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"Misogyny was so core to his campaign and that appealed to many people and I guess didn’t bother enough other people (including many women) for it to be the winning message of the day. That’s a hard thing to know about your fellow citizens."
~ Emily Tamkin
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #women #future
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"Margaret Atwood’s 'The Handmaid’s Tale,' a novel set in a totalitarian society, has shot to the top of Amazon’s bestselling books list following Donald Trump’s reelection."
~ Erika Tulfo
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #women #future
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I see all these op-eds pontificating on what the Democrats did wrong & #Trump did right this #election. They are all the same old talking points as before because no one is willing to admit the truth: the Harris campaign assumed that most Americans are good and decent people, while Trump knew that you can override our better angels through fear and division.
It’s not that complicated, but something that the talking heads don’t seem to want to admit.
Elon Musk deployed his vast resources to help Trump get elected, and now he’s poised to remake the US government to serve his interests.
But that was only possible because far too many people chose to ignore who he was to tell a more appealing story of a founder moving humanity forward. They should be held accountable.
disconnect.blog/shame-on-the-e…
#tech #elonmusk #trump #uselection #politics
Shame on the Elon enablers
Media and politicians created a monster and lost control of himParis Marx (Disconnect)
seeing a lot of posts saying…
'get your IUD now'
'stock up on Plan B'
'here's where to find mifepristone'
but nowhere have i seen posts saying…
'seriously consider getting a vasectomy [so you can potentially avert the risk to someone's life or livelihood]'
as someone that's had one, there's usually a 3 month waiting period so you have time to think it over. when you go in for the procedure, it takes about an hour—half of it filling paperwork out, changing into a gown, and waiting for the surgeon. recovery took me about a day to feel 70% normal, then roughly a week to get back to 100%. there are typically no obvious signs there's been an incision since the way the procedure is done is so minimally invasive and there's zero impact to sexual or urinary function.
at this point, taking it upon yourself to get a vasectomy and talking openly about it is direct action, or at least adjacent
#health #harmReduction #bodilyautonomy #reproductiverights #reproductivejustice #reprojustice #planb #contraceptives #abortion #abortionrights #mifepristone #vasectomy #sexualhealth #harris #trump #election #election2024 #postElectionPrep #directAction #resist #resistance
The #US will send #Ukraine the full $6 billion in outstanding military aid before President-elect Donald #Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, Deputy #Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina #Singh said at a briefing on Nov. 7.
Ukraine will receive $4 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks, and $2 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
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Ukraine to receive $6 billion in US military aid before Trump's term begins, Pentagon confirms
When asked if the U.S. had enough weapons stockpiled to get shipments to Ukraine before Trump's inauguration, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said Washington was "confident" it could keep its commitments to Kyiv.Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)
Fed cuts key interest rate a quarter point amid cooling inflation
Just as the pace of consumer price increases has meaningfully slowed down, questions about the impact from #Trump's economic proposals have begun to loom.
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Fed cuts key interest rate a quarter-point but signals ongoing concerns about inflation
The Federal Reserve announced Thursday it was lowering its key interest rate by a quarter-point — a widely expected move that coincides with inflation approaching the central bank's 2% goal.Rob Wile (NBC News)
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“A federal judge on Thursday struck down a #Biden administration program that would allow unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens to get legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, declaring the policy illegal.
U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker, an appointee of #Trump, found the program violates U.S. #immigration law, agreeing with a lawsuit filed by Texas and more than a dozen other Republican-led states.”
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Judge declares Biden immigration program for spouses of U.S. citizens illegal
The ruling is a major defeat for the outgoing Biden administration, which argued the policy promoted family unity among mixed-status households.Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)
Possible #Trump US #AttorneyGeneral pick: #MarkPaoletta
Paoletta is spreader of #ConspiracyTheories: he claimed the legal cases against Trump were fabricated. The world witnessed #Jan6, the #ClassifiedDocuments case is undeniable, Trump was convicted of 34 #felonies in NY by a jury, was found liable for #defamation & #SexualAbuse & the judge minced no words in his opinion about the fact that Trump #raped #EJeanCarroll, & Trump & TrumpOrg were found liable for committing decades of #fraud.
#law
This is what it was all about
Trump's victory increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefit
#USAElections2024 #Billionaires #Trump
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Trump’s victory adds record $64bn to wealth of richest top 10
Share surge increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefitDan Milmo (The Guardian)
"We are perched on the precipice of meme-ing ourselves into authoritarian dystopia, handing unchecked power to a narcissistic criminal demagogue because the price of bacon increased. ...
We are the only species capable of clinging to ideological zealotry. And we are the only ones who can make ourselves extinct."
~ Brian Klaas
"Presented with a choice between electing the first black, female president on a promise of a sunnier future, and a racist, misogynist, twice-impeached convicted felon hawking hatred and retribution, they picked Mr Trump."
