at anyone who chose that fucking fascist, and terrified for the future. I have only revenge left in my heart.

[@Timlagor]

Most people still don't

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@SalinaBabba8343 bot

[@supernerd5781]

As an Irishman the powerlessness i have as I watch one of the loudest most powerful country in the world become a fascist powerhouse has me angry, scared and unable to sleep. I hope that people like you are able to come together and break through the darkness, because we all need that.

[@AfterActionReview-pr5ys]

As an Australian, I feel the same way.

[@debbie9929]

I'm with you .

[@Jooniebug]

@supernerd5781 I absolutely felt the same way. I felt powerless knowing that this happened

[@jgalindoj]

As someone from outside the USA, I am terrified as hell. Trump's election is a threat to humanity. Climate policies and basic human rights are in danger. Yet, I think other societies were able to defeat similar monsters. It is time to feel sad, but it is also time to organize and resist.

[@matthewjaniss4103]

Be angry, be depressed, be disgusted. Then dust yourself off and get ready, its gonna get worse before it gets better, if it does. Save that anger for a day you need it and choose your battles, and their may be real consequences now for speaking your mind. Be careful folk, cut ties with any you dont trust, and keep your head on a swivel.

[@jumpydashgd4699]

Be vigilant of course but don't lose compassion or motivation. They want us to be scared of and isolated from each other. Community building is the only way we get through this

[@matthewjaniss4103]

@jumpydashgd4699 those who won't stand against tyranny have no place at my side or in my circle of trust. Moral grandstanding is what got us here, people who wanted the moral highground on the sinking ship as though they won't drown with the rest of us.

[@jumpydashgd4699]

@@matthewjaniss4103 Absolutely, but remember that half the country voted against him. We need to stick together. It's a lot easier to persecute 60 million individuals than a community of 60 million people

[@matthewjaniss4103]

@@jumpydashgd4699 don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about becoming an accusatory of those who you know as traitors or whatever. But being tolerant of this malignant ignorance and hatred has led us here, we kept being told we can reason with these people. You can't. I'm done suffering for a moral highground that loses the battle towards progress every time.

[@Jebbis]

The first thing to do is to accept that this is the reality. Again, it's really bad, but it is what it is. Then take a breathe. Stabilize yourself as best you can however you can. If you need to step back, do it now. Don't flame out. Then, when you're ready, and only when your ready, step back in. Watch out for what's coming. And finally prepare. Things are going to get rough, so take whatever steps need to be taken to make yourself safe. Find friends if possible. Be ready to do what you can, when you can, for as long as you can. But don't forget to protect yourself as well.

[@LeeJohnson-i4r]

And now we have a convicted felon, a convicted rapist, a traitor, and a liar, to be president of our country. Thank you Steve for speaking the truth. We need to stay united!

[@KO-sx9uy]

you forgot he wants to have sex with Ivanka

[@LoriKasprzak-kc7xc]

I'm 70 & came of age in the 60's when we sincerely believed that love could heal everything. Bobby Kennedy is rolling in his grave. 😢😭😭😭

[@KO-sx9uy]

@@StandinOnBunissyou voted for a convicted rapist who wants to bang his daughter

[@costelinha1867]

And then these same people who voted for him will say that it's the left that loves to "defend criminals".

[@Cygnus888]

@@StandinOnBuniss What substance does the winner have? Nothing, but greed, lust, hate, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony.

[@conniebauer4128]

I STILL don't understand why anyone would vote for Trump.

[@yestohappiness2721]

Misogyny, stupidity, racism, and Putin+billionaires greed

[@HetareKing]

Fundamentally, it's about status. There is a large number of people (not a majority, but enough to decide an election if they're united and everyone else is not) who place great value on status. More than on wellbeing, more than on freedom, more than on being right and being moral (though they do tend to value being seen as right and moral), more than on ties with family and friends. But what does such a person do when they don't have wealth or power or expertise? They latch onto the one status they have, that they've been told over and over again throughout their life is very valuable: their nationality. If they feel the nation is powerful and respected, and therefore them as well, they're content and just obnoxious more than anything else. But if they don't feel that way, they're going to want that to change. So on the one hand, they have the choice of this openly chauvinistic guy who says he's going to "make America great again", make things easier for people of high status, make it harder to become an American (adding to the cachet), make the US less dependent on other countries and have it do whatever it wants on the international stage. On the other hand, the other side includes people who don't respect power or wealth, and worse, want to reduce or even eliminate concentrations of power and wealth. They also don't think of anyone as special because of their nationality. They want it to be easier to become an American and they prefer multilateral ties with the rest of the world. From the perspective of a status-seeker, which choice makes the most sense?

[@davesteller6301]

Its the Economy.

[@camdowg]

@@davesteller6301but can’t name 2 genuine trump policies that will improve the economy

[@davesteller6301]

@@camdowg can you name 1 Harris policy? Only thing out of her mouth was blame trump blame trump blame trump. But it's not complicated. When an economy is failing, the incumbent party generally loses. Carter lost to Reagan. Bush Sr lost to Clinton. It's what happens. Did you really want a president that sounds like a space cadet?

[@idi0tSammich]

If I had the option of taking the oath to defend this country again, I wouldn't.

[@orlock5510]

Yes, you would. Do not give up.

[@billweir1745]

@@orlock5510 Why? We can pretend all we like, but this country has always stood for imperialism and hatred.

[@ppeterson6303]

Me either

[@bazzarr]

@@orlock5510 Starting today, those days are over. There is no more "United States". We are no longer united. We are no longer respected in the world and as I see it, not worth fighting for.

[@JeannieLove]

I wouldn't either and this just confirms I did the right thing by not reupping when my contract expired in 2015. Trans rights are dead and idk if there's any bringing it back.

[@g.g.harrison5949]

I cannot get over how stupid, racist and bigoted we are as a nation

[@Libertas4Ever]

I don't know how that's a surprise. It's been right there on the forefront for I don't know hundreds of years? But people are like ostriches. They stick their heads in the sand. Because if it doesn't affect them well, it's okay to meander a long long life and let life do what it does. This is not anything new. It's just now been put in our face in a way that's absolutely undeniable and this current age we live in. But it's been there all along.

[@Chaosmancer7]

I was listening to a British commentor today. He said it was likely inflation wasn't good enough. Stupid and ignorant. Because they don't know Trump will make it worse, so much worse. But they feel poor, so they vote for the liar who says he will fix it. I like to believe that more than they would rather have a rapist than a black woman

[@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu]

Just like the rest of the world.

[@Dude-iw2qw]

It is a really gross feeling, that's for sure.

[@dorino9057]

And very misogynistic

[@grayj7441]

We live in a country where they had church picnics under the corpse of a lynched man.

[@blackmannum1]

Period

[@loftus4453]

Sobering but sadly true fact. 🤮

[@BrianS1981]

They will again, I think.

[@tanyas6643]

@@BrianS1981I do hope it won’t!

[@AuthorityCat]

@@tanyas6643 I hope they do. The only path forward is radicalization. We've been too complacent believing we're the good guys when we've actually never been that. The USA is worse than pre-war Germany and current Russia because, even though we're not backed into a corner, we still chose bigotry.

[@sebiezulueta]

This is a fellow American. I regret to report that both our Presidency and Congress, have fallen with a dark shadow of the MAGA movement rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Patriots. Trust in Good. Do not return to the complacency…that time has past. And our future is uncertain. We will each be challenged. Our trust. Our faith. Our friendships. But we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge. May perseverance be with you, always.

[@katiekat9149]

The day I heard Biden had withdrawn and Kamala was running, I said that the misogynistic people in this country wouldn't allow her to win. I've never been less happy to be proven right.

[@mikepatton8691]

Let's not scapegoat misogynists, there is also room to blame racists and just people with zero critical thinking skills. It is a trifecta of idiocracy and evil.

