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guys i’m in a really bad place right now. If I see one more whiny FB post from a dude who’s SO DRAINED and SO UPSET that people think he’s a racist for voting for trump and are mad at him, or a blog from some idiot Tulane sorority girl who is mad that her professor joked about moving to Canada while she is glad Trump

I am just broken. I am hollowed out. This week. This year. Bowie. Prince. Now Leonard Cohen.

Here’s the difference. In 08, Republcisns invented stuff to be angry about. For example, Republicans were afraid Obama was a secret Muslim or a socialist or not born in America or the anti-Christ.

Yeah, no one questioned Obama’s citizenship and claimed that he couldn’t be president because he wasn’t born in this country. That was...something different!

No one in these protests is questioning the legitimacy of the election the way Trump was beforehand; they understand that he won, and that he won fairly. They are protesting the fact that our country elected a hatemonger. They are protesting everything he plans to do in order to show him that he doesn’t have a

And I’ll just cry one more time.

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My daughters woke up yesterday not knowing the outcome. They were so sure the mean orange dude on the tv couldn’t win. Before they came out for breakfast they changed into their president/prime minister costumes to celebrate. The ensuing conversation was so hard. :( There are reasons why he was elected, but none of

It means that Trump was not the choice of the majority of American voters. It means that for the second time in 16 years, a Republican president has been chosen against the democratic will of the people. It means that Donald Trump cannot honestly claim a mandate to rule according to his whims. It means that calls for

No fucking shit.

I started reading these and then had to stop and start scanning them briefly because I would be full-blown sobbing if I continued trying to engage with each one.

I said this to my husband last night. W. Was problematic. I wasn’t fans of McCain or Romney, but even with George W Bush, I felt like he seemed like a good person with good intentions. Same with the others—we had myriad fundamental disagreements and I did not want them to be elected. But Trump is a different ballgame.

btw, I’ve become really religious. I pray several times a day that a vengeful God give Trump a massive stroke.

God save us from President Pence.

That is the face of a man who did not see this coming.

This:

He does not look comfortable or happy.

we’re going to call you on it. Everyone sees what you’re doing, People, and history will not forgive you for it.

I love meyers for this, and all his coverage of the election, he has really found his rhythm.