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

  • @RBWells
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    51 hour ago

    We kept our democratic congresswoman, and the tax to help the schools passed.

  • @tamal3
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    31 hour ago

    Jeff Jackson for NC’s AG

  • @weariedfae
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    82 hours ago

    Washington got a really awesome governor.

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

  • @[email protected]
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    94 hours ago

    It gives the boomers another chance to solidify their legacy as the worst generation in human history. In a way that helps all of us.

    • Rhaedas
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      84 hours 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]
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    43 hours ago

    Hopefully liberals will wake up and see they can’t beat fascism, they have to embrace leftism if they want to beat it.

    The people want populism and they no longer want the status quo. The right capitalized on this while the liberals went the moderate-right route, and it failed them. The only solution left is to embrace left wing politics. Unfortunately, I doubt the democrat party will be to keen on the idea of becoming left wing.

  • @[email protected]
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    337 hours 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.

  • kersploosh
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    448 hours 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]
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      268 hours 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]
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        178 hours 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.

    • @MojoMcJojo
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      57 hours ago

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

      • @Odelay42
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        87 hours ago

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

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

  • @[email protected]
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    448 hours ago

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

  • SkaveRat
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    398 hours ago

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

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        118 hours ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      229 hours ago

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

      • snooggums
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        128 hours ago

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

    • hallettj
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      99 hours ago

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

    • osaerisxero
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      78 hours 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
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      48 hours ago

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

      I guess that will have to be my bellwether

  • @FardyCakes
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    117 hours ago

    The heat death of the universe will eventually come

    • @[email protected]
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      47 hours 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
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        37 hours 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    239 hours ago

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