[@s44577]

I thought the same. I thought there is no way this country will ever elect a black woman. Then I saw the enthusiasm for her and became optimistic about her chances. Then she chose Walz and it seemed as though they were going to steamroll that asshole. Now this. I cannot believe 14 million fewer people voted this cycle for Harris than for Biden in 2020. Something stinks here.

[@anthonycesario4056]

I cannot understand why some men hate women. WE ALL HAVE A MOTHER.

[@MonicaG_]

​​@@anthonycesario4056 it's called patriarchy, my homie. It lives in everyone. Men have mothers, they are also taught not to respect women. That we are less than them.

[@Synthwave89]

@@anthonycesario4056 For the same reason white nationalists hate other races and ethnic groups, the dominant group sees the others as less. Most men see women as less everything, less capable, less intelligent, and weaker than them. And now we have tangible proof of that hate and sense of superiority. And hell, some women have internalized misogyny too, for crying out loud! My grandmother talks shit about women all the time! Some people are just insane.

[@TheRealJanetteJones]

I'm a trans woman and I'm scared, I live in california, but I have a federal job, I hope the rhetoric doesn't turn into policy

[@FunAngelo2005]

It will turn into policy

[@mvam75]

It will. Get out now, while you still can. I sure am.

[@TioOlavoDoBaralho]

It will. Flee while you can or stay and join the resistance.

[@brianwashington439]

Stay strong!

[@Autumn_Actually]

We can be here for each other at least. I'm scared too.

[@megnotmegan1966]

I’m sad for all the women who will die, and all the trauma that will be experienced 😢

[@SalinaBabba8343]

Same. The nation does not, however. They sounded off with the most massive "f- you, I'm broke, I don't care about you or anyone" ever

[@hatetheusername]

i’ve seen woman say that they’re scared to have sex now because of this :( the price of general healthcare is going to skyrocket too. women, men and children who need treatment or medications to keep them alive are going to die if they can’t afford it.

[@lindapelletier]

I have 2 daughters, 2 granddaughters, 1 great granddaughter with another girl on the way. I fear for their life if the abortion ban is implemented country wide. I fear for those immigrants that are here legally, but could be rounded up to be booted out of this country. That would cost a lot and Trump would not want to spend $$ on them... I fear what could happen to them . I fear what my gay brother will have to go through. I fear the planet will get worse if Trump rolls back the protections in place to save this planet from man's hands. I fear for all the working people that will lose their insurance when they get rid of Obamacare. I fear for mine and others Social Security checks could stop and we would get forced back to work . I hear Scott Bessent say this on Steve Bannons platform.

[@SalinaBabba8343]

@@lindapelletier my sympathies. Do not trust your neighbors. They wanted this. They said proudly and triumphantly, that their bank accounts matter far more than you or your family. May we all live in less selfish times.

[@tnorth425]

You are speaking to my own inner turmoil and frustration. The disappointment in my fellow citizens of voting for such an obviously unsuitable candidate who cares only about himself and the feeling I don’t really belong here anymore. For the first time in my lifetime I’m not proud to be an American (despite its problems). I’m right there with you. I don’t want us to become another failed democracy. I’m concerned that with so much turmoil in the world, we may never be able to recover after another four years of Trump.

[@LorindaSherman]

"My reaction was correct: icy horror, it was so bizarre , so incredible, for a moment I physically sensed the man's odor of blood and filth, the nauseating approach of a man-eating animal, its foul, sharp claws in my face." Sebastian Haffner commenting on Hitler becoming Riechchancellor Jan. 30, 1933

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Compare your opponents to Hitler. Do it frequently. It doesn't need to be true. Repeat it enough and the voters shall conflate them. - Communist Party of America, 1943

[@lyndaalicea6037]

Hitler all over again, but this time, it will be more cultures effected. Wow, how hateful are we.? Slaves to the dictatorship of the world

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

Everyone forgets that the first country the nazis invaded, was their own.

[@dhoffnun]

@@369frequencyandvibration If the shoe fits.

[@MariusCeausu-q6l]

Godwins law​@@dhoffnun

[@dalek14mc]

This country is truly braindead.

[@lltheFacell]

No u

[@mrmelo7084]

To be exact we are just under 1/2 brain dead

[@dalek14mc]

@@lltheFacell Oh, wow, must have thought hard about that one, huh?

[@deadcaptainjames6045]

@mrmelo7084 more than Half....unfortunately. Idiocracy was prophecy not comedy

[@thedude3288]

its been brain broken by a foreign adversary.

[@TheNeeenha]

My mailman just came to my door, he saw the look on my face..He said we'll endure. we talked a bit and I started to cry and we hugged each other. Get ready for project 2025

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

That's... really wholesome. Just the fact he knew. He saw the look in your eyes and immediately knew. I couldn't sleep at all last night. I was so stressed out. But not to fear. For we're all in this together. Stooping as low as them is exactly what they want us to do, which is exactly why we shouldn't do it.

[@evanpatterson7098]

It should get ready for us.

[@Chrissy717]

A part of me thinks this is clearly fake... Then again, why would you write a fake story like that. I guess it's just me coping, thinking that this didn't happen and if it didn't happen, there's no need to be sad. I know this sounds pathetic, probably because it is, but I really wish I knew nothing about history, economics and politics right now.

[@evanpatterson7098]

@Chrissy717 it's not pathetic. We're all going through this in our own ways. Stay strong & carry on. 💙 💙 💙

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

@@Chrissy717 But Chrissy, that ignorance and knowing nothing about anything is how Trump got into power in the first place. Knowledge is power. Please never forget that.

[@BigNoseDog]

We as Americans have an inflated view of ourselves. If you talk to people in other countries, they’ll describe Americans as arrogant, narrow-minded, ignorant, classless, and generally stupid. We would rightly take offense to this. But 72 million people just proved their point. This is who we are as a people and too many of us have been in denial, telling ourselves that these folks are the outliers. In reality, those of us who voted for Harris are the outliers. It’s frightening to know that our fellow Americans aren’t the people we hoped.

[@egruber50]

No, they voted with their wallets. It's the economy stupid. The democrats have failed miserably over the last 30 years to accept this political reality.

[@susanhorton3572]

New here, Steve. I’m 79. I’ve spent 9 years hating and battling this monster from hell. I can’t do it anymore.

[@waltjames407]

Me too. Lived in Ohio as a pro/semi-pro musician for years, lost all my friends and pretty much all work opportunities in that world because I refuse to associate with bigots any more, lost all my close family, too. All because of the hate and lies put forth by Trump and his allies. Still stuck in Ohio, no friends, no family, can't trust my neighbors since they know I'm pro-choice, pro queerfolk, atheist, etc. It's awful.

[@catherinewill7625]

​@@waltjames407I'm so sorry ❤.

[@stikcler]

@waltjames407 Sounds like it's time to pack up and leave. There are many of us Blue Staters that'll welcome you with open arms.

[@TerranigmaQuintet]

Now imagine 100 year old Carter who prolly voted to keep this monster out of the White House again, seeing thesew results, after he purposely stayed alive in hopsice longer then he needed to, just for that vote and effort to go to waste...

[@pancakes8670]

The Lord will look kindly upon you

[@KettleBlacktheBat]

I am not surprised, but man is my disappointment is immeasurable. Like.... I, as a mother, get calls about my kid not being able to regulate his emotions. A 9 year old who can clearly remember the trauma if the pandemic, freaks out when things are going too fast. I get calls to teach him to control himself. And we just elected a man who has never shown he could regulate his emotions, watch what he says, and conduct himself in a calm courteous manner. Why teach my kid to regulate his emotions? If he just screams about it, he wins! That's what America just taught these kids.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Saying your Son Can Be President 💙

[@annmarieknapp]

Absolutely on point!!

