I know we’re all feeling doom and gloom but can we get a thread of some wins/good news from last night?

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      3315 days ago

      And a atate constitutional amendment for abortion but that still needs to be played out in court.

      • snooggums
        link
        English
        1615 days ago

        Which won’t matter when the national abortion ban is passed.

    • hallettj
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1215 days ago

      This is a good thread to have today. This is some encouraging news!

    • osaerisxero
      link
      fedilink
      815 days ago

      We have been down that road before. The state government will simply refuse to implement anything passed by ballot measure that they don’t like.

      I expect the abortion measure to take effect since it deletes out an existing law, but i wouldn’t expect the minimum wage or paid sick leave to be worth the ink it was printed with.

    • NoIWontPickAName
      link
      fedilink
      515 days ago

      I may have lost everything else, but I won on minimum wage and abortion.

      I guess that will have to be my bellwether

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      4015 days ago

      who sued the Trump administration almost 100 times while he was attorney general.

      Well I now worry for them since the DOJ will now be the arm of Trump to go after “political opponents” who “unfairly persecuted” him. :(

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        2515 days ago

        Yup. The shit is gonna hit the fan quick. The blue states will hang on for as long as possible, but shit can fly from DC all the way to the west coast.

        • @pdxfed
          link
          514 days ago

          Corporate media will be ever more obsequious to get access. Military presence for “safety” in certain cities labeled “dangerous” which all happen to be progressive. Then the self-censorship starts. Then people stop being able speak freely, let alone thinking a rule of law exists. Then it’s “underground” to have an honest conversation about politics. We’ll be in Putin’s Russia level of legal system and political speech within a few years.

    • @MojoMcJojo
      link
      615 days ago

      Funny we were just looking at Seattle as a place to move to. Know anyone who’s hiring?

      • @Odelay42
        link
        1415 days ago

        Not currently. Except for starvation wage retail. Tech hiring is still mostly frozen and smaller companies tend to just copy larger ones.

          • @Zirconium
            link
            7
            edit-2
            14 days ago

            Will manufacturing jobs keep the same Safety regulations? I’m gonna assume yes because QC but I’m still worried

  • kersploosh
    link
    fedilink
    6115 days ago

    Delaware elected Sarah McBride, who is the first open transgender representative in Congress.

    Georgia district attorney Fani Willis, who has been trying to prosecute Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, won reelection.

    Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse, one of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump (and one of two in that group who survived the subsequent midterm elections), successfully defended his seat again against a Trump-endorsed opponent. That’s at least one Republican in the House who doesn’t always rubber-stamp the party agenda.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    5615 days ago

    Maybe we’ll finally wake up and realize this country was not built on good intentions and is operating as intended.

    • @return2ozmaOP
      link
      5515 days ago

      Almost like it’s on sacred Indian burial grounds.

    • @Contravariant
      link
      113 days ago

      Best I’ve been able to explain it is that it’s a country build on hope and dreams, which are not compatible with reality and truth.

    • Dr. Quadragon ❌
      link
      fedilink
      1
      edit-2
      13 days ago

      @Rooskie91 Almost no existing country older than 100 years is built on good intentions.

      We had some that were. They either got crushed or usurped or lost their way and succumbed to the rot.

      Doesn’t mean it can’t work, and doesn’t mean we shoudn’t try, but you know… Odds are slim, so don’t beat yourself up if you couldn’t do it.

      @return2ozma

  • SkaveRat
    link
    fedilink
    4915 days ago

    Last Week Tonight will have more material than they know what to do with it

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        1515 days ago

        Last Week Forever: “Surprise twist this week: Trump good? Here’s why Trump is God and we should always worship him!”

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    4515 days ago

    Kentucky amendment 2, which would have redirected public funds to private schools, failed miserably. Of all the red states, Kentucky seems to be somewhat unique in its’ strong resistance to Republican attacks on public education. It is, after all, why we have a Democratic governor. I only hope that continues to hold true.

    • Nyciferi
      link
      fedilink
      112 days ago

      I am still so glad that when I lived in KY for a few years, that I helped vote him in during mid-terms.

  • @halloween_spookster
    link
    English
    3714 days ago

    Colorado enshrined the right to abortion and removed anti-gay marriage language from their constitution.

    • Rhaedas
      link
      fedilink
      1714 days ago

      Yep, and the important thing about keeping a Democrat governor is their veto power against one of the worst state congresses ever. I actually haven’t looked into what changed at that level, but I don’t have much hope that the GOP stranglehold was broken.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    2615 days ago

    Liz Cheney won’t be secretary of defense and Anthony Blinken will be out of work and ideally sent to Gitmo.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    24
    edit-2
    14 days ago

    Nebraska got weed and another state elected the first openly transgender U.S. Representative. Tlaib retained her seat.

    Also, I learned that a grade school classmate won a state rep seat in one of the midwest swing states earlier and that’s good news to me, at least.

  • @Stovetop
    link
    2214 days ago

    Massachusetts passed an unprecedented measure allowing ride share drivers to unionize.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    2014 days ago

    The west coast stuck to its guns almost completely. Mark Robinson and Kari Lake lost their races incredibly enough.

    Biden got some big stuff done with chips, infrastructure investment, and more. Unless Trump starts tearing down bridges and forcing people to remove heat pumps, some of Biden’s stuff will be very difficult to reverse, physically or politically.

    • Guy Dudeman
      link
      English
      113 days ago

      Are you kidding? California voted to keep slavery, and against rent control, and against the AIDS organization who was funding the rent control measure.

  • @weariedfae
    link
    1914 days ago

    Washington got a really awesome governor.

  • Cowbee [he/him]
    link
    fedilink
    1515 days ago

    Liberals are ripe for radicalization and joining Leftists. Not all, of course, some are shifting rightward, but many are disillusioned and shifting left.

    For anyone reading, I can give a basic intro to Marxism reading list if you want. For starters, I recommend Blackshirts and Reds. To know fascism, who it serves, how it rises, and how to stop it is immensely useful.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)
      link
      fedilink
      1315 days ago

      Just want to say: Thanks for your perennial civility as well as continuing to offer learning resources for people interested in any “sect” of leftist ideology.

      • Cowbee [he/him]
        link
        fedilink
        1515 days ago

        Appreciate the kind words! It’s a tender time, liberals are both more open and more closed to radicalization, depending on how they are interacted with. Lenin has a fantastic quote:

        Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

        In shining light on the causes of evil, illustrating ways out of these darker times, and in teaching how to properly struggle against evil, we can radicalize numerous liberals and strengthen solidarity.

          • Cowbee [he/him]
            link
            fedilink
            715 days ago

            Simply being aware is not enough, we must identify the way out and struggle for it.

    • Bobby Turkalino
      link
      fedilink
      514 days ago

      Unfortunately, I think liberals are going to continue taking the easy route, which is not really having much of a platform other than “we’re not Trump supporters”

  • @FardyCakes
    link
    1515 days ago

    The heat death of the universe will eventually come

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      415 days ago

      Can we accelerate that timeline? Say to like Jan 20, 2025 (let the kids enjoy one last chance at any snow we might be lucky enough to get)?

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
        link
        fedilink
        315 days ago

        Well, the sun will explode in 5 billion years, but if that’s too long, don’t worry, it’s only 1 billion until solar winds carry off half of Earth’s water.