"I never want to hear the words 'America is better than this' again.

William Lindsey :toad:

"We are perched on the precipice of meme-ing ourselves into authoritarian dystopia, handing unchecked power to a narcissistic criminal demagogue because the price of bacon increased. ...

We are the only species capable of clinging to ideological zealotry. And we are the only ones who can make ourselves extinct."

~ Brian Klaas

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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The Tattered Republic

Reflections on a fraying nation.

(www.forkingpaths.co)

William Lindsey :toad:

"America did this to itself. And now we all must suffer through it."

~ George Conway

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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America Did This to Itself

And now we all must suffer through it.

The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)

66gardeners

@wdlindsy

Placing the blame on white people is misdirected if less people showed up. Harris made gains in the white women vote. It appears less people voted than in 2020. THAT is the problem.

William Lindsey :toad:

@66gardeners The fact remains and it's impossible to deny, though many of us want to do that: a majority of white Americans who vote elected Trump overwhelmingly.

William Lindsey :toad:

"I expected America to stand up and assert itself on Election Day. And it did, loudly and clearly.

It just wasn’t the America I held in my mind’s eye."

~ John Harwood

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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"Embarrassingly Naive": I Expected America to Stand Up for Democracy

The choice voters made defies comprehension.

(zeteo.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

“America has revealed to us her true self, and we have to decide what we do with her from here.”

~ Waikinya Clanton

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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nytimes.com

(www.nytimes.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Donald Trump has won the majority of white women voters for the third straight time. …

52 percent of white American women showed us who they are: Trump supporters."

~ Malcolm Ferguson

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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How White Women Doomed Kamala Harris and the Democrats—Again

Early exit polls reveal a stunning race gap in how people voted in the 2024 presidential election.

The New Republic (newrepublic.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"NBC News exit polls report that Kamala Harris won LGBT voters 86 to 12. Joe Biden only won LGBT voters 64 to 27. …

Harris won LGBT voters more than Hillary Clinton (77-14) and Barack Obama in 2012 (76-22)."

~ Evan Hurst

Some of us know who will be first in line for the cruelty as it's dished out to immigrants, people of color, poor people, and, yes, LGBTQ people.

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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Looks Like 'Normal Gay Guy Vote' Told Trump And Vance To Go F*ck Themselves

LGBT voters understood the assignment.

(www.wonkette.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"President Biden bet everything on the innate goodness of the American people. We should learn from his mistake. …

Joe Biden was given the choice of betting liberal democracy on structures and the levers of power, or on the innate goodness of the American people. He put his entire chip stack on the American people and lost.

We ought not repeat his mistake."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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The Strategic Failure of 2024 Was Written in 2021

President Biden bet everything on the innate goodness of the American people. We should learn from his mistake.

(www.thebulwark.com)

The Wookie

@wdlindsy

Perhaps we need to stop thinking of America as a "her". It's clearly a "him" that is driven by hate, resentment, and zero investment in democracy for more than 50% of us.

Just an angry white guy who doesn't want to make the world better for anyone. He just wants to make it worse for those that are not him.

William Lindsey :toad:

@NJWookie Thank you. This is excellent and I totally agree.

slow learner, deep feeler

@wdlindsy

It looks like the only way to read this is download the substack app. I would subscribe to her list, but I don't want to download their app.

But I'm looking for ways to move deeper into a solidarity economy.

Thank you for using your voice to reflect this horrible reality.

66gardeners

@wdlindsy
I do not deny the fact that the majority of white people voted republican, but that is not why Harris lost if there were more voters in 2020 and white women went democratic to a greater percentage. Unless you want to specifically look at white male voters.

William Lindsey :toad:

@66gardeners I see Robert Jones stating a fact: a majority of white voters cast their votes for Trump. We can, I suppose, ignore that fact or the word "white," but I wonder where it would really get us to ignore a salient point about where our culture and politics are right now.

William Lindsey :toad:

@melanie Here's the whole text from which that excerpt was taken:

Checking in... Let's talk.

Hey y'all.

We are one day out, and you've already made it 24 hours. That's good.

I am so blessed to have been able to spend what was otherwise a horrific night with the company of all of you.

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William Lindsey :toad:

@melanie

So many of you have reached out to me with stories of your own lives, your own queer and trans experiences, worries, hopes, and fears.

I wanted to share some very practical next steps for my trans readers. Here are the things I recommend:

- Get your passport. Today. It takes time to come in and getting an updated gender marker will likely be shut down under Trump.

- Update every ID your state allows you to.

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William Lindsey :toad:

@melanie

- Make sure you have a supply of medication in case of disruption

- If you have a trans kid that is stealth, consider maintaining stealth to get around enforcement of anti-trans laws.

- Watch my risk map and newsletter, I'll be tracking the next wave of anti-trans legislation we are sure to see.

- Stay in touch and ACTIVE with your local (LOCAL) LGBTQ+ org and mutual aid groups. This can help with supply disruptions.

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William Lindsey :toad:

@melanie

- If you are considering moving to a new state, this is a good time to do so. Not everyone wants to or can move, so respect that.

- Change your social security office gender marker. Most people don't realize this is a thing that exists. Do it sooner rather than later.

Other than that, check in with each other. And consider this my check in with you, my readers. I'll leave the chat open for the next 24 hours... and maybe will make these chats a regular thing, at least for now.

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William Lindsey :toad:

"More Americans wanted the 1939 German-American Bund–style hate rally at Madison Square Garden than the big-tent party with high ideals about the American constitutional order. And we can no longer reassure ourselves, as we did in 2016, that Trump voters didn’t precisely know what they were getting or that much of what he promised to do was not to be taken seriously."

~ Jason Linkins

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/31

The New Republic Email Marketing

(newsletter.tnr.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"That a cruel president is returning to office on the promise of doubling down on the cruelty speaks to something really unpleasant about ourselves."

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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