[@debbiebannister32]

I was watching with my husband, I could not finish watching , I left the room in tears, My heart broke for every female, anyone who is not white, gay, or a trans person, sad the right thinks Trump has exempt them, how wrong they are , being on Medicare with a heart condition and my husband has diabetes, I'm beyond terrified what Trump will do, Thank you Steve for your concerns and kind words, this is a scary time right now for a whole lot of people. we are being called Dumbistan.

[@matpk]

Stock will soon Crash ❗❗ MOVE YOUR MONEY OUT OF USA TO PROTECT IT❗❗or lose it ❗😅😅

[@abdiqaniahmad]

​@@matpk😂😂

[@Pickn4Gold]

​@@Bro-Sapien did you get bored on MSNBC because no one will talk to you spammer?

[@DoloresLehmann]

@@StandinOnBuniss You laughter will very soon get stuck in your own throat. And then you will pretend you never endorsed that guy. Believe me, I've witnessed how this works out twice.

[@DoloresLehmann]

@@Bro-Sapien Just you wait.

[@JimiFilo]

Over 10million people who came out for Biden in 2020, sat it out for 2024. Democracy requires work, and we… are lazy.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Friendly advise from someone who grew up in a dictatorship. Have your passport updated, and a plan.

[@weelebaseknowles4410]

I guess

[@rtelles1127]

As a Hispanic natural born citizen of the USA I will not run I will not hide I will stand my ground For myself For immigrants For the gay and lesbian community For the old For women

[@Synthwave89]

@@rtelles1127 I absolutely respect you for your courageous attitude. But seeing so many hateful people (MAGA) and apathetic democrats that did not vote doesn't make me want to fight anymore. I'm just fucking tired. Thank you for standing strong though, maybe I'll feel different after some days or weeks.

[@regulargoat7259]

My lgbtqia+ friends are all too poor to go anywhere

[@kade-qt1zu]

May I ask where you are from?

[@TyphinHoofbun]

This result is a death sentence for me. Literally. I'm disabled, with a rare and incurable autoimmune disease. I require treatments of IVIG every two weeks, on top of the various medications I take daily. I require Celiac Plexus Nerve Block treatments every 8 weeks or so to tamp down the worst of the nerve damage pain. I am on Social Security for my income. When those are cut, I lose my home, and then die in 6-8 weeks trapped in my failing body while agony rips apart my mind from the inside. I will be dead long before my heart actually stops. And even if he somehow doesn't kill Social Security and Medicaid, the rest of the Project 2025 stuff makes my very existence illegal. Being trans is now "pornography", and being trans in a way that any minor can find out I exist (such as going outside to the grocery store) is "child molestation". I'll be in a Federal prison before I even have to worry about housing or health care, and it's not like they're going to give me proper treatment there, so again, I die. The thin rays of hope, that absentee ballots are going to flip red states after all and the victory was declared prematurely, or that there is actually wide-spread corruption and illegal activities that can be found and corrected in time? They might as well not exist, they're too slim. If it was a question of absentee ballots, there wouldn't be this level of certainty in the announcements. And the justice system moves so glacially slow that Trump didn't even get in actual trouble for inciting a violent insurrection on the nation's Capitol four years ago, so finding and fixing something in the next couple of months isn't going to happen. I am going to die. And this country will cheer. The Redcaps will get to soak their hats in my blood, like they want.

[@dragonation1733]

I hear you. I'm chronically I'll with a DNA mutation, and I can't stand the thought that I am just going wither away because I can't get the care I need. I don't fully know what this is going to look like, but I'm already considering moving to a different country. I know I am privileged to be able to consider that an option, but I hope you can find a way out if you need it

[@AverageEldritchEntity]

I truly hope both of you can make it out. I really do. Please don't give up, we need people like you.

[@TyphinHoofbun]

@@dragonation1733 Unfortunately, it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to leave. Being disabled means no country will accept me as an immigrant, and a burden on their health care system that I can never pay taxes into. And trying to be an "asylum seeker" would require a country to be willing to publicly condemn the US, which would cause Trump to throw a temper tantrum, and would hurt them economically. So, I am almost certainly trapped here. And there will be no safe harbor within the country.

[@dazieger]

I have a couple of more common diseases, but if they dismantle social security, I'm dead, within maybe a month. See you on the other side, I guess.

[@SarafinaSummers]

I, like you, and disabled. But please do not lose all hope. Help maybe on the way sooner than you think. 🫂 you are loved, wanted, and valid, just the way you are.

[@AdventureOtaku]

I thought the racist, homophobic, imbecilic portion of our population was a loud minority. I now know that I am the minority. We are the minority. The people that care about others, and the environment and individual rights are the minority. And that thought is so upsetting.

[@jacquelineheimburg9600]

You forgot about the misogyny. That's the number one reason why this election was lost. As someone said, if "Kevin Harris" had run we would be celebrating saving our democracy right now.

[@tsrenis]

personally i don't think all of the trump voters are truly like that. its statistically unlikely. id say that a good portion of them are misled people who made a judgement on who they believe will help them survive. they decided that his other positions were worth looking past, and they placed what they believe was in their best self interest above everyone else. that portion is definitely apathetic about others rights, but i don't think its deliberate hate.

[@NovembersEnd]

​@@tsrenis... I'm sorry, but all I'm getting out of what you said is that those people aren't knowingly hateful, but that they are just stupid and ignorant. That doesn't justify what they just did to this country. Like G.I. Joe always said, "knowing is half the battle". So, if you don't know what you're fighting for, then educate yourself and quit dragging the rest of us down with you. Their ignorance is not blissful for those of us who know what is truly at stake for our democracy as of today!

[@justinfowler2857]

​@NovembersEnd I agree. They're hateful and proudly ignorant. Although in their minds they're the smartest person in the room.

[@desu38]

@@tsrenis I care very little about the how and why, to be quite honest.

[@barbarawearing2142]

Sympathy, love...and hope, from New Zealand

[@JimmyMcBimmy]

I'll say this: Resistance is _never_ futile 🙂

[@joeschmo3844]

See, I slightly disagree. I think resistance is (or at least can be) futile. But, futility is irrelevant.

[@DJDouglasWarden]

Resistance is all we have. Get training

[@podgem-l4t]

'When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance becomes Duty'

[@theITGuy-no3nt]

There is this thing you should read called "history"; it will change your outlook.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

This is not battling the Borg. This is "so this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause." You can't pew-pew your countrymen who voted for Trump or the too many who didn't care to vote. Making them realize what they did will be extremely difficult, if it ever happens. There are still people around who believes nobody in WWII fighting for the Axis did anything wrong. History is a bitch.

[@yt_plasma]

As a Canadian spectator, I've heard it a billion times. "We're better than this, this isn't America". My brothers and sisters in Christ, the votes are in. People are already blaming Harris for being uninteresting or boring. If the people of America would prefer Trump to "boring", then we've seen "mask off" America. My view of America has changed with the popular vote. I have no hope left to offer, I didn't even know such a thing was finite. A second time, and a popular vote means it wasn't a mistake, it's what was desired. They saw a conman, rapist, sellout, and bigot and made him into a religious figurehead for a cult. Where can you even go from there?. Climate disaster is basically a done deal now with the long lasting effects this will incur, the economy is fucked, and fascism is being glorified openly in the West. Russia could not be happier. This needs to be a meaningful reflection point for people across the West. I fear for America that this was the Rubicon. A step too far that has set new norms. I really don't want fascist neighbors, man. Change is needed, but I don't see it coming from America, where Freedoms and Rights are for sale.

