@xankarn Love this. Especially your last lines."I'm sad and enraged, but I'm also trying to work the problem. How can I keep working for the things that matter?"I'm horribly disheartened by yesterday's votes - and struggling to process it all. But I'm coming back to another quote:“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”― Edward Everett Hale

A thought: If you haven’t had anything to say about Biden’s wardrobe, maybe there’s no need/reason to comment on Harris’s.

Upstate NY voter here. I live in a 50/50 precinct, but the rural county that surrounds us leans hard to the right. Today was the first day of early voting. All early votes for the county are cast at one location. Went right after lunch on a gorgeous fall day.Friends, it was a crowded parking lot, and a very busy polling station. Lots of camo apparel, and airbrushed “patriot” themes. The MAGA base is energized. We have to be equally energized and doubly organized. Do your thing!!

Critics say that these apologies are window dressing. They don’t produce the structural change that’s needed. But laying bare the history is a necessary step, and victims, in some cases, will say: “The truth is itself reparative.”https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/25/biden-apologizes-indian-boarding-schools

Trump reportedly wishes he had “the kind of generals that Hitler had,” forgetting, or more likely not knowing, that the generals tried to kill Hitler (Stauffenberg plot) once it was clear that he would sooner destroy Germany than give up his warped dreams of a racially pure empire. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/

Friends:The anxiousness you’re feeling arises from two sources. 1. Your knowledge that the election is out of your hands. After all, you’re just one person. 2. Your knowledge that the election is in all of our hands. After all, citizenship entails rights and responsibilities. If you’re able, pick one thing you can do before Nov 5 and commit. Donations. Phone/text banks. Rides on Nov 5. Talk to a friend. It’s up to you. There’s still time. Start w a click: https://votesaveamerica.com/