As a Canadian witnessing this from very close to the border, the fear I have for every human South of the 49th, plus the rest of the world, is strong. Knowing that there are many still fighting is a good thing, but 🥺🥺
We're brown Americans with a tween daughter. We said we would leave the US if Trump won, so here we are...looking for a new home. We thought about Canada (we're both MDs) but Poilievre reminds me too much of Trump and I heard Canada's starting to lean anti-immigrant.
I can tell you it sucked being from BC and watching that lunatic Rustad almost get in. The far right is infecting the world it seems. With the help of Stephen Harper and the IDU
Give it a try. Newfoundland and Labrador is a beautiful province. And we need doctors. Some of us in Canada are still hoping our Trump wannabe can be stopped!
„Vielen Dank“ for your uplifting post! Being from Germany, I’m not as directly impacted by the outcome as many Americans. But I do dread the consequences and implications of this election.
The other half quenches that hope because they are blindly expecting that the new government will deliver. When that doesn’t happen then they blame the scapegoats that the government will continue to provide. Hopeless.
Though it is terrifying that half of America chose evil, hate, lies, and criminality. The “only hope” for the country is that Trump is “utterly incompetent.”
But Trump is more powerful than Hitler ever could be.
We have one of the most extensive surveillance states in human history. Any action you take that offends the state could be grounds to imprison or execute you.
Dissent is virtually impossible now. The Fourth Reich has won.
You’re correct and he’s already affecting Medicaid.. Medicare.. retirement.. social security and everything.. food stamps is going to go too. He’s such a bad person. We don’t know if we’re even going to be able to buy food soon. Or have a home. This is bad.. really bad.
New here. Left that other place long ago. Also on 🧵but concerned about safety. I am here to not feel so alone in the coming hellscape. Thanks for your post.
"I do not subscribe to the mania for Hope that most Americans appear to be addicted to." ~Chris Hedges. Blue MAGA is just as delusional as Red MAGA, 15 Million America's finally realized that any "Hope" the Ds' produce is just a Mirage.
I'm just so, so tired of having to fight for basic human decency. As an older Millennial from NYC, it's been one disaster after another, once crisis overlapping older crises. I have a young daughter. I know I gotta keep fighting for her sake. I just want to rest.
Does hoping they get what's coming to them count? I'm a stronger believer in karma than hope. I had hope in the record lines; hope in the masses making the right choice; hope for Kamala and Tim's promises.
Yes, and as a healer I should not feel this way but I don't care. They have no morals or values! I wish the worst upon them. Karma in the worst ways. They have destroyed our country not once but twice. 💚
No, it is okay to feel this way. Sometimes your healing cannot penetrate evil. I believe in Karma; always have. They put their belief and allegiance to a monster and like you said have destroyed out country and will do so again. I'm with you on your feelings.
All it takes is a spark to reignite the fire in the hearts of the American people, a fire that can burn as hot as a forge to fight for a better tomorrow. That spark is hope- Never lose sight of it. Never let the spark go out.
Me too :-( North Carolina here but I saw on tik tok had it been only women who voted we would’ve been blue. I can hear so many people celebrating and “whoo’ing” it’s hard to listen to
Also: Remember that many of the provisions in project2025 will be unenforceable. Weather the next four years (or the next 2, because there's going to be a hell of a backlash in the midterms) and work for each other, because it will make the community stronger and more motivated on the other side.
Certain trump fans think that by electing him, it means ending LGBT people and "wokeness." Let them know that actually, we aren't going anywhere, and if anything, we will get louder.
And find eachother. I live in a red area and in my area a mom started a group for us. I think it's a good idea. The less isolated we are the more we can accomplish. We can't predict everything we will need to do, but the more connections we have the more opportunities we have.
And we need to get creative. Start local. Strengthen our community. Embrace diversity. We can pour all our hopes into an election every 4 years - we can make small changes daily that help create the future we want.
Will half of America have the strength to overpower both the other half of America *and* the backing of the government effectively illegalizing the other half? Only time will tell
I’m tired Liam. I keep trying to go on and finding my feet come out from under me. Words fail me. Thank you for bringing joy to my life among so many others. Yourself and other CR content bring me some measure of comfort, and that’s goes a long way.
Unfortunately, we need to recognize that the majority of the country cares more about the economy and traditional family values. I'm getting my money and then retiring overseas.
It's so hard to hope, I have anxiety/depression disorders, all I can think about is "they're going to imprison and kill me." I don't even use the elevator in my apartment building anymore because there's too many Republicans here, I take the stairs and just think of all the ways they'll ruin it all
When you compare the turnout of 20' to 24' and account for new registrants, you will find a 44 million vote disparity that is not reflected in the reported turnout. These votes have simply disappeared.
It's not the simple 19 million difference as many suggest.
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Thank you for being a light in my world. :)
It will take only a few months into the new Trump administration to realize that.
I would recommend an exit plan if I were you. (And I don’t mean another country)
We have one of the most extensive surveillance states in human history. Any action you take that offends the state could be grounds to imprison or execute you.
Dissent is virtually impossible now. The Fourth Reich has won.
Thanks :) I needed this
I don't regret it, though. It's been my only consolation these past days. At least I'm not in Florida anymore.
But I remember that folks have been fighting hard, important fights here long before I was born.
Feast them upon the wideness of the sea”
― John Keats
Nicely said
It's not the simple 19 million difference as many suggest.
Good to be seeing your stuff here now.