[@TheAnarchitek]

I never heard ANYONE say Kamala was "uninteresting or boring". Maybe you live in the wrong part of Canada. You have your problems, too. This is a watershed moment, one humans have probably been at, many times in the very ancient past. We destroyed ourselves, this time, instead of "God".

[@userasdf]

I lost hope at Trump's first election. Even when trump lost, MORE people voted for him than in 2016. Canada's turning the same way. When things get tough, people get more tribalistic and conservative as well. Not being hyperbolic but think we're heading toward the end of it all with climate change. Extinction sucks but at least we made some billionaires a little bit richer before that right?

[@Elaine-w9t8h]

To Canad:a: please don't give up . Especiallyv on us ..please pray for us. I am so ashamed being an American right now. I see what I didn't want to see especially out of those I love. Now we need to fight for what we know is right just as others have had to do. God forgive us for what we have done to the "lesser" among us. and ro NATIO Europe, and Ukraine who we promised to. Protect from Russia in '96 or '97 when they gave up their nukes to contribute to peace and stability in their area of the world. God help us to mature fast enough to prevent war

[@pirbird14]

They did not see the Trump you and I saw. They saw the Trump sold to them by the Christo-fascists leaders sold them. They live in an echo chamber. They don't listen to outsiders.

[@texasterri2002]

I wish I could copy this, but I can't. Well written. 😢

[@ParentsNightIn]

Now we admit this is who we are as a country. Arrogant, stupid, misinformed, cruel, hateful, awful. The empire needs to be broken up at this point.

[@Aaronlune]

What should we do? That isn’t a rhetorical question. If he is bad enough which I think it is we need action.

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

As a British person I propose we take back New England

[@jrsydvl7218]

Don't worry, the billionaires and fascists are well on their way to carry it out

[@shygeist]

​@Aaronlune make friends, save money best as you can, vote local, call out everything you see regardless of outcome

[@Zedster88]

As a US (veteran) migrant to Europe I agree 100% with what you said and I now, at this point, hate everyone of you. I am officially a bigot towards all americans

[@AriTheWarrior999]

If it were just me, I'd let go. I am not enough for the dream of something better. But if someone else is there, I'll hang on. I'll do it for you. You deserve better than what we have.

[@phavonsage4337]

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe; for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because her handle was made of wood, she was one of them."

[@Grubleafeater]

'she'?! the original proverb is he

[@Middlesex1957]

Of all the quotes - even the Sinclair Lewis one about fascism, this ONE you've shared has struck me as the most apropos to where our civilization is today. Too many people understand full well that they've been supporting the election of a criminal who led an insurrection against his own gov't, who has promised to eliminate our Constitution and destroy Democracy in the USA and WANT it to be that way. They are suffering and they will soon suffer a whole lot more BUT they will go on blaming people who have nothing to do with their pain. Is there a way to fight that? Yes. But it will mean admitting that it exists and must be resisted. I doubt that will occur anytime soon.

[@sp4c1ng_0ut8]

@@GrubleafeaterWho the fuck cares, its a goddamn metaphorical axe The pronouns of said axe are the LEAST of our worries right now

[@SuperChaos002]

​@@Grubleafeaterit doesn't matter. The point remains the same. Don't be so pedantic.

[@Grubleafeater]

@@SuperChaos002 Except pronouns matter. Using 'she' here implies that Harris is the one being spoken of.

[@alertedcoyote7892]

“Down there,” he said, “are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any iniquity. All out of a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathesomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. Sin, you might say, without a trace of originality. They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don’t say no." -Sir Terry Pratchett

[@ThunderStruck15]

He knew. 😢

[@nonegiven3242]

I’d vote for Lord Vetinari…not that he would ever give me the choice of course.

[@isaacpage7796]

GNU Pterry. GNU USA

[@outlaw451]

"The indifference of good men."

[@alertedcoyote7892]

@@nonegiven3242 "Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as 'One Man, One Vote'. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote."

[@TheNeoVid]

I was absolutely not expecting the people Trump promised to deport to switch to voting for him in large numbers.

[@g1eagle]

yeah.. or put in detention camps. I don't get it.. I just don't understand how they think "Oh he doesn't mean me, sure i have the skin color he's talking about, but I'm not the person he's going to lock away" Or the women who project 2025 wants to put under there thumb going "I shouldn't worry about this, it's not for me"

[@AnyBodyWannaPeanut]

@@g1eagle "Surely the leopards won't eat MY face!"

[@dontburstmybubble686]

I knew one of them. She said she voted because eggs were expensive.

[@wilkinsandwontinsachievemu3772]

That portion of own kind really like pain and suffering for some reason.

[@rndmlttrs]

Don't be blaming minorities. This country is a country of white supremacists. They are to blame.

[@RurouniKalainGaming]

"Vigilance Mr Worf. That is the price that we must continuously pay." I wonder if this is why so much of the new Star Trek was just that much more depressing. People simply cannot see those hopeful visions anymore like they could in the late 80s 90s and early 2000s.

[@TheBlackPanther05]

I'm not even shocked or disappointed that this even happened. I'm just numb and jaded. America once again has massively let all of us down. Strap in, y'all. This is going to be a ROUGH 4+ years

[@kendallsmith1458]

decades even

[@TheOG-GG]

40 years >_> if the Earth can even last that long. Human extinction is imminent whether it is due to social media, climate change, conservatism/fascism, global dystopia, or WWIII...there are a lot of HORRIBLE things happens simultaneously that we cannot survive as a species. This is the worst it has EVER been. Before we COULD get out of it...but not that social media exists that has made it impossible.

[@ppeterson6303]

This is it. We won’t have another election

[@mvam75]

You think they're going to give up power in 4 years? LOL, no. Democracy is dead in the USA.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

I bet some Germans said the same in 1933

[@TheSuzberry]

This is who we are. I have a short list of obscenities and I hereby call on every one of them.

[@g.g.harrison5949]

lol I like that saying….,I may borrow sometime if you don’t mind?!

[@TheSuzberry]

@ absolutely! I’d be honored.

[@TimeCircleBlue]

I can shorten it to one word. Monsters.

[@Dexter037S4]

@@TimeCircleBlue Nazis.

[@justaghostinthesea]

First, process what you're feeling. Angry, depressed, anxious, whatever. Then, organize. The Right is counting on us to give up. We won't. We'll stick together, make our voices heard, and stand firm. Most importantly, we don't lose hope. Again, the right wants us to give up and think we've lost. But we're still in the game. We're Americans. Defeating dictators is what we do. Stay strong. Stay hopeful. Stsy safe.

[@LtSprinkulz]

You're implying that any of us will have rights.

[@jamesbarr8218]

And remember that they want liberal tears more than anything else. Don’t give it to them

[@IrisNelson]

Like the comment below, most of the rights ( especially protests) will not be allowed under the new regime. 💔

[@purplepedantry]

Rights? RIGHTS?!? People are going to be hurt either way, so we might as well make the most of the chances given. I know, it sounds like a lot, and it is, but he's already planning targets as we speak. Taking this situation lying down would be pointless.

[@AlliedMastercomputer1967]

@@LtSprinkulzThat's the thing. We fought to GET those rights. We can fight to KEEP them or, if need be, GET THEM BACK.

[@jimmcclements5229]

Thank you for being that voice I needed to hear. I am with you 100% and feel the same way. I worry about our future.

[@snakesnoteyes]

Hey, my brother in Maryland. I love you for trying. I love all of us for trying. We can’t lay down and die. Let’s take some time, and pick ourselves up and keep fighting.

[@LoZLttp13]

This.

[@darklordofsword]

Same here in Frederick.

[@totalwar1793]

As a small silver lining, we have abortion rights in MD.

[@snakesnoteyes]

I was seriously worried that we’d put Hogan in the Senate because a lot of people didn’t seem to know that most if not all of the progressive measures he spent the campaign claiming were things he vetoed and then our General Assembly overrode him on. But we did our part. Even Carroll f-ing county went for Harris.