~ The Guardian
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/23
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The Guardian view on the return of President Trump: a bleak day for America and the world
Editorial: His voters knew what they were getting when they picked him over Kamala Harris. But his opponents cannot despairEditorial (The Guardian)
"Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do. …
The principal problems that got us to this bleakest moment in American history are intertwined. They are the crisis of masculinity, the failure of the news media and the rise of Silicon Valley, and in a way they are all the same problem."
~ Rebecca Solnit
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do
Americans will be stuck cleaning up after Maga’s destructive streak because men like this never clean up after themselvesRebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
"The reason this felt so much worse than 2016 was because it was impossible to say Americans didn’t know what they were voting for."
~ Emma Brockes
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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Trump’s win is so much worse this time. Americans knew what they were voting for
Even after a failed coup and numerous legal wranglings, many men could not bring themselves to vote for a woman, says Guardian columnist Emma BrockesEmma Brockes (The Guardian)
“'The Confederacy won,' says [Carol] Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University. 'It paints a picture of what Americans are willing to embrace,' says [Michele] Goodwin, a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown and an expert on healthcare law…."
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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“The Confederacy Won”: Why Donald Trump’s Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia & Hate
Donald Trump has been reelected president of the United States. Ahead of Kamala Harris’s expected concession speech, we speak to professors Carol Anderson and Michele Goodwin to discuss Harris’s historic campaign — and historic loss.Democracy Now!
"They knowingly voted to once again tear families apart and put babies in cages and commit what will almost certainly be horrific human rights abuses against immigrants. They voted to make life harder for me and my daughters because based on their conveniently misogynistic and bigoted interpretation of the Bible. ...
I am done being nice to people just because we are related."
~ tonyahky
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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Cancelling Thanksgiving this year
This year, I have decided to cancel Thanksgiving dinner at my house. I see little to be thankful for this year after seeing that the majority of Americans willfully chose fascism—including a lot of my family members. Every year, I have been the cook.Daily Kos
"America was given the opportunity to let a Black and Asian American woman move us beyond a decade of Trump’s racist, sexist, and toxic form of grievance politics with a broad agenda grounded in joy, compassion, and opportunity. And America, specifically the majority of white Americans, said: 'No thanks. We’re good.'”
~ Kimberly Atkins Stohr
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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Opinion | For Black women, the sting of Trump's presidential win
My job may be to sort out what the election means for the Supreme Court, reproductive health care, and the guardrails of our democracy. And I’ll get to that.The Boston Globe
"With the election of Donald Trump, our fellow citizens are about to get exactly what they want. There is nothing that God, man, or the Constitution can do about it, because we did it to ourselves. …
The American people, which is all of us, got together on Tuesday and chose everything that’s coming for close to the next decade."
~ Charles Pierce
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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With the Election of Donald Trump, Our Fellow Citizens Are About to Get Exactly What They Want
There is nothing that God, man, or the Constitution can do about the fact that we elected Trump, because we did it to ourselves.Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
"Get your passport. Today. It takes time to come in and getting an updated gender marker will likely be shut down under Trump. - Update every ID your state allows you to. - Make sure you have a supply of medication in case of disruption - If you have a trans kid that is stealth, consider maintaining stealth to get around enforcement of anti-trans laws."
It's going to get very bad for some of us, quickly. Because others have chosen this for us.
Erin Reed reminds us of the practice, life-or-death challenges now facing some of us due to the choice made by the rest of us. She's offering advice to trans people and people who care about them:
"I wanted to share some very practical next steps for my trans readers. Here are the things I recommend:"
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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Erin Reed in Erin In The Morning
Checking in... Let's talk. Hey y'all. We are one day out, and you've already made it 24 hours. That's good. I am so blessed to have been able to spend what was otherwise a horrific night with the company of all of you.Erin In The Morning
"Trump’s predictable return to the presidency—in what is the final American presidential election of our lifetimes (a conservative plan decades in the making, with help from liberal complicity masquerading as incompetence)—was nothing more and nothing less than the majority of white voters confirming that they want to live in a country that adheres to the standards of living as expressed in 1824 rather than 2024."
"The majority of white people knew that a vote for Trump would be a vote against Black people, Brown people, Asian people, queer people, trans people, disabled people, poor people, Black and Brown immigrants, Palestinians, children, the rights of women, unions, literature, art, the environment, and democracy."
"The media will be complicit in protecting the majority of white American voters from being labeled as the staunch and bred bigots that they are."
~ Robert P. Jones
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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"Because They Think They Are White"
“But this cowardice, this necessity of justifying a totally false identity and of justifying what must be called a genocidal history, has placed everyone now living into the hands of the most ignorant and powerful people the world has ever seen.Robert Jones, Jr. (Witness)