Well founded hypothesis:

There is nothing Joe Biden or Kamala Harris legally could have done (in retrospect) to change this outcome in the election because ...

the electorate thinks the White House can control the economy and was responsible for inflation in 2023--something Republicans were happy to atrtribute to the White House falsely.

And that was the deciding factor. Economic literacy is poor in the USA.

I lived long enough to see the Democratic party transformed into the National Security and Law and Order party but also lose an election to a covicted felon and his enablers.

Eugene Vindman was elected to the House

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/07/trump-impeachment-whistleblower-vindman-wins-house-seat-veteran-vs-veteran-race.html

I'm a big believer that so long as honest elections happen, the majority of voters get the government they deserve.

This time around, I was not in that majority, so I can honestly say I do not deserve what is coming.

Going all the way back to USENET, there were Flat Earters, Young Earth Creationists, and all kinds of disgusting deviancy, and don't get me started on the piracy and other illegal activities on IRC.

It amazes me that the Futurists of the late 80s and early 90s painted such a utopian view of the information age largely with only a few exceptions.

That should be "electorate", no idea electorage hapened or what it means.

I cannot predict the future, but I know almost 1/3rd of the public will believe whatever the MAGA party tells them to believe/

Another third of the electorage isn't paying attention and doesn't know how things work.

Part of the remaining third live in their day-dream utopias.

Which leaves less than a third of the public that is paying attention, knows how things work, and who think the ideal of the USA is worth fighting for.

I need more time to grieve.

I have nothing to say. I am not ready to hear others either.

Yields soar as Trump win stirs 'bond vigilantes'

LONDON/SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries fell sharply on Wednesday, sending yields surging, as Donald Trump's election victory stoked bets on economic policy shifts that could boost deficits and inflation.

Champaign corks popping in Moscow

Trump said Democrats were rigging the election, so they must have elected him, right?

FFS. this is beyond sickening,

Republicans control the Senate assuring that Trump can appoint lunatics.

I picked a bad time to get laid off. Need to change my investment portfolio.

The bond market is getting crushed after-hours in anticipation of a Trump win. The economy is about to go through some things.

We're gonna get stuck with a criminal fascist Putin puppet at this rate.

I feel sick.

Trump's gains primarily among hispanic voters.

Brown lost Senate seat for Ohio,'

I think Harris will proably lose PA, and that would mean we are stuck with Trump most likely FFS.

Trump got more hispanic voters than he did in 2020? I don't get it.

My heart is breaking for the USA.