[@Noratron]

I thank the stars I love in MD omg

[@drlarrymitchell]

My child is in hysterics worrying about his friends being hauled off in I.C.E. trucks. I'm disgusted in my fellow countrymen.

[@SamuraiDoggo14]

That's freaking awful. No one should have to feel like this.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Go to Mexico together 💙

[@Flow_Easy]

Go to hell by yourself 💙​@@369frequencyandvibration

[@kurisu7885]

Hell I'M worried about it and I'm a born and raised American citizen, but with how Trump and his supporters are all documentation of someone being a citizen could just get "lost"

[@mariehelena2364]

@@drlarrymitchell They can each experience pain now too. Hopefully they're all wealthy white Christian men.

[@beverly719]

Winning the popular vote has me absolutely disgusted! It was bad enough that he won in 2016 by electoral college votes. I am beyond frustrated by my fellow citizens! 🤬 and I’m so damn _ANGRY!_ I’m discouraged and I’m too old to believe that I will see things get better. My heart hurts.

[@mechengr1731]

We had long time establishment Republicans voting for Harris. We had Trump's former staffers voting for Harris. Yet he still won the popular vote. Something the Republicans haven't done in about 20 years.

[@almar8874]

Trump is the one person who should never get that kind of validation, it only makes him worst.

[@DeltaCortis]

If it makes you feel better Trump seems to have gotten about the same amount of votes like last election. So its more like a hell lot of people didnt vote instead of them voting Trump.

[@mechengr1731]

@DeltaCortis that honestly just makes it worse. It's not even that they supported him, they just didn't care

[@Charles.Foster.Offdensen]

last time the young people really came together to vote. Idk if the same amount did this time

[@HobieOceankayak]

I’m a 67 year old white Canadian citizen. I’ve been following this whole Trump thing since he started in 2016. I had such high hopes for your country and ours. I was so sure a wonderful person like Kamila Harris would become your new president. I can’t express to you how depressed I am. I really didn’t think this would affect me this much. I can’t even fathom thinking about listening to that stupid person‘s voice anymore. Keep on fighting for decency. Unfortunately, you are no longer than United States. It’s now the Dividing States

[@aileenletoile9636]

"Next time?" He promised we'd never have to vote again!

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Was that only for Primaries ??

[@yellowishgreendragon.-.]

@@369frequencyandvibration Trump is planning a Dictatorship.

[@Audrey_1110]

@@369frequencyandvibration”"in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote."

[@dhoffnun]

They will try, and they may succeed. We must do all we can to stop them.

[@lochnessspeedwerkz6557]

​@@dhoffnunlike what can we do? What power do we have to do anything.

[@Kilonovae]

15 million less people voted for Biden than did for Kamala. If we got the same number of people who voted for Biden voting for Kamala we would have at least won the popular vote. 15 million people stood aside and let a fascist win then swallow their pride and vote for Kamala

[@keithwinget6521]

Until we find out the voter roll purges were to blame. I think people are underestimated the amount of skullduggery that took place. Add to that all the social media threats against polling places. I'm tired of living in a country that lies to itself about things being fair. Things have not been fair by any respect. They have been lopsided in advantage to the right wing for decades. People didn't stand aside. People were pushed aside, and they let it happen, because heaven forbid they be seen as too partisan.

[@LtSprinkulz]

Despicable and selfish.

[@vanessawortham3002]

They Just don't want a woman President. But they MAY wish they had a woman in a year or two. 😊

[@beylethdirons2160]

15 million quietly misogynist people I suspect.

[@rjframe4410]

Gaza Mattered and they were willing to push the pain point for it...

[@ValDraper]

After looking at the differences between the 2020 and 2024 election PV, I think we need to accept the fact that 15 million Americans could not bring themselves to vote for a Black woman. And that is a damning condemnation of all of us.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Indians are Caucasian. 🌠 the more you know!

[@jayk806]

There are definitely people who would never vote for a black woman, but I doubt those people would have voted democrat anyway. So we need to be asking... what's up with the other folks?

[@Tehblood]

I think it's more to do with her being ANOTHER warmonger dem who couldn't stop hugging republicans. why would dems turn out for that

[@kentesdall308]

There are at least 15 million people that would never vote for any woman as president. The US is just not a good place.

[@theronald2350]

We voted for a black man 16 years ago and then we did it again. I don’t think it has to do with being black. I think we’re past that. I think it has a lot more to do with being a woman and the false narrative about the economy. Ask the average voter and they point to economic worries. Ask the average conservative about generic women leaders and they don’t think women are leaderly. Combine your bias against women being leaders, with fear for your livelihood, and I think the recipe sells itself; at that point you’re probably willing to ignore all the flashing red signs.

[@carollewandowski7192]

Thank you for this, Steve. Feeling pretty hopeless here. I've been voting for almost 50 years and have never seen a candidate more unfit for office. I am a college instructor and have seen hope among my students, but that was dashed.

[@Ledeanna.Calantha]

As a Transgender Woman I am now scared for my own life. I live in a pro LGBTQ state but a republican federal government as I am on Medicaid.

[@jenniferstone2975]

Apply for emergency sanctuary in Canada, Panama or Costa Rica. Do it now, for the love of god. Don’t wait.

[@therealshadow99]

Same, except I'm stuck in PA... So more LGBTQ luke warm... xD Right now my hope is to at least try to move out of this state...

[@369frequencyandvibration]

​@@therealshadow99There's 50% blue of them to try. It's not like you're fleeing Germany.

[@Saywhaaaaaaa]

We love you and i am sorry

[@therealshadow99]

@@369frequencyandvibration Well let's actually look at moving... I own a a house I'd have to sell, though it's not likely worth much. I'm on a extremely limited budget and would probably need to look for a new job. I also don't have money to say... Fly across the country to do interviews and look at places to live. I don't even know anyone living in most of the places I'd be going so I'm going in blind. The chance to end up very very homeless in all that is really high.

[@Evelyn_the_OG]

You can’t wish empathy upon people. If they don’t have it they don’t have it 💔

[@369frequencyandvibration]

Yes, you can. There's a Best Selling Book all about it! 📖

[@Tsudico]

@@369frequencyandvibration And there are plenty of people who say they believe in that book that are acting incongruous to the teachings of that book.

[@pancakes8670]

Empathy can be learned, but it's hard

[@DamienPalmer]

@@369frequencyandvibration You should try reading it. Just the red letters even. Maybe next life you'll understand some of it.

[@thegoldavenger.3829]

Everyone’s talking about the LGBTQ group and people of color being worse off, and yes that’s definitely something to be concerned about. But what I’m also concerned about is disabled people (like me) cuz we know damn well trump is gonna cut Medicaid, care, social security, all that. And that TERRIFIES me as a disabled person.

[@CD-om8iq]

It (he) terrifies all us sane citizens!

[@theripper1705]

Didn't Trump suggest that disabled people just die already and stop using medical resources? And didn’t he get grossed out by veterans missing limbs?

[@kurisu7885]

@@theripper1705 Yes, and he said this about a member of his own family, to the disabled guy's father no less.

[@theripper1705]

@@kurisu7885 yikes I didn't know that bit. Wtf is wrong with him?

[@guyman1570]

Exactly. The queers will be fine. They've got more money, even more money than the straight. But the disabled? We are screwed.

[@simrijo5902]

Steve…. Thank you so much for this post. 🙏 Your message really helps. I would’ve gotten to these same conclusions after more shock wore off, but it is incredibly stabilizing of you to remind me of the reality of who we are collectively. I get very hopeful and dreamy in my bubble of awakening. There is so much work to do. And I’m not leaving either. Thank you for using your talents and insight to be righteous and steady. Thank you for your fairness. Thank you for your wisdom. Thank you for your heart. ROCK ON!

