As bad as Trump is, I want him to make the full 4 years. Pence is worse, and Congress will 100% work better with Pence than they will with Trump.

No. But if the Democrats don’t pick someone who can appeal to the Midwest, they may as well kiss the Presidency goodbye. President Obama won Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan in 2008 and again in 2012. Secretary Clinton lost all four of them. Burying your head in the sand over the importance of the Midwest and…

1,000% agreed. I’d take it so far as we need mayors, city councilmen, town board supervisors, etc. All the way down the line. For one to keep shit on the federal level from affecting people to the degree that resentment builds up among the whites (let’s call it like it is, shall we?), and for two to keep the hopper…

I don’t know. Warren doesn’t play that well in the Midwest that I’ve seen. And we saw this time what Midwesterners do when they’re ignored.

I know we don’t want to think about the possibility of reelection but I’m already looking to 2024. The Democratic party needs to get it shit together and get literally everyone on board if they’re going to mount a serious challenger for 2020 for a sitting President who may (shudder) gain in popularity over his term.…

He’s up to the challenge. And my hope is that either Dick Durbin or Patty Murray are ready to bare their teeth. I expect Senator Durbin to back Senator Schumer up and have written to tell him so.

You can find those in Cook County, too. Saw a “Hillary for Prison” sign in Niles last week.

If it helps, I did not call my Trump supporting brother on his birthday, which was last week, because he tried to bully me into silence in my support for HRC. Self care is more important than hurt fee fees over birthday wishes.

I’m angry at myself. I’ve never felt like such a failure. I’ve failed myself and people I love and to be honest I don’t know if I can ever forgive myself for not doing more.

I don’t want to read a fucking treatise on how hard it was for someone to vote for NOT THE LITERAL SOCIOPATH. It’s not a hard decision, DAMN.

You’re doing the Lord’s work.

So? Did you read the article? You don’t get a fucking cookie for voting against a literal sociopath.

God damnit Stassa. I fucking love you. Thank you.

We apologize. It’s just I’ve had a full pot of coffee and stress ate an entire bag of chips and am about halfway through a 16 ounce bag of M&Ms, and [continues to write 4 paragraphs about how I’m insistent on misusing “shade” because it’s all about me].

My shoulders just tensed right the fuck up reading that.

I believe “Because we aren’t fucking idiots.” turns it from potential shade to straight reading.

Thank you! Jesus Christ. Enough with the hand wringing. I don’t care to hear long-winded reasons why you’d even entertain the idea of allowing a goddamned demagogue access to the White House just so you can seem like you are some kind of reasoned voter.

My feminist voting kit and I were at my polling location at 5:45am, ready to vote at 6:00 when the polls opened. I think my tote bag made some uncomfortable. Zero fucks given.

Best gif to use in response, you win today.