Theory: He validates their bigotry by displaying his own. They feel justified, legitimized and generally better about themselves ...and they LOVE him for it. They don’t care that he’s awful. He’s one of them.

It’s like those cartoons of a clumsy character narrowly missing the cliff edge, the speeding train, the lion....

I honestly think it highlights just how much privilege one gets being born into wealth. Any other narcissist would be much less successful in conning other people. But if you are born into wealth, well so many people assume that being wealthy is a sign of character (hard worker! smart!) and will buy the blow hard…

She ran a remarkable campaign, one every candidate should emulate in its unwavering honesty and sincere outreach to those who have been cast in shadow by every other government. Shirley Chisholm was an incredible woman. You are very lucky to have a connection to her.

You just put into words a lot of the confusion I’ve had about him for so long. How is he SO blatantly BAD at all of this and yet still keeps failing upwards?

Indeed. Because of the causes/groups my Mum was involved with during her early days in New York, there was a tiny overlap in the Venn diagram of her & Ms. Chisholm. There’s a very special place in my heart for her.

Hillary Clinton conceded extremely graciously in 2016, and quite early, earlier than a lot of people thought she should have at the time.  I can’t imagine how difficult that was, when most of the polls were telling her she would likely win. But she did it. And four years later I am not at all surprised that the giant…

On the recounts, despite all the bluster, the campaign has yet to formally ask for one in Wisconsin, probably because they’re broke and would need to pay $3M for it. They’re fundraising around it, but apparently at least half the money will go to pay the campaign’s debts.

It amazes me the number of Americans that don’t understand that a candidate conceding doesn’t actually mean anything. And that official election results take weeks. Most absentee and provisional ballots take at least a week to validate. This election was just remarkable in the NUMBER of those ballots and how close the…

This is probably one of the most epic examples I’ve seen of how losing doesn’t make you a loser, it’s how you deal with that loss that makes you a loser.

Hell yes. Thank you, Shirley Chisolm! Thank you for everything you did to set us on this course.

This isn’t a surface victory. We just defeated an actual fascist and should be celebrating.

Diwali’s next Saturday, and it’s gonna be lit like never before.

The historic nature of this winning ticket with Kamala Harris cannot be overstated. She is the first woman, first Black, and first South Asian to become Vice President of the USA. Madame Vice President! I’m shaking.

McCaskill is particularly infuriating and honestly am glad she lost because she was going to sell out her seat to Republican interests anyway. Getting on TV in 2020 and blaming “transsexuals” for your loss to a Republican during the Blue Wave of 2018 is peak white woman. Zero percent introspection and one hundred…

I’m not sure it’s as simple as “ceding” states - many states have enacted voter suppression tactics at all levels of government (e.g. gerrymandering by the legislature, decisions to close polls in key neighborhoods by BOEs/SOSs, etc.) that have forced those states into going red for many years. They boiled the frog…

I don’t want Abrams in the cabinet, because her success in Georgia demonstrates where her real talent lies - building a grassroots organization to win specific states. That’s the expertise the DNC needs - we need fifty Stacey Abrams’ across the country.

Absolutely.

Maybe, but honestly, given her intimate knowledge of Georgia and the fact that Georgia is going to be a key battleground (especially if Latino/Hispanic splintering is going to keep TX/FL out of play for a few more cycles at least) her continuing to focus on Georgia, Georgia, Georgia seems more useful than a cabinet…

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