[@batmorrigan7616]

please stand up for and protect us queer folks, i am genuinely terrified for my life

[@deeterr1227]

I WILL STAND UP!!!!! No matter where in the world I will be in the next 4 years, I will always protect those who I SEE ARE BEING SACRIFICED ON BEHALF OF DONALD TRUMP!!!!! You can count on this person NOT to ignore FASCISM!!!! hate or ignorance!!!!!

[@hollyharris1874]

You have me. I know that's nothing much, but let's all stick together. Idk if I can *listen* to the news but I've enjoyed posting w/like-minded people & learning along the way. Much love to you! Sending virtual hugs. 🤗💙🏳‍🌈

[@hollyharris1874]

Oh yeh, I'm disabled & my adult son has autism, so I'm not 100% comfortable AT ALL.

[@batmorrigan7616]

@@deeterr1227 thank you so much

[@batmorrigan7616]

@@hollyharris1874 thank you so much

[@VerityFraser]

Today is a day for despair; tomorrow is a day for action. I don't know what that will be, but Canadians and all non-Americans have to prepare.

[@pierrefauteux4315]

We have to make we don't follow in the Americans' footsteps. We have to make sure Pollivere does NOT get elected!

[@ingridmilford3304]

🇨🇦 here. I've not lived thru this kind of despair before. I was born in the 60s, although in vienna. I recommend the movie Metropolis for how this feels to me. 😭

[@lindaswanson9328]

When do we muster the troops? Have arms. Will travel.

[@AegixDrakan]

@@pierrefauteux4315 Yuuuup. But I legitimately don't know how we stop PP. :s The guys who have consistently done the best stuff (the NDP) frequently underperform despite consistently delivering the goods (Improved pharmacare, etc), because people see Singh's turban and their brain turns off. And the "centrist" party that people *do* vote for has a leader who is currently *deeply* unpopular and won't step aside. It's genuinely appalling, and I hate how our country has this idea of "Well, we just need to flip between the two main parties every 10 years, that'll learn 'em!" instead of actually voting for the actually viable and decent NDP. Mostly on the grounds of seeing Singh as some outsider (seriously, my mom is usually a kind person, but she's spouted some really mean stuff about Singh, all because she doesn't see him as "one of us".

[@zaidnava3728]

Action won’t do shit

[@kendallsmith1458]

The worst effect? President Vance

[@JustYFriend]

Nah! He has the charisma of a dirty diaper.

[@mwmatthews1]

He's just as awful but Trump is totally insane

[@billweir1745]

@@mwmatthews1 Would you rather have someone insane and incompetent, or insane and competent?

[@Spacegryphon]

Vance is just a fill-in until Thiel et al. find a more suitable puppet.

[@ppeterson6303]

@@mwmatthews1Vance is worse than trump because he is capable.

[@m.a.z.7143]

As an American expatriate, I consider myself an unofficial ambassador of the United States. After the 2016 election, I apologized for the country's misstep. Now, after Trump's reelection, my embarrassment is too great to apologize. In that I will no longer identify as an American, voluntarily speak of the U.S., or show the stain of my U.S. passport longer than absolutely necessary, I am a man without a country and feel better for it. Of all the nation's innumerable sins, this last one is...not...mine!

[@Mathenaut]

Looking at the numbers, Trump didn't gain any support from 2020. His numbers barely rose. It's the catastrophic collapse of Dem voters, of voters in general. The electorate didn't shift, he isn't more popular. People just lost hope. They are still hated. Don't hesitate to remind them.

[@formlessone8246]

Another thing: in 9 out of 10 states where the ballot included voter initiatives to enshrine abortion rights into state law, woman's rights won. The cancer isn't just the Republican party, it's Democratic leadership not understanding their own voters. But people aren't as bigoted as it appears. Ignorant, yes. Unwilling to fight against voter suppression, perhaps. Unwilling to get rid of an election system that inherently disenfranchises voters who happen to live in the wrong state, yes. If we want to pick up the pieces, we might have to start locally, or at the state level. The majority of state governors are Republican. This should be a sign of where to start. This is part of why people vote for Republican presidential candidates. They are often former governors who are perceived as having experience. Maine was also the only state to have a voter initiative putting election financing reform on the ballot. It won. That's a good thing. It needs to be on the ballot in more states next time if Maine's hope of getting the issue to the supreme court and setting a precedent that makes it law everywhere doesn't pan out. It's easy to forget that there's more to political action than getting fixated on the federal government. It sucks that it has so much power, but even then the source of power in a democracy is the voting public. The game feels rigged at the federal level because it is by virtue of being a Republic. But playing that game isn't the only plan of attack.

[@justinfowler2857]

It's not about losing hope. It's about 15 million people staying home because they couldn't stand the thought of a woman in charge.

[@augustinewestley7310]

There were 100s of thousands of new registered Amish voters. From one cult to another.

[@yestohappiness2721]

@@justinfowler2857actually 18 million… these disappeared? How come? And how come the count was so swift and quick? Something’s not adding up…the cheater I think cheated again

[@NoSubtext]

@@yestohappiness2721I saw two different people saying there were people with iPads knocking on doors in PA last week asking if they wanted to vote - right then, right there on the iPad. People thought they voted and obviously they didnt. I don't know how widespread it was, but man that was crazy to hear.

[@Bubbaaa7595]

Condolences from the UK, we know all about national self-sabotage. Have hope and keep fighting.

[@tabsterg]

He should have been in jail for years already, this is just what the broken system that is the US leads to

[@meyermom4999]

I admire many of the comments I've read below. For myself, I'm 58, and have watched the de-evolution of right wing politics since the first Regan administration. While I feel hopeful at the many positive comments below, I, for one, am bowing out of any future fight. I'm no longer fighting for a populace that clearly prefers hatred and vengeance over helping. Godspeed!

[@bait668]

As a Latino, I'm terrified. This is it, I'm leaving this country. I'm not gonna sit here and wait to be thrown in an internment camp.

[@dfgt-su9ki]

come to the european union!!

[@rexx9496]

Latinos may have been the deciding factor in this election. Un fkg believable.

[@be6715]

I think a lot of Latino's voted for trump. They don't seem to be worried, I guess.

[@SalinaBabba8343]

Congratulations, your fellows voted overwhelmingly for Trump. I guess a woman in power was...unacceptable to them. I imagine you're rather proud of them? I hope you all get the treatment you deserve.

[@BadlydrawnBen]

I bet you don't leave 😂

[@HappyBirthdayRoboto]

I'm a dude from the UK, none of you know me and this election doesn't affect me, but I realise that there are folks in the US whose lives are going to become much more difficult, I hope you guys will be OK, I hope you take care and look after each other, I hope no-one gets hurt, I hope nothing bad happens to anyone, I'm sorry.

[@michelleduff6085]

Thank you for acknowledging millions of us ALL women and everyone who isn’t a white man are in danger imminently. Also for acknowledging millions of us voted against this horror 😭💙

[@soccerruben1]

Please take this election as a warning, I beg as an American

[@Poemi10304]

Thanks for the kind words. 😞

[@soccerruben1]

And make sure your government gives Trump the cold shoulder by helping Ukraine

[@brianadams4630]

It may well affect you and the rest of the world in ways unimaginable right now. Just wait and keep your eyes open.

[@858Bill]

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion...."-- Albert Camus

[@dennislaffey]

Beau of the Fifth Column, and now Belle of the Fifth Column, often reminds us: on a long enough timeline, we win. We suffered a setback, and it will be costly. But we will achieve more social, racial, and economic justice in the end. I'm worried, angry, scared, disgusted, and a lot of other emotions right now. But hope remains.

