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So...election
3 years ago
General
Decided to wait until both chambers were settled before weighing in on this. I don't think I'll be too long.
In short: Well that's not entirely how I expected that to go.
The media was hyping up a so-called "red wave" so much you can practically see the lust in their eyes, they've been cheering on fascism for years now and this was finally going to be the end of that 2-year recess onto some semblance of normal.
Well...lawl.
Indeed, the result took a lot of us by surprise as Dems held the Senate and have an outside chance of very lightly expanding their majority there. The American Fascist party will take the House of Representatives as expected but by a margin far, far lower than expected. Depending on just how low, this could turn out to be almost more fun than if they'd lost it outright.
Right now, the GOP is in the midst of a civil war, between the Trump cultists who still view him as the party's Fuhrer, and the "Establishment" Republicans who view Ron DeSantis as a younger, stronger, smarter, more competent fascist to bet on. For the record, the old guard is correct, but Trump very well may carry enough influence to cause some serious damage to the party via infighting.
For the sake of the country, let's hope that's true.
Honestly, for all intents and purposes, this was still a bad result. Dems needed a miraculous performance which saw them actually expand their Senate majority and keep the House so that they could do aggressive things like expand the Supreme Court, which is currently compromised while in the hands of theocratic authoritarians. That didn't happen and they will continue to systematically dismantle 50 to 100 years of civil rights in this country in ways I think a lot of you have not quite grasped. Same sex marriage and the right to contraception are in serious trouble. Affirmative Action is as good as dead (lol that the Asian family who brought that to the court thinks that's going to help them).
We are still living in the worst timeline and I'm still planning to jump ship.
But I don't know, for once my brain's dopamine production kicked in and it allowed me to enjoy the schadenfreude of pissed off Conservatives and foolish looking pollsters. Regardless of what happens later, this was incredibly embarrassing for them and funny for me. In a just world that exists only in film and television, this would be the Frankenstein's Monster portion of the GOP's lurch into fascism, and Trump destroys them all after they lose control of him, leaving the rest of us to rebuild in the wake of their mutually assured destruction.
Still, I've learned that evil can definitely organize and cooperate for the greater evil and they do so with much greater efficiency than the good do. America still teeters over the edge and there are no apparent saviors at the moment. But at least for now, we had a good laugh.
Final note - I guess the Gen Z effect was real after all. Better late than never, kids. Well, maybe.
In short: Well that's not entirely how I expected that to go.
The media was hyping up a so-called "red wave" so much you can practically see the lust in their eyes, they've been cheering on fascism for years now and this was finally going to be the end of that 2-year recess onto some semblance of normal.
Well...lawl.
Indeed, the result took a lot of us by surprise as Dems held the Senate and have an outside chance of very lightly expanding their majority there. The American Fascist party will take the House of Representatives as expected but by a margin far, far lower than expected. Depending on just how low, this could turn out to be almost more fun than if they'd lost it outright.
Right now, the GOP is in the midst of a civil war, between the Trump cultists who still view him as the party's Fuhrer, and the "Establishment" Republicans who view Ron DeSantis as a younger, stronger, smarter, more competent fascist to bet on. For the record, the old guard is correct, but Trump very well may carry enough influence to cause some serious damage to the party via infighting.
For the sake of the country, let's hope that's true.
Honestly, for all intents and purposes, this was still a bad result. Dems needed a miraculous performance which saw them actually expand their Senate majority and keep the House so that they could do aggressive things like expand the Supreme Court, which is currently compromised while in the hands of theocratic authoritarians. That didn't happen and they will continue to systematically dismantle 50 to 100 years of civil rights in this country in ways I think a lot of you have not quite grasped. Same sex marriage and the right to contraception are in serious trouble. Affirmative Action is as good as dead (lol that the Asian family who brought that to the court thinks that's going to help them).
We are still living in the worst timeline and I'm still planning to jump ship.
But I don't know, for once my brain's dopamine production kicked in and it allowed me to enjoy the schadenfreude of pissed off Conservatives and foolish looking pollsters. Regardless of what happens later, this was incredibly embarrassing for them and funny for me. In a just world that exists only in film and television, this would be the Frankenstein's Monster portion of the GOP's lurch into fascism, and Trump destroys them all after they lose control of him, leaving the rest of us to rebuild in the wake of their mutually assured destruction.
Still, I've learned that evil can definitely organize and cooperate for the greater evil and they do so with much greater efficiency than the good do. America still teeters over the edge and there are no apparent saviors at the moment. But at least for now, we had a good laugh.
Final note - I guess the Gen Z effect was real after all. Better late than never, kids. Well, maybe.
Either way, if R's are letting something like that pass, you can pretty much guarantee it doesn't address the core problem. It's a weak ass bill but it's the best we're gonna get for a generation, or maybe even ever. The country will likely be a theocratic dictatorship a decade from now.