Good morning, all.

I'm making my list of things I gotta do today. And I'll check off each one as I dutifully accomplish each. Like an automaton.

It's how I'm getting through this week.

I'm giving another writing workshop tomorrow, if you know anyone in the Wilmington, NC area who might be interested. Might be a good thing - it'll force me to fake a good mood & maybe just lift me into an actual better mood. 😀

#Writing #WritingCommunity
https://www.upstairshampstead.com/calendar

@gshevlin

I'm single . . . (don't know if you are), can I join you? 😜

Of course, I come with 3 grown sons, 2 DILs, 4 grands, and #3's live-with girlfriend. 🤣

@JGSchaeffer

Ooh. What if there were a designated column for Things We Make & Sell - and we post items in it - and folks can just scroll through it when they want.

Then, if they want to buy it/one, they just DM us & we make the arrangements between ourselves?

@JGSchaeffer

I love this. I make stuff, too.

@Bix

True. We're in trouble. But I'd rather have smart people in charge than a moron who can do wild shit on a whim.

It'll still be crappy, but less crappy.

Gotta theory here - link to an article about Leonard Leo. (Been reading up on him for a while)
After reading, tell me - ya think a guy like this & his cohorts is REALLY going to leave Trump in place? He can't be trusted with secrets/plans at all.

My guess is 25th amendment as soon as they can, before Dump can fuck things up beyond repair, put JD Vance as president asap. He's their guy.

Trump won't care - he'll have his get-out-of-jail card & can go play golf every day.
https://www.propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority

@homebird

I think he might wait on that one - it would shock too many people too soon?

He said he'd be a dictator - but only for the first day. (like anyone believes that'll stop)

They've also promised huge deportation action on day 1.

I would not be surprised if, right after the inauguration, like within that hour, all his political 'enemies' are arrested.

@cjcrew

Yup. My point exactly. Those people saying it'll get fixed in the next elections are not paying attention.

@ToruOkada

Oh, man. Crap. That hits hard.

Still feel like a zombie this morning. Guess I will for quite some time.

I can't help thinking through all the likely coming changes, and it terrifies me.

And I can't believe the number of friends who are saying, 'it's just 4 years, then he can't run again.'

Or - 'the republicans will not do well in the mid-terms.'

Hope the new govt doesn't restrict our access to the internet, but my gut tells me they will.

Find & keep any info you might need in the future. How to make an abortifacient?

@LegalCAT

I can only hope that somewhere, behind the scenes, people who are in power positions are checking every damn thing.

I hope.

@REDonaldAuthor

Now, this makes sense.

@Idissent

Exactly. If Merrick Garland was on the ball, he'd be all over this right now - just double-check the shit out of everything.

@th3j35t3r

I can't tell you how great it feels to have this place right now.

Thank you.

@ITKV
I know. You're right. But it really doesn't add up at all.

Had that assured him he'd win? He said several times he didn't need any votes - had 'plenty' of votes??

Here's what I can't reconcile.

That far fewer voters voted in this election than the last. Makes zero sense.

How many of the absentee/mail in ballots were rejected in every state?

Was there some kind of computer monkeying around happening in some states? I know the ballot machines themselves are not connected to the internet, but could state computers that compiled the stats have been manipulated???

Could something like that be the 'secret' that Trump said he & Mike Johnson

@M_Bell

Yup. Archive/find everything you can now & for the next two months.