[@LDFHollister]

Thank you for the reminder. Belle is great, but I miss my Beau-isms.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

​@@LDFHollisterwhat happened to him? I haven't kept track.

[@GwendolynStaheli]

The fact that most or all of us will be dead before we "win" is hardly any solace right now.

[@dennislaffey]

@Echo81Rumple83 Beau got overwhelmed by the posting rate, so his wife took over hosting the videos.

[@TD-bu9wv]

I'm a blue dot in a red state, I’m devastated and thinking about moving. I can't stop crying. I served this country and remember graduating basic training with so much patriotic pride, I feel the opposite of that pride today 100 times over. I'm also the parent of an adult in the LGBTQIA community I’m terrified for them. 😢

[@bonniebrush94]

I sympathize. I'm numb right now, especially with the popular vote. I'm 65+, female and am worried, not only for myself on Social security and Medicare, but for family members. Good luck to you and your family.

[@TD-bu9wv]

@ Thank you. I wish you and your family the same. I'm trying to say I’m overreacting, but when they turned over Roe V Wade, the reality of MAGA hate was apparent. I fear our nightmare is just beginning. I’m trying so hard not to feel this way, but I have always been sincere and forthright, and this is what it is. Stay vigilant and safe. ❤️

[@nkgoodal]

Fellow vet here. We need you. This may be who we are as a nation now, but is not who you are as a person. Keep your head up and do the right thing for you, yours and your country.

[@TD-bu9wv]

@ thank you. My husband is a retired Army vet too. He's a calm guy who will help me and probably convince me to stay. Our kids don't live here so at least that’s good

[@nickroberts1596]

Please consider moving up here to Massachusetts. It's expensive, but if you take time and save up enough, you can make it.

[@MichaelJMayosky]

We are an uneducated people who worship television celebrities. Its been like this since the boomers first watched Howdy Doody.

[@kentesdall308]

This boomer is not uneducated and I didn't watch Howdy Doody. Maybe you did and you are but don't group all boomers that way.

[@JudyAiken]

​@@kentesdall308This will be one more thing to blame boomers for. I know plenty of twenty somethings who voted for Trump

[@nanoflower1]

Too true. It's not that people hated the idea of having a black woman as President. While I'm sure some did I think the biggest thing that led to Trump's win is his personality over Harris's. He's had years to build up a following while she's really only had a few months (as VP she was mostly invisible as are most VPs.)

[@margiewinslow872]

Do you know why they did?​@@JudyAiken

[@JudyAiken]

@@margiewinslow872 It's partly because their parents are Republicans and they're not able think for themselves. Also some come from privileged backgrounds and are oblivious to the real world and it's hardships.

[@flagg411]

I plan to lean on and learn from my relatives and other elders that survived and fought during Jim Crow and the civil rights movement. Maybe it’s gonna have to be back to basics.

[@The_Mosaic]

And what's that?

[@boomerbyll3004]

I’m done. Giving up isn’t what I’m doing. I’ve been beaten. I have nothing left. There isn’t anything I have left to give up.

[@jacquelynjones8711]

Hate wins again! God help America! This is a 70 year old Black woman saying this. I have lost hope!

[@rebeccastanhope3989]

Right there with you as a 70 year old white woman who is very scared and worried. Love and hope to you.

[@ks77728]

Love to both of you dear sisters. I'm 61 black woman. 😢🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@hamiltoncox7651]

I'm a 65 year old straight white man and I have also lost all hope. I see my neighbors all smiles and high fiving and I am terrified. How is this possible?

[@AmieTiger-zr7oq]

PLEASE don't lose hope y'all. I'm a 48 year old white combat veteran, that got hurt bad at war. I broke my back in Iraq. I'll limp permanently, and proudly for my country. But without our hope we've got nothing. Hang in there fellow American brothers and sisters! We're gonna get through this together!

[@Mike_1nce_More]

I work from home and there's a school just a few blocks away from my home. It's a nice, warm day outside so the kids are at the playground enjoying recess. Usually hearing the kids laughing and enjoying themselves midday puts a smile on my face, but today all I feel is fear and worry for them. I try to be an optimist, but the realist in me almost always wins out. I really don't know what to do....

[@lindamcmanus3057]

When Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, I was at home with my little senior dog Sophia. My parents came over and my dad hung curtains for me. Stevie Wonder was singing. There was so much hope in the air. Well, it’s 15 years later. My father is dead, as is Sophia the dog (and her baby sister Chloe the dog), and Trump is the president. I officially feel no hope in the air…In fact, I don’t feel any air at all.

[@lukedrillbrain9850]

Yes, this is who we are. Many of us grew up believing that we're the "greatest nation in the world." That moniker is not just untrue. It's a cruel joke. The stats show that we're the worst nation in the developed world. Our health care delivery is terrible, our poverty level is awful, and our education system is hodge podge. We have the most military might, whoopee. We're the opposite of that moniker. We're the worst nation in the developed world. You can find worse ones if you look at the third world and despot regimes. Honduras, Iran, and North Korea are worse than here, but that's a very low bar. Any nation that's developed is beating us statistically, especially in the area of gun deaths and access to health care. The United States is a rogue nation, and we're that way thanks to the mean-spirited and hateful attitude of the sick losers who support Trump.

[@kentesdall308]

Just say the complete republican party, it's not just some of them it is all of them. They have voted in so many horrible people in the last 55 years, most were bigots, liars, crooks, and more. This is not a recent thing.

[@Derah_OG]

What upsets me the most is not just that he won, but that he won WAY better than he did in 2016. Back then, we had the excuse that he was an unknown factor. We knew he was a clown, we knew he was unsuited for leadership, but we were blissfully unaware of just what a demonstrably existencial threat to democracy he was. This time? This time we knew, we knew what he's capable of, we knew what he tried to do, what he did, what he continues to do, what he's threatened to do. And armed with that knowledge, not only he won, but won by an even bigger margin than in 2016. This time, no electoral college saved his ass, he got both the popular vote, and the electoral college vote. Which means a majority of Americans took a look at stuff like January 6, and said "Yeah, I want more of that." God help us all.

[@WWZenaDo]

Trump cheated on the election, just as he's cheated on ALL three of his wives, cheated the banks, and has cheated his followers for years.

[@simonkatz3779]

Whatever happens going forward, whatever hell he brings upon American people, there's ~77 million people I won't feel sorry for. That's all I can say. I'm done being compassionate for these facists.

[@cable7152]

The numbers are so drastically different, it reeks of voter fraud.

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

Roughly 15 million likely democratic voters did not vote this time. The question is why they were lost by the democract leadership.

[@patriciaflowers701]

@@MikaelKKarlsson Right! Good question.

[@chrissolace]

You took the words from my mouth. I thought Obama was a change. That we made progress. When he was elected, I was an independent that didn’t believe in affirmative action because it showed how even African Americans can be equal now and we’ve moved past that… Thankfully, my friend (to this day) showed me the errors of my ways and now, more than 10 years later, it shows that it was right to change my mind. We haven’t changed as a country. We haven’t made progress. His election just revealed the ugly truth: our country is a greedy, racist, xenophobic mess that would bend to any autocrat if “my eggs were $2 instead of $6!” And like you said… we have a lot more work to do. Progress to actually be made. The civil right era isn’t “over”. It’s been going. The George Floyd protests proved we aren’t done. And the white nationalists in Charlottesville Virginia did too.

[@vanessawortham3002]

Electing Obama only caused the Truth TO COME OUT.

