Was this all for naught? No. It can never be so. We need to double our efforts.
"Carry Me Home : Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution" by Diane McWhorter (2001)
#Books
https://www.librarything.com/work/35271/book/245776589
Well, as far as I have found, the House of Representatives numbers are still not final. I hope that the Democrats get control of that, at least.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-us-election-results/house/
Waking up to the End of America - It happened here
(Mary L. Trump, Nov 07, 2024)
The Aftermath. Fighting Fascism by Building On All That We Achieved During the Campaign
(Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Nov 06, 2024)
https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-aftermath-fighting-fascism-by
Grieve Today, Fight Tomorrow: In the shadow of defeat, we can find our strength.
(Michelle H. Davis, Nov 06, 2024)
Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election
- Some background reading
(Sarah Kendzior, Nov 06, 2024)
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articles-explaining-the-2024
"What an irony that on the same day an older woman goes to court to face the consequences of a rape culture, a rapist is voted into the highest office of the land in another country.
When Gisรจle decided that 'shame must change sides' and asked for the trial to be held in public, she transformed her pain into something powerful which provided opportunities for us to talk about how sexism and misogyny feed into rape culture."
Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote
(10:50 AM ET ยท Nov 6, 2024):
Biden should resign so Harris becomes 47 and Donald has to throw out all his 47 swag
The Atlantic @TheAtlantic
(11:15 PM ET ยท Nov 6, 2024):
"X is no longer a social-media site with a white-supremacy problem, but a white-supremacist site with a social-media problem," Charlie Warzel writes.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/x-white-supremacist-site/680538/
"I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time, but for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case. But here's the thing, America, if it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant billion of stars. The light, the light of optimism, of faith, of truth and service. And may that work guide us, even in the face of setbacks toward the extraordinary promise of the United States of America."
~ V.P. Kamala Harris, Nov. 6, 2024
"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. ... it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices."
My father watched as we defeated the Naziโs.
Now we elected one as President.
And the media cheered him on.
Please do not underestimate thr power of the Press. The Founding Fathers KNEW it was powerful and called it the Fourth Estare for a reason.
Ben Franklin KNEW the power of the press and smuggled on into France to print pro-US literature.
We would call that โpropagandaโ today.
Anyone who says the press didnโt affect the election is a liar and needs to read some history.
Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on November 7, 1955 (d. 2022). #ShirleyEikhard
Eikhard's version of Christine McVie's "Say You Love Me" (1975):
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0xvQ2rFWE
Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on November 7, 1955 (d. 2022). #ShirleyEikhard
This song of hers became a hit for Bonnie Raitt in 1991.
Shirley Eikhard - "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) (July 2009, SongStudio Songwriting Workshop presented by Blair Packham and Rik Emmett)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCcBc2OesgQ
Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish recording artist and songwriter, lead singer of the rock band Texas, was born on Nov. 7th. #SharleenSpiteri
"The Sound of Silence" (Paul Simon) (2010, from her album "The Movie Songbook")
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1sfeB_iQA
Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.