@SandHillThicket to think zelensky is a president who also started out as a celebrity entertainer, except he has the spine to actually lead instead of just bilk his people and leave them to die... THAT is patriotism that Trump could never match.

@sirgeefive @heatherdale don't assume Dems are sitting on their hands. Harris' victory fund was quietly amended to a recount fund, indicating they already have intent to contest at least some results.

bottom line though, wbk we needed a 7M+ NPV lead to win the EC and that did not and will not materialize. people just suck.

@singlemaltgirl @sirgeefive "that they knew something about the data" yes. they knew how many ballots had been cast, and they knew how many would have to be cast for Harris in order to flip the results, and it was statistically highly improbable for that many Harris votes to be outstanding.

look, I'm devastated too. but it is abundantly clear that American voters are both too stupid and too sexist for this to be anything other than a legitimate Trump win. it's just who we are as a country.

@BlueStateBabe oh it was absolutely the statues. these people have no problem with immigrants and minorities in a place of subservience to them. just don't remind them that the serfs are human beings with independent thoughts.

@Helena_Handbasket it's all slogans and sound bytes. doesn't matter what the sum total of his speech is, they have tiktok attention spans and are tuning most of it out. all they pick up on is "bacon is so expensive!" "the RADICAL LEFT" "babies killed in the 9th month" "she's a stupid, horrible woman" etc. and if they don't hear it first-hand it's the sane-washed version from mainstream media.

@Siren_six i knew it was still a problem that girls are raised to believe that their role is to be subservient to men, that they are weak and their place is in the home... i guess because i tend to hear it from people who got out of that dynamic, i didn't appreciate how many were actually internalizing it and how widespread it still is.

well if we still have a democracy in 4 years, at least i'm validating the shit out of my daughter's aspirations.

this was the hardest to read. the sexism i expected, but i do not, cannot, and will not ever understand how anyone can listen to trump speak, much less believe him, and certainly not to the unshakable degree that has been demonstrated.

@th3j35t3r have the leopards arrived already?! thoughts and prayers.

@SFAstroStone my number one priority is continuity of healthcare for my husband, he has leukemia and needs to take a daily pill that costs $20k a month to live. moving abroad likely wouldn't help with that because they won't give free healthcare to new transplants. MA is looking like a good option, since their healthcare system is independent of the ACA. my kids are not happy about not finishing school with their friends, but i think they'll enjoy having non-MAGA friends.

@sentientdessert i've also seen OTL used the same way

@sentientdessert maybe lisa's actually cleaning up after his second term?! 🙏🙏🙏

@th3j35t3r so we don't even respect sovereign law anymore... jfc

AMERICA: I voted for the fascist because I can't afford groceries

ALSO AMERICA:

@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN oh no, alfred's turned MAGA! 🥺

@VelvetDuchess the youtube comments section looks like when you turn on the lights in the kitchen of a hoarder's house. millions of roaches just scurrying everywhere

@TwiHusband i guess i'm lucky that my kids have received almost all their vaccines already... i need to double-check if my oldest got the meningitis vaccine but if not i can schedule them in before EOY.

@VelvetDuchess except people like me whose family depends on the ACA to literally stay alive will also win stupid prizes despite not signing up to play the game in the first place

@carmen i hope that one's titled "morning after sickness"

@TwiHusband i was gonna say covid, which demonstrably killed more republicans than democrats, but you're right, that's not even close to 1929/WW3 levels.