[@marcning918]

This nation has a long history of declaring victory over it's issues after only taking the first step to address it then turning around and telling the people who fought for that step. Well we did this here isn't it enough. I'll remind our native American population are still having to fight to resolve some basic issues. So as soon as we went from an aging man to a woman of mixed race I knew almost all of trumps disqualifying traits went out the window. So much that we literally just replaced one of the most accomplished administrations in decades with the leader of the most incompetent ever. As a black man loving this country has always taken some work I doubt after 42 years if I have the energy for it much longer. I wasn't surprised by what happened I was just disappointed in some of the people that helped it happen. Maybe before I've breathed my last we as a nation can take those honest first steps. Unfortunately I believe the issue will be forced on us before any of us are ready for it due to the results of this election.

[@dep1701]

Thank you Steve for you words of support. I was so down I couldn’t bear to even look at videos or social media that day for fear of falling into a pit of despair. Three days later and it still is getting to me. I had hoped we were better than this. I still hope we can be.

[@elizabethwilkerson5434]

This is who we’ve always been. There was just a brief light before darkness overtook us again.

[@Alundolant]

People have choices about who they are.

[@J.Ohnn23]

Whether we have the resolve to turn the light back on is the question

[@brucebartup6161]

So? Find where the light was and go in that direction, maybe you'll; find the light, and some where close to that light - a light switch. Once you've seen the light you know its there, right? so it's just a matter of time before you find it. Everlasting racial. equality Can't wait

[@J.Ohnn23]

The 67 million people who voted for decency. We need to flip more switches and hold strong

[@markmac2206]

last 4 years were just the eye of the storm. here goes round 2

[@IrocZIV]

Turns out some people are above the law... and more than half the country likes it that way.

[@gilberthamilton9312]

No, but apparently more than half the country can't be arsed to do the least particle to prevent it.

[@johntousseau9380]

It all came down to interest rates and gas prices. Meanwhile, 6 billionaires own all of our media outlets. You're right. This is who we are and who we've been for a long time. But we don't have to be this way.

[@kentesdall308]

Gas will soon be 29 cents a gallon now. Just think what that will do for the economy. If you believe that, I have a few buildings to sell and a couple of bridges. Be your own landlord and have a toll bridge to boot!!!!!!

[@yestohappiness2721]

It was never about the economy. Maga loves cruelty and reality tv. They love trump circus. Hating on others gives them something to feel special. And they feel they can be fully themselves in front of trump - as he is a felon, but we’re deeply intimidated by a competent, smart, black woman like Kamala. The 🤡 for the win!!!

[@alumpyhorse]

First time I’m hearing you speak. Subscribed. Thanks. A lot.

[@goregrindisthebestgenre]

I’m still surprised how much of a landslide it was though. I’m young, in the past I never cared about politics. I avoided the news and while I always hated Donald Trump, I didn’t pay too much attention to the elections necessarily. But then when Biden dropped out of this race and Kamala began to run, it got me really interested and I stayed very up to date and watched the news every single day while this entire thing unfolded and genuinely thought she had a chance. I knew deep down Trump would win but I thought it might at least have been a little bit closer. All of Trumps legal problems have just gone away completely. Genuine evil won today.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

You are young. Look at the election results in the year 2000 A.D. When the head of CIA is your dad, and your brother decides the votes were miscounted, and the guy who pushed to invade Vietnam returns to the White House... you should look into it.

[@zetadoubleu]

i have the same exact story you have. the only difference is that i naively and truly thought there were more decent and humane people in this country. boy how wrong i was and it is devastating.

[@videocrowsnest5251]

Geniune evil, with countless more bigots across the globe enpowered and celebrating what they feel is their triumph. As if it's enough to make everyone else pack up their bags and go: "Jolly good show, you sure showed up!" And then submit to hate. As if.

[@KingSidJames]

"No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the world than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand". America your hurt, broken and down....but not out.

[@57thorns]

But this is not a foreign power imposing against their will, this is a majority of people voting the dictator to power. If project 2025 goes to fruition, sure, eventually the dictatorship will fall, but don't count on it happening the next 25 years.

[@LoZLttp13]

We must finally rid ourselves of our original sin of white supremacy and become something better.

[@rjframe4410]

Ahh yes G'kar, as he endured so will we

[@magmapixel8627]

“The more you tighten your fist, the more star systems will slip through your fingers”

[@cod3r1337]

Then how is it that Russia has never actually known true freedom and democracy? They used to have little taste of it in the 90s and decided that they are gonna pass.

[@chopperwhitewolf7050]

The cognitive dissonance! I'm a Texan currently living in Scotland. Spent the entire day today at the shop having work done on my motorcycle. Upon hearing my accent and finding out I'm from Texas, they all wanted to talk about Him. I am so fekkin drained. Drained from the disappointment I feel in the U.S. as a nation. Drained from the embarrassment of being an American and the fact that He now represents me on the world stage. Drained because His actions, yet again, reflect upon me as an unwitting representative of American culture. Drained that so many registered Dems stayed home (Because nationally, registered Dem voters outnumber GOP/MAGA and if every registered voter turned out to the polls the GOP would never take the Whitehouse) Drained from folks on both sides of the pond trying to tell me to "Just ignore it" as He doesn't affect me being as I live in Scotland. Yes, I do live in Scotland. Also, My son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter live in the States. My and my partner's entire families live in the States. All of my nephews, and nieces live in the States, including my queer niece and her wife. Drained because my country chose, willing chose fascism, again. There was a seemingly endless stream of white guys at the shop today trying to tell me how He may be a shit person, but actually He is good for America, and foreign policy. These are the same folks who whinge about how wrecked things are here in the U.K. ... under Labour, without a single shred of comprehension that we are coming out of 12 years of Tories ( British Conservative party) stripping the country for parts dragging us out of the E.U. The cognitive dissonance Unlike living back in Texas where I just avoided conservative f*ktards, here I can't avoid American politics. Because the moment they hear my accent, everyone wants to talk about it. Because I'm a 6'3 tall Texan with a deep southern drawl and a John Wayne swagger they just assume that I too must be a conservative f*ktard. I. Am. Exhausted.

[@magicaltour1]

Any advice on how to move to the UK from here! I’m thinking of evacuating. I’m also from Texas.

[@LiannaBabeli]

I know it means very little, but I am so sorry. Sorry that we didn't get through to those that should have clearly chosen the path of the light. Sorry that you have to endure something that will adversely affect your life in ways that we're only beginning to understand and acknowledge. I'm just sorry. I'm trying to have hope, but its so hard. Much peace and love to you.

[@369frequencyandvibration]

What a neat opportunity you have, to explain the Democrat party to other countries.

[@janrorie8131]

Well on the bright side, as a convicted felon Trump won't be eligible to visit other countries, so you should be safe where you are. I'm an Aussie, so expect we'll get an influx of Americans seeking sanity and a decent way of life. Where going to hospital doesn't bankrupt you.

[@leylasmith7179]

@@janrorie8131, you think they’ll stand up to a POTUS just bc he’s a felon? Look how quickly Zelenskyy called him to congratulate

[@chrisneville4265]

Thanks Steve. Soothing words after the end of a long day of anger and hopelessness for the state of the world. Best of luck keeping America functioning. And bring on 2028. xxx

[@DynaCatlovesme]

There's no coming back from what's going to be done to the planet's atmosphere; not in lifetimes. It's over. It probably already was over, if that's any solace.

[@thesnowmiser6728]

This is all I keep thinking about. It's literally the end of the world, and nobody seems to be talking about it

[@57thorns]

@@thesnowmiser6728 The world will be fine without humans, and it might not be that many years before the next intelligent species arises.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Agree

[@Micklemoose]

@@thesnowmiser6728 It isn't over, there is a big difference between 2C, 4C, 6C, etc. It is too late to keep the earth the paradise it was for all of human history, but it isn't to late to prevent it from becoming another Venus.

[@Infindox]

@@thesnowmiser6728 There are people that are, there are people who think Trump gaining power is the beginning of the end. Those people get drowned out by others, but they have always been there. Now we will find out the hard way